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just ordered my tickets might have a pop up broad street after!

any chance on details on where to buy the tickets? the link doesn't seem to work for me

i got mine from his website, if the link does not work, just copy and paste it into your browser... see you there, if you get em! im going on the thursday.

The link works fine when I try it .

For local TMers, you might not know it but the venue, The BMI, was for many years the home of the British Magical Society (6 months older than the Magic Circle!!) and that fine Victorian building is a great setting for mentalist work.

just booked me tickets

cant wait

do they have specific seat numbers on? I don't want to have booked too late and be right at the back

tis tomorrow everybodyyyy!

so who's going?

Blapsing_Beard wrote:tis tomorrow everybodyyyy!

so who's going?

It was today as well

Overall a good show. One or two pieces I would have changed, but Paul was at ease and built up a good relationship with the audience... some poor woman took quite a few accidental hits from a massive foam die as others frantically scrambled to be rid of it as soon as it came there way. One or two 'names' were in the audience as well and there were lots of references peppered throughout for the amusement of us magically-inclined folk.

Several of the effects were quite commonplace but with excellent presentations and my lay friend was very impressed and really enjoyed the show so yeah, a good night out - nice one Paul!

sounds gooood!

did you get the chance to have a chat with sir brook afterwards?

only, my train dont arrive till an hour after the show finishes

Blapsing_Beard wrote:did you get the chance to have a chat with sir brook afterwards?

Yes, you do!

Just a swift addition, the show was excellent as Cardza mentions, one or two things cold do with a bit of tweaking and perhaps a little more pace in places would keep the momentum up but that's only nitpicking. As far as I could tell, Paul's effects were based on good solid magic principles, one of them was figured out by Mrs.M very quickly but she was even more impressed at how he did it rather than what he did. All in all it was an excellent evening, very much like the old parlour magic evenings of yesteryear (not from personal experience, my Grandfather told me about them, OK?!) and it was extremely good value for an evening of entertainment. All my 'guests' from last night want to know when the next one is so if you're reading this Paul, don't forget to let us know asap! If anyone's going tonight, you're in for a great evening.

i enjoyed the show, although, as this is only the second 'magic' show (the other was Derren Brown's) i have been to since learning illusions tricks and principles, i found myself working out tricks, rather than appreciating them. for this, i am slightly disappointed, rather than impressed, but the laypeople i brought with me were rather amused, although the number reciting was apparently annoying for them, as he DID say 'ill only allow myself one mistake' and he made quite a few.

the rest of the audience seemed impressed, although unwilling to accept the die when it came to them! lol.

i also hope, Mr Brook, that the same method you used for the Card Routine, differentiated from the money in envelope routine at the beginning, because if it wasnt, that was a real waste!!

...and Blasping, there are plenty of bars around the area, that will be able to amuse you!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

wat a piece of s***!

s*** s*** s*** s*** s***!

The show was bloody cancelled!


CANCELLED!

WTF!!!!

That is £80 in train fare gone down the drain, plus a £12 ticket

that is nearly £100 wasted!

All the way to Birmingham!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

jeeze, it wasnt THAT bad! j/k why was it cancelled?

Hi All,


Friday's Show

As was mentioned, the Friday night show was cancelled last minute. This was a real blow for me, not only financially but emotionally; I really hate letting people down.

The problem was with the venue not providing correct information about the licenses that they hold. When booking the venue they should have stated any additional licenses or event notices needed. They did not mention any such additional requirements, even after being asked numerous times.

It turns out that the person who made the booking, should not have made the booking; therefore, it was not passed to the correct department in the venue. This meant that the information I was required to know about the licenses held was never given to me. This is even more shocking when you realise that the venue was booked some 7 months in advance.

As no license was held for the previous evening's performance, the authorities were informed that an unlicensed event had taken place and that another one may occur. I was then faced with the prospect of £20,000 fine or a 6 month prison stretch for performing without a license.

The venue, even though it was their fault, then refused to allow me to perform, as they would be seen as allowing an unlicensed performance to go ahead.

The really excellent (lashing of sarcasm here) part was that they informed me only 3 hours before the booked time.

I am really sorry to all those who turned up to the event only to find the show cancelled. My team and I made every attempt possible to call, e-mail and notify all of the ticket holders that we could.

A full refund is available from the website. Chris, I have e-mailed you personally as far as a refund is concerned due to the distance that you have travelled.


OK, on to Thursdays performance.


Thank you all for the kind words given; they are appreciated.

Numerous problems on the day meant that the set-up took longer than was needed and that created a backlash as far as rehearsal time and my pre-show relaxing time was concerned. A certain problem had meant that the start time had been delayed for nearly 30 minutes; this meant that I had to cut out certain spiel and subtleties that I had worked on with precision. This for me, is the same as taking a delicate Swiss timepiece, opening it up and replacing some of the cogs with inferior and rusty ones; it may still work, but it's just not the same.

I was very tense and stressed out when I walked out on stage, due to the non-stop activity, problem solving and delayed start time. Then I looked out to only a 65% full audience, even though the event had sold out and all money for those tickets had been collected; this was very confusing and a number of subtleties and effects had to be recreated and changed on the spot because of this.

Due to a myriad of stress and on the spot thinking I missed out a number of subtleties for the effects that I performed; as well as being time conscious due to the late start. This for me was very saddening, as I love to perform with subtleties in mind.

I tried to create a better feeling of pace and excitement within my presentation but I just had too much to think about to have my normal fun and smooth presentational style; again, very saddening on reflection.

Yes a great number of the lay people loved it, and I received a great deal of very positive e-mails; however, I know that I did not perform to the standard that I expect from myself.

Oh, someone mentioned the remembered number mistakes earlier; the fact that I mentioned that I would only have 1 mistake and go on to make 2 or 3, was deliberate. In the majority of people they will talk about this incongruence but then remember the massive scale of what was remembered. It also removes any idea of a trick, and makes the effect appear as a genuine memory feat.


So that is both days in a nutshell, I hope that I have managed to answer any questions that people may have had about the event.

I will be continuing this show in 2008 as planned and these two shows were the pilot for the 2008 tour. So I hope that I will see you at the next show, where I guarantee that it will not be cancelled last minute and that there will be no last minute performances.

With Kind Regards as Always,

-Paul

calm down Paul...have a Flake...

hope it all goes well from now on...