The Magicians’ Podcast Network

Simon Painter is the producer of the biggest touring magic show on the planet The Illusionists. In this episode he discusses how the show came to be, why he books the acts he does, the death of one of the cast members and the incredible West End and Broadway runs that happened simultaneously in December 2015. 

If you dream of one day being in this show, this episode is a blueprint to The Illusionists stage.

Canadian born Darcy Oake takes to my hot seat in the season 3 double bill launch to address his critics in this controversial episode. 

With great success often comes great criticism and Darcy talks openly about his experiences with Criss Angel in Las Vegas, the details of why Rick Thomas publicly criticised his version of the double levitation and also the reasons that he and Russ Stevens will never work together again. 

 

Darcy also shares his Britain's Got Talent experience and talks about his ITV1 television special.

Season 3 begins with Sam Strange who is half of the double act Young & Strange (the other half being your host) to celebrate the fact Strange is finally on the show your host decides to introduce a bowl and some pieces of paper to keep the interviewing flowing nicely. 

Strange discusses his hero Martin Sanderson, setting fire to the top table at a wedding, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, performing at funerals and touring David Copperfield's museum and warehouse in Las Vegas.

This is the series finale with the biggest star in UK magic today. This incredible insight into the world and mind of Steven Frayne was recorded a few days before the start of his nationwide theatre and arena tour. 

Incredibly nothing was off limits and he discusses the way his TV show is edited, Criss Angel and a host of other controversial topics. His openness will surprise you and earn your respect.

The series reaches it's conclusion with a double bill of episodes with the two guys behind the biggest brand in UK magic today.

Dan Albion is the manager of DYNAMO and in this episode he shares the story of how they met and their incredible journey to fame and fortune.

Andrew O'Connor was The Young Magician of the Year in 1981 and had a successful career in television as a presenter, in the early 90's he co-founded Objective Productions with Michael Vine (See episode 45 for his side of the story) and together they discovered Derren Brown. They sold the business in the mid 2000's for millions of pounds after which Andrew moved to L.A to make movies. 

Andrew does not hold back in this interview and shares some interesting opinions on magicians egos, The Magic Circle and your hosts obsessions.

Andrew O'Connor was The Young Magician of the Year in 1981 and had a successful career in television as a presenter, in the early 90's he co-founded Objective Productions with Michael Vine (See episode 45 for his side of the story) and together they discovered Derren Brown. They sold the business in the mid 2000's for millions of pounds after which Andrew moved to L.A to make movies. 

Andrew does not hold back in this interview and shares some interesting opinions on magicians egos, The Magic Circle and your hosts obsessions.

This episode is the first ever podcast recorded in front of a Live audience at The Magic Circle Headquarters. A Live audience calls for a lively guest and Michael Vine is exactly that in this extraordinary interview. He is one of the cofounders of Objective Productions which is responsible for most of the magic you have seen on TV over the last 15 years. He also manages the career of Derren Brown and provides an incredible insight in to his amazing world.

The legendary Paul Daniels takes to my hot seat to discuss his incredible career in this epic 2 hour interview. We discuss his rise to fame, the TV show, his West End run and his thoughts on the magic world today. Paul also answers the questions you left on our Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Michael Vincent is without question one of the finest sleight of hand magicians the UK has to offer and he is in my hot seat this week to share stories of his mentors, his amazing card magic, appearing twice on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and the DVD sets he released a few years ago with Alakazam.