The Magic Circle

 This prestigious competition is held every two years at The Magic Circle Headquarters in London and entry is open to all those over 14 and under 18 on 1st January 2011.

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The Magic Circle Collectors Day
5th June 2010
(Open to non-members of The Magic Circle)

This specialist event is aimed at collectors of theatrical memorabilia as is always popular. This year's presentations include:

ANNE DAVENPORT on gems from the John Salisse Archive,
PAUL FREEMAN on Herr Adalbert Frikell (the only Son of Wiljalba Frikell) - His Life and Time in England 1862 to 1889),    
MARCO PUSTERLA on Chefalo: The Forgotten Illusionist,
RICHARD KAUFMAN on Theodore DeLand and his card effects,
NIGEL DUTT Linga Singh on Mu Mysterious Grandfather and
FERGUS ROY on Davenports: A British Institution with some of its Exclusive Tricks presented by ROY DAVENPORT

The Magic Circle Maskelyne Endowment Fund

The Irving Schneider Youth Award

The Maskelyne Endowment Fund announces that this year’s Irving Schneider Youth Award goes to Edward Hilsum.   The bursary, awarded annually to a young member of The Magic Circle, takes the form of a week-long Master Class at the Jeff McBride Mystery School in Las Vegas.

Leading close-up magicians competed in front of an invited audience, and members of The Magic Circle for the coveted title.A packed theatre at The Magic Circle's HQ in London was venue to The Magic Circle Close-Up Magician of the Year Competition 2010. Leading close-up magicians competed in front of an invited audience, and members of The Magic Circle for the coveted title. 

Congratulations go to Matthew Garrett who was awarded the Devano Trophy, and the title of The Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the year 2010 together with a prize of £500 by the panel of five judges.

Steve Faulkner took the second prize, winning £250, and Russell Levinson took the third prize, winning £150.

The originality prize was awarded to Paul Brown, with a prize of £100. 

Jack Delvin, President of The Magic Circle, has been awarded the Murray Award for services to magic.

The prestigious award is named after Murray, the internationally-known Australian magician and illusionist who received the first award in 1974. Previous recipients include Ken Brooke, Wayne Dobson, Paul Daniels, Ali Bongo, Geoffrey Durham and Jay Marshall.

On receiving the Murray Award from Alan Coventry, President of the Blackpool Magicians Club, Jack reminisced on first seeing Murray at the age of 12 and later meeting him at the Blackpool convention where he received generous help and guidance in the early stages of his career.

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Photo by Mandy Davis

He will be especially remembered for his generosity with help and advice to fellow magicians Patrick Page, Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star, the renowned magician, has died after a long illness, The Magic Circle announces with great regret.

He was 80 and a longstanding member of The Inner Magic Circle, Patrick Page had a long and varied career that combined highly acclaimed and entertaining performance with work as a magic dealer, inventor, teacher, author and consultant to TV and film.

Derren Brown was one of the first among the magic fraternity to pay tribute to Patrick Page, who will be especially remembered for his generosity with help and advice to fellow magicians.

News Scotsman Obiturary

Derrick Speight has died aged 83. Derrick was an Honorary Vice-President, past Chairman of Council, and served as an Officer longer than any other member. He was a key member of the team who co-ordinated the refurbishment of our HQ and was always a tireless worker for TMC. He was awarded the Gold Medal in the year 2000 for his services. Derrick Speight's obituary appears in The Telegraph.