The Irish at Ron's Day 2011

The International Magic Convention took the weekend before last and as usual was well supported by the Irish.  SIM member Quentin Reynolds was one of the booked acts performing his mindreading show.  Among the other Irish that travelled were Barry Sinclair & Imelda, Pat Fallon who supplied the pictures, Michael Lahiffe and Nevin Cody.  And of course the convention is put on by our own Georgia MacMillan and family.  Check out the pictures on our Gallery or view the slideshow below.

Less then Three weeks to go to Ron's day

In less then three weeks time 17 competitors from 12 countries (including Japan, Canada, USA, France, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Italy) will compete for the Kevin Reay Trophy along with a £1000 cash prize in the International Close Up Competition at The Mermaid Theatre in London. This event forms just part of the packed weekend International Magic Convention which includes lectures, close up shows, a full evening Gala Show and the presentation of The David Berglas International Magic Award. Celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year, the Convention is at the end of a week when the MacMillan family also produce their very first Festival of Magic at the Bridewell Theatre. For full details of all the seminars, shows and events in both these talent-packed fixtures please visit the convention website.

Ron's Day :: Good News Bad News

Ron's Day or The Internationa Magic Convention as it is also known promises to ne a great week of magic this coming November.  Organisers sent us on the following details. 

"Max Maven – Thinking In Person” which forms part of the Festival of Magic at the Bridewell Theatre has now sold out. To compensate for all those Maven devotees that are unable to join him that night, Max has agreed to an intimate evening of interview, including questions from the audience, on the preceding Thursday night (November  17th) at the same location.  The evening will be one of the 5 evenings at the venue that comprise the public show element of the Festival.  Monday (14/11) sees a rare re-incarnation of John Lenahan’s Monday Night Magic with guests including John Archer and Danny Buckler, Tuesday (15/11) comprises of a double bill with a gambling based show comprising of individual sets from Guy Hollingworth, Jason England  and Paul Wilson  followed by Pete Wardell’s one man show “Hustle”. Wednesday night (16/11) is another double bill of both Todd Landman and Quentin Reynold’s individual mentalism-based one man shows.  Booking details for all these evening shows and events can be found at here which, with the sliding price scale based on the number of evenings you attend, gives unbeatable value for money, starting at under £7 per event.

Harry Anderson to make first ever European appearance at Ron's Day

Harry Anderson will make his First ever European appearance at Novembers International Magic Convention in London.  With multiple appearances on USA’s Saturday Night Live and The Johnny Carson Show, as a regular guest artist in Cheers, as star of his very own highly successful two sitcoms spanning 12 years, and as one of the USA’s most revered comedy magicians, it seems inconceivable that he has never before appeared at a European Magic Convention, but that will all change later this year when Harry Anderson not only performs his one man show, but then reveals and dissects everything in it in a follow up lecture at The International Magic Convention in London. If you need any more convincing that this will be a truly unmissable event, check out any review of Mike Caveney’s number one best seller “Wise Guy”. Harry will open the Convention on the Friday Night and is just one of very many special events planned, not only during the Convention but also in London’s Festival of Magic in the week leading up to it. If you’re a magic fan there will be no better time to visit London – keep an eye on IrishMagicNews over the next month to read of just some of the spectacular seminar and one-off events that we’ve planned to celebrate this, the 40th year of London’s only annual Convention.  Visit the International magic convention website and register online here.

David Williamson has been added to Ron's Day line up

Star of the recent Shenanigans convention David Williamson has been added to the line up for The 40th International Magic Convention.  From the organisers ...

International Magic are very happy to announce that David Williamson, magic’s greatest comedic force of nature, will be one of the many artists appearing at their 40th Anniversary Convention in London later this year (November 18-20). David will be performing in both the Close Up and Stage Gala Shows, and also no doubt popping up in the most of unexpected of places.  It marks one of a repeat number of appearances at the Convention (known affectionately as “Ron’s” after Ron MacMillan who started the Convention back in 1970) since 1984 when David made his debut UK convention appearance at this very gathering. Once again this year we plan to introduce similar artistes who, although may be unknown to you now, are in our minds destined to become the next big names in magic. Registration details here 

Max Maven Headed for Ron's Day

As most of you will be aware Georgia MacMillan's family in conjunction with Noel Brittan, organise the fabulous International Magic Convention every year in London.  Known as Ron's Day, it attracts the very best in our field both as booked acts and registrants.  IrishMagicNews is delighted to be in a position to bring you all the latest news as it is released and we hope to see as many as possible of you over there this November.  

"Max Maven will be lecturing all new material to the UK, at the International Magic Convention being held later this year (18-20 November) at The Mermaid Theatre. This will herald Max’s first appearance in London for 10 years, and we are thrilled to announce that in addition to his lecture at the Convention, he will also be presenting his full evening one man show “Max Maven Thinking in Person: An Evening of Knowing and Not Knowing” at the Bridewell Theatre on the Saturday evening. This show, that the New York Times observed as “a category defying mind-reading show that veers into conceptual art”, has never been performed before in the UK, and proves why Entertainment Tonight crowned him at “the master mind reader” in this show which has been described as “a rare and precious piece of magical theatre”.  Max’s show will be one of the extra events being organized throughout the week, to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of London’s only annual magic Convention. Tickets for this two hour show are available individually at £25, but may also be taken instead of a Convention Gala Show ticket if you are booking a registration for the convention.  Visit The International Magic Convention website and register online here"