Newcastle Magic Circle

10/06/2025

Our next lecture is from the fantastic Phill Smith"
UK based mentalist, writer, designer and consultant Phill Smith has been creating powerful mind reading effects for more than a decade, with effects performed by professionals around the world on stage and television. Best known for his three handbooks to contemporary mentalism, Mitox, Yokai and Mokele, his creative approach yields innovative modern mentalism created for real-world situations and real-world audiences.

Phill has also consulted for numerous professional performers, including writing and development credits on TV show Impossible?, as well as on-set consulting in the UK, Belgium and Ukraine. In addition to all this, Phill has also performed professionally in a wide variety of settings including sell-out public shows, to rave reviews.

05/06/2025

A polite reminder about this…Please message Rob Reed directly if you’re interested. Cheers 🤘🎩

Roll up, roll up - The next NMC social night will be for the Durham Fringe Festival 2025. As always, please message Rob Reed privately if you’d like to put your name down. The date will be 26th July. Please see below the suggested programme:

Brooklyn - 15:00
Meal (or other suggestion)
Tom - 17:00
Neil Smith - 18:45

Thank you! ❤️🤘🎩

20/05/2025

Our next meeting is fast approaching. Join us on Tuesday 27th May for an insightful lecture from John Hotowka.

John was awarded the Professional Speaking Award of Excellence – the highest accolade a professional speaker can be awarded in the United Kingdom.

John kindly sent us the following video of what to expect from the lecture.

12/05/2025

Roll up, roll up - The next NMC social night will be for the Durham Fringe Festival 2025. As always, please message Rob Reed privately if you’d like to put your name down. The date will be 26th July. Please see below the suggested programme:

Brooklyn - 15:00
Meal (or other suggestion)
Tom - 17:00
Neil Smith - 18:45

Thank you! ❤️🤘🎩

08/05/2025

Hello! We can announce that we’re now taking names for those who’d be interested in seeing Pete Firman in Newcastle next year!

The date is 15th April 2026 and tickets start from £23. If you’re interested, please message Rob Reed privately.

P.S. More details will follow regarding a Durham Fringe 2025 NMC social night. Keep ‘em peeled…👀🎩

02/05/2025

We have another fantastic lecture this Monday 5th May from Michael Ammar! We are sure Michael needs no introduction. You can hear what to expect from the video below!

28/04/2025

We have a fantastic lecture from Jamie Harrison tonight. (a little video from Jamie, to let you know what to expect tonight)
Jamie is the magic consultant for leading West End and Broadway productions such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Stranger Things and many more. It’s going to be fascinating!
Make sure you get along to Magicbox early as we have a hands on session led by our very own James Piatt - Magicianon the Flip Stick move which will start at 7pm.

11/04/2025

We had another fantastic night for this years Lennox Shield Close-up Competition 2025

A huge thanks to all the competitors and congratulations to James Piatt - Magician on winning this years competition

A few images capturing the night!

25/03/2025

Big thanks to Luis for the following video of what to expect from his lecture this Wednesday 26th March.

21/03/2025

If your thinking of heading up to our lecture on Monday night. This video from Mike Sullivan will give you the heads up of what to expect!

24/02/2025

We have a fantastic lecture to night from Matthew Wright.
But we begin our time a little earlier, with our new "Hands-on" session. Tonight, Glenn will be taking us through the One-handed Top Palm. If you haven't mastered this yet, it is a very versatile card move that no-one would believe you could do, even when they are burning your hands. If this is of interest to you, the short session will begin at 7:10pm. Glenn will share a key tip on how to make this move easier.