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 The Final Episode of The Smoke & Mirrors Radio Show Magicast [30:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Having spoken about him in several prior episodes of The Magic News, I’m pleased to say that John Van Der Put joins us in the studio for this last episode of the Smoke & Mirrors Magicast.

John is a prolific creator of magic and mystery, as well as the artistic director of StandNotAmazed theatre company who create magical theatre and theatrical magic. John also has an alter ego who joins us (very briefly) in the studio known simply as Piff The Magic Dragon.

John and I discuss the creation of magic for theatre, his upcoming shows and the moment that Piff was born. John’s writing partner(!) also joins us briefly and we find the one thing that John and Barack Obama have in common. What a rip-roaring show it was!

 The Smoke & Mirrors Magicast - Episode Nine [30:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Having exclusively interviewed magical gents on the show so far, we decide to get in touch with the feminine side of magic as we talk to Fay Presto, close-up magician extraordinaire and one of only a handful of professional female magicians working in the UK.

We ask why there are so few women in magic, what the difference is in reactions that Fay experiences and of course we talk about how she came to be a professional wonder worker.

Fay was a right good laugh to have in the studio and news lady Julia was certainly pleased to finally have some fellow female back-up in the studio.

Once you’ve listened to the show, feel free to leave a comment by clicking ‘Comments’ below.

 The Magicast - Episode Eight - John Lenahan [32:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A great episode of the podcast this week – magician John Lenahan joins me in the studio to talk about his status as the ‘rogue magician’ after being expelled from The Magic Circle.

We also discuss the cons and scams he investigated and performed as part of his series ‘Hoaxbusters’ which aired on ITV and the nature of exposure in magic. We also chat about The Masked Magician and John’s novel Shadowmagic.

John was a fantastic guest, which may explain why we ran over a little, which is good news for you lovely listeners as this is a bumper edition of the magicast. Enjoy!

After a great show earlier this evening with Fay Presto (which will be online soon), the gents at Resonance FM and myself had a chat and decided that it was best to put the last show back one week, to the 23rd June.

There’s a couple of reasons for this, mainly due to the fact that Resonance is having to undergo some emergency work on the studios for a week, starting on 15th June until 22nd June.

There’s also the fact that 16th June (when the show was originally due to go out) is the opening night of a new play that I’m performing in at The Union Theatre. For all the info, check out Upstart-Theatre.co.uk or MatthewDuggan.co.uk.

All of this means that moving the last show – with John Van Der Put as my guest – makes sense. So tune in to the show on 23rd June. In the meantime, check out all the previous episodes via iTunes or by clicking on Podcast Episodes.

I’m pleased to announce that my guest for episode nine of Smoke & Mirrors will be the excellent Fay Presto!

The show will be dedicated to female magicians and asking some of the more challenging questions, like why there aren’t more women in magic, what puts them off and even whether magic is inherently chauvinistic.

We’ll also take a look at Fay’s career and how she has risen to be one of the most prominent names in British close-up magic.

Tune in at 6pm GMT for the penultimate episode of Smoke & Mirrors on 104.4FM in London and online across the world at ResonanceFM.com.

For more info on Fay, check out http://www.faypresto.com/

I mentioned during the seventh episode of Smoke & Mirrors that I would post some videos of escapologist Jonathan Goodwin doing his thing on his show One Way Out on The Discovery Channel. I think you know what’s coming next…

The following are the long trailer for The Discovery Channel show, the live hanging that Jonathan mentions on the show and the amazing/horrific scorpion escape. Enjoy!