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Review: Hans Klok’s The Houdini Experience @ Peacock Theatre

The high-powered Vegas magic show comes to London.

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Explore London’s Voodoo Psychogeography At Treadwell’s

There’s magic in them there stones.

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Interview: Piff The Magic Dragon, Cabaret Magician

He’s tried to fool Penn & Teller, he sold a trick to David Blaine and he’s off to Edinburgh with a new show.

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Man Walks On Water, UFOs Over London…Silly Season Is Here

Because we all love the smell of bullshit in the morning.

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The Mystical Artefacts Of John Dee At The British Museum

As Damon Albarn writes a musical about the 16th Century mystic, we track down his magical gizmos.

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New Festival: The Apple Cart, Victoria Park

Field Day spawns a new festival for Vicky Park this August.

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TONIGHT: Search For Edward Lovett And His Magical Collection

Lucky charms, amulets, mascots and hair sandwiches at SELFS tonight.

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Book Review: Rivers Of London By Ben Aaronovitch

A new novel weaves London folklore and Metropolitan Police procedure in a bewildering tale of magical mayhem.

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Review: The Attic @ The Oubliette Arthouse

In the dying days of 2010, twisted duo EastEnd Cabaret held a mini-cabaret festival in a recently squatted building on Shaftesbury Avenue. Were you there?

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Preview: Medieval Magic Walks

Two different walks this month take you on a tour of London’s olde magic(k)al ways. It’s A Right Royal Brew introduces you to some of England’s medieval royals and courtiers who were known to dabble in the dark arts, while Witches, Wizards and Warlocks explores …

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Preview: Penn and Teller @ Hammersmith Apollo

Darkly comic Las Vegas stalwart magicians Penn and Teller invite you into their unpleasant world next month, as they bring their show Live And Direct From Las Vegas to the star-spangled streets of, er, Hammersmith. Penn Jillette and his diminutive, mute mononymous sidekick, Teller are …