We are pleased to release the final line-up for the NMC 2012 Convention, following on from Luke Jermay, Matthew Wright and Paul Gordon.
Mark Shortland: Mark will be your host on compere for the evening gala show and will also be performing his stage act. Over the last twelve years Mark has gained twelve National and International Awards including:- Four times winner of the International Brotherhood of Magicians Comedy Award 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004, Stage Magician of the Year 2001 and Close-up Magician of the Year 2002, culminating in his Membership of The Inner Magic Circle and the title of ‘British Magical Grand Prix Champion 2005-2007’.
Lee Thompson: A world renowned pickpocket from the famous Cirque Du Soleil we are extremely pleased to welcome him to the NMC Convention. A mulit-competition award winner including International Buskin Competition and European Festival of Street Entertainers Award. Lee will be performing on the gala show and will then present his lecture with a full breakdown of how he achieves his steels and misdirection, this is the premier of Lee’s lecture at a magic convention and is one not to be missed.
High Jinx: We are pleased to welcome back High Jinx who will be performing their illusion act in the gala show, Michael will also present his juggling act in the first half of the show. Straight from their appearance on Penn & Teller : Fool Us and having achieved second place in FISM Europe illusion category, Michael and Tamsyn are sure to be a big hit, with their act receiving rave reviews and having just been booked for the season at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Make Believe Magic: Consisting of past president Steve Gore and joined by his daughter Deanna, Make Believe Magic have been receiving rave reviews for their relatively new act, and we are sure they will appeal to the whole audience.
Ian Barradel: Ian will be performing in the close-up gala show and will also be presenting his extremely informative lecture about the magic maker Tenyo. Ian has the 3rd biggest collection in the world of these ingenious props and their clever principles are sure to have you puzzled, a thoroughly entertain lecture awaits.
The Childrens Showtime will be held on the Saturday afternoon and we are absolutely delighted to say that the star of the show will be Richard Cadell and Sooty, this is a fantastic coup for the NMC and is sure to bring in a healthy audience. Sooty will be joined by our regular clown hosts Jeanie and Clivo, along with the perfect manipulations of Brian Sefton and wizardry and magic from Doug Gregg and David Tomkins, a show which we are sure will appeal to all.
The NMC 2012 Convention team work incredibly hard to bring you a modern and appealling convention each year. In fact, in recent years the team have brought you many ‘firsts’, all of whom have gone on to appear at other magic conventions, AFTER they have appeared at an NMC Convention. We all work hard finding acts which we hope to appeal to all, and although we can’t please all of the people all of the time we do try and provide events, lectures and performances which you will enjoy. The NMC Convention team recognise that we cannot rest of the laurels of days gone by when the Northern would have 400+ attendees and we now need to appeal to the wider magic community with the acts and events which we host. We hope you will all continue to support us as you have in the past.