Promo Blurb for Everywhere-outside-a-theater gigs.

Mr Magic is a Famous and Powerful Magician. Or at least thinks he is. A dusty but distinguished old gentleman, Mr Magic is confined to a wheelchair, and relies on his male nurse for both mobility and to assist him with his magic. He's a chatty old fellow, and enjoys nothing more than meeting new people to share his wisdom and amaze with his feats of Magic and Mentalism.

As well as a host of card tricks - which don't always go to plan - Mr Magic specializes in telepathy, mind reading, and predicting the future. These extraordinary feats of mental power rarely fails to amuse and amaze not only his audience but the jolly old magician himself.

Mr Magic is happy to free-wheel around festival settings, sharing his wonders with anyone who's interested, but is most thrilled to perform on a stage - whether that is a small podium at a social function or the main stage of an Opera House. Performances can be tailored anywhere from 10 minutes to a full evening performance, and with some advance information can also include content which is specific to the event and key people at that event.

His magic is unpredictable, but Mr Magic's charm and mystery guarantees audiences of all ages a magical time.

Ostade Preview - Mission Accomplished.

The Long Awaited Preview of Mr Magic was on Thursday and went well - the public had fun and I gained good insight into what still needs to be added and taken away. It was an insane push for the line in the end, and once again demonstrated that our limits of endurance are further than we expect. Pushing those limits does come at a price though, and since Thursday night I've only really left the comfort of my bed when absolutely necessary. A couple more daze of rest and recreation before I do the rest of the re-creation.

Massive thanks to all of you that came down to witness the birth of the new show. After months of performing into the vacuum of an empty studio it was a thrill to feel the energy coming back from a real live audience. Thanks to Klaus Jurgens and Duda de Paiva for their invaluable advise, Markus Schnizer for the fabulous light design and Ron Bunzl for last minute prop-support. Special thanks to Kristina Schroeder for all her support and patience over the last months - it wasn't easy and I certainly wouldn't have put up with my over-stressed diva antics as well as she did.

The dates of the premiere proper are now 24, 25 and 26 of February, in the Bellevue Therater, Amsterdam. In the mean time here's a couple of pix from the Ostade gig taken by Carla Kogelman.

A reminder of dates and a threat of more sophisticated publicity material to follow shortly. A cunning marketing strategy culminating in the production and distribution of colour posters is in place and nearing fruition. Yes, full colour posters - we're not fucking about here.

The long anticipated preview and premiere of Mr Magic are rapidly approaching. If you only fancy coming once in Amsterdam, then I would suggest you attend the premiere in the Bellevue Theater on 26, 27 and 28 Feb. 2009. If on the other hand you would like to witness The Greatest Puppet Magic Show The World Has Ever Seen in a raw(ish) form, and then fully pimped and polished, come to the preview in the Ostade Theater - Ostadestr. De Pijp - on the 20th November, and then the Bellevue show too. Sorted.

September belonged to STAN. The demands of following the cheeky little fucker on a trans-continental tour meant a break in the work on Mr Magic - probably not a bad thing as I was rapidly approaching over-saturation. The highlight of STAN's latest foray into the international festival circuit was certainly Mindelact (http://www.mindelact.com/) a fabulous festival on the Island of Mindelo, Cabo Verde - a group of islands off the coast of Senegal. FIMP (http://www.fim.com.pt/) was in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal, and was a new kind of challenge for STAN - the stage was set up outside on one of the city's busy central squares, including cars, trucks and buses rumbling around it. Perhaps some of the shows more fragile moments were compromised, but the audience was appreiciative and well focused despite the traffic. Last but by no means least was the 9de Internationale Poppenspel Festival in the exotic town of Meppel, North Holland(http://www.poppenspelfestival.nl/). Excellent theater and a wonderful audience.

Back now to Mr Magic, which has an official preview in the RISK festival in Amsterdam's Ostade Theater on 20th November (http://www.ostadetheater.nl/festivals/festivals/RISK.html) and the Premiere proper will be in the Bellevue Theater Amsterdam on the 26, 27 and 28 Feb. 2009.

Bollock-deep in foam rubber all week. One more week of full-time puppet making and then into the studio at Pick Up Club to start rehearsing. Mr Magic himself is already ready, Fredy, so I'm busy with his supporting cast. Cerberus the legless rabbit is almost done, and the as yet nameless showgirl is starting to take form. Watch this space.

In the meantime here's a preview pic. of Cerberus. I kill you! (That may or may not be a catch phraze of his.)