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Billy Kidd knew she wanted to become an actor by the age of 5. Every day after school she trained extensively in ballet, jazz and tap dance as well as Piano, Saxophone and voice lessons to help further her acting career. By age 11 she was getting paid to play. She was a working actor in theatre, film and tv for many years. In addition she also educated people worldwide about a lost instrument called the Nose-Flute. Billy proceeded to train, teach and perform with her group the Slappyfeatherwhistle Nose-Flute Ensemble to critical acclaim in theatres, radio and tv. When she turned 18 she was accepted into the top theatre schools in the UK and Canada including RADA and Trinity College in London, the National Theatre School and the BFA Acting programs in Canada. After graduating from theatre school she was lucky enough to still be making a living as an actor. Everything was going according to plan until she saw a street magician.
Then she went into a deep depression, sat in the dark drowning in tears because she knew she had to become a bloody magician. Fuck! This was not the plan.
Since that dark night Billy abandoned her job as an actor, escaped and made an uneven living doing card tricks on the streets of Bath England. Within a matter of months she got cast doing magic for a national advert for O2. She then hosted two series of Breaking Magic on Discovery Channel and was featured on ITV’s Next Great Magician. Billy was also a regular on the series Wizard Wars with Penn & Teller in the USA where she earned the only standing ovation from the popular duo. Her work has been seen on numerous documentaries and televisions shows for the BBC, Channel 5, CBC, CW network, and Discovery Channel.
She divides her time by performing in theatres all around the world, the cobbles in Europe, Disney Cruise Lines, and her home play space Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre.
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Britain’s Got Talent's David Penn is a seven times national award-winning magician and illusionist, whose amazing style of magic will be sure to enhance your next important event. The entertainment options that David offers include close up tech magic, after dinner cabaret and illusion shows. His large scale illusion show won him the title of ‘British Magic Champion’ and also secured him a place in Britain’s Got Talent's live final stages. As a close-up magician, David has also been awarded the title of the 'Magic Circle Close Up Magician Of The Year’ and the International Brotherhood of Magicians ‘Close Up Magician of the Year’ for his Close Up Magic. This makes him the number one choice for discerning individuals booking entertainment for weddings, corporate, and private events. David’s magic has been seen in six major TV series which include ’Britain’s Got Talent’ on ITV, ‘FREAKY’ on Channel 4, ‘Astounding Celebrities’ on ITV and ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ on the BBC. David has also been booked to work internationally alongside performers such as Andrea Bocelli and Il Divo and he has entertained various celebrities and heads of state from around the world, including The Sultan of Brunei and Her Majesty The Queen. David Penn-The Tech Magician David Penn-The Tech Magician David-Penn David-Penn 3/3 David is a leading corporate magician whose clients include Sony, BMW, Tesco, Bentley, Time Magazine, 3M, Npower, and Hanbury Tennison. He is often engaged to create bespoke illusions and effects for specific events to impart his client’s key message at trade shows and conferences. David Penn’s unique style of magic has to be seen to be believed and he can be booked for corporate dinners, weddings, conferences, and private events. Whether performing close up magic, cabaret or his illusion show, David will entertain, astound and leave your guests utterly amazed.
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R Paul Wilson is a writer, director, producer, actor, expert on the art of deception and a world- renowned magician. His show “The Real Hustle” ran for eleven seasons on the BBC and was sold to over fifty countries.
As writer and presenter, Paul has pulled more scams on real people than anyone in history in his mission to inform and protect the public. In “The Takedown” (Tru TV), he formed a team of experts to cheat businesses and casinos using high-tech and old-school techniques before revealing their methods and explaining how to “protect the house” and for his two-hour special “Scammed” (History Channel) Paul re-invented an age-old scam and pulled several classic con games on real people, businesses and investors in Charleston, SC.
He is the author of “The Art of the Con” (Lyons Press, 2014) and has written countless articles on con games, consulted for high profile legal cases and advised both casinos and players on methods of deception.
Paul was the senior consultant and producer on the hit BBC show “The Magicians”, designing and directing brand new illusions for a ground-breaking live Saturday night show with an audience of over seven million viewers. He has acted as consultant for numerous television shows and feature films, advising writers, producers, directors and actors about magic, con games and the inner workings of deception. As a magician, he performs around the world on stage and in private, intimate shows where he demonstrates cheating, magic and miracles. He is considered to be one of the finest living exponents of sleight of hand and has created effects and material for many of the world’s best-known performers.
As a filmmaker, Paul began as cheating consultant and second unit director on “Shade” (RKO Pictures, 2002) and expert consultant for Joe Carnahan’s “Smoking Aces” before returning to the UK for The Real Hustle, an innovative hidden camera show featuring real scams pulled on real people.
Paul has directed television, shorts, a feature documentary and two scripted features. “The Magic Box” (2013) is Paul’s award-winning homage to nostalgia and the art of magic and his feature-length documentary “Our Magic” is a deep insight into the world of magicians with thirty one of it’s most respected performers and thinkers sharing their thoughts and feelings about the art. His first scripted feature “Con Men” is a zero budget indie that drew on his experience as a con artist and helped to attract investors for “Isolani”, a thriller set in Glasgow where a young mother becomes a pawn in a deadly game of deception. Isolani premiered in London at the Raindance Film Festival, was nominated for best feature, a BIFA and for best debut at Camerimage.
Paul is currently in the early stages of his third feature while working on several TV projects that combine elements of magic, deception and storytelling.
LINKS:
ISOLANI TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/222539329
CON MEN TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/131299482
OUR MAGIC TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/98007553
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MAGICONTHEGO.COMBorn in Scotland, raised near London, Steve has been performing since age 5. That was the year he started THEATRE and DANCE training and took a passionate, lifelong interest in MAGIC. His first job was playing the child Prince in ‘THE KING AND I’. From those humble beginnings, Steve has appeared in over: 250 HOURS OF TELEVISION, A DOZEN MOVIES, COUNTLESS COMMERCIALS, TWO MULTI AWARD WINNING VIDEO GAMES, and starred in FOUR TV SERIES: CROSSING JORDAN for NBC, as Criminologist ‘Nigel Townsend’ , NIKKI for the WB, as choreographer ‘Martine’. I’M IN THE BAND for Disney, as 80‘s rock legend ‘Derek Jupiter’. ESTATE OF PANIC for SYFY. (nominated for a Rose D’or) Steve has carved out a unique place for himself in show business, constantly changing and morphing into a myriad of wild, quirky, funny, dangerous and always unique characters.One thing’s for sure, you never get the same person twice, from rock stars to serial killers, to drag queens to criminologists, to Victorian singing and dancing mustache twirling villains to knights in shining armor. And its Steve’s morphic skill in character and voice that has kept him so much in demand in the highly competitive world of TV and Film. Recently Steve made a big splash as Bronx based ‘Barry Greenhouse’ in the Robert Zemeckis movie THE WALK, and the serial killer (spoiler alert) in the feature MIDNIGHT MAN, the Egyptian Priest Aye in Mr. Peabody and Sherman, and also killing in NBC’s One Big Happy, Mom, Big Bang Theory, CSI, Supernatural, Psych, Beauty and the Beast, Hot In Cleveland and the deliciously evil Les Camembert in Disney’s massive hit Teen Beach Movie, in addition to voices on Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Turbo Fast, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Tinkerbell, Sofia The First, UnCharted and Bioware’s DRAGON AGE series, earning a massive international fanbase for his acclaimed performance of Alistair. All that, while recurring on many different TV shows such as: MOM, Ghostwriter Major Crimes, Mike and Molly, Blunt Talk, and Anger Management. STEVEVALENTINE.COM STEVEVALENTINELIVE.COM. MAGICONTHEGO.COM
MAGIC: Steve is highly sought after and highly respected for his work on and off stage as a world class magician. A multi-award winner at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood: MAGIC CASTLE TWO TIME CLOSE UP MAGICIAN OF THE YEAR, TWO TIME LECTURER OF THE YEAR, RECENTLY VOTED THE STAGE MAGICIAN OF THE YEAR! Steve has literally toured the world performing his brand of high energy mind-blowing magic, headlined in Las Vegas and has created original magical pieces for himself and other professional magicians, including a mind bending 22 hour video course on his favorite trick, called C2P. In 2019 Steve lead a three month National Tour with The Illusionists, the most successful touring Magic show of all time, and plans to helm the Now You See Me - Live tour sometime in 2021.
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Joshua has performed on stages in over 100 countries. His first residency in New York was the show, Six impossible things. Joshua was awarded the top prize at the World Magic Seminar and has fooled Penn and Teller on their hit show, Fool Us. He holds a Guinness World Record in card magic. He has performed magic on numerous television shows, most recently Good Morning America and The Today Show.
Joshua Jay is the author of MAGIC: The Complete Course, The Amazing Book of Cards, and, for children, Big Magic for Little Hands .
He has designed illusions for stage and screen, including a recent collaboration with HBO for Game of Thrones. Joshua consulted with the United States Postal Service on the design of their postage stamp series, Magic.
Joshua appeared at the 2008 Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama, and has also delivered private performances for former Presidents Clinton and Trump.
Most recently, in January 2018, Joshua was recognized by the Society of American Magicians with their highest proclamation, for his contribution to the art of magic.
MAGIC Magazine called Joshua Jay “MAGIC’S RENAISSANCE MAN”
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Marvin Berglas is an award winning magician and entrepreneur.
He is the founder and creator of Marvin’s Magic who’s tricks and sets can be found in top stores in over 60 countries worldwide. These include Hamleys and Harrods in London and FAO Schwarz in New York.
- Marvin received the Outstanding Contribution to Magic award from the British Magical Society in 2014/15.
- He was awarded the coveted Outstanding Contribution Award in the British Toy and Hobby Industry in 2015/16.
- Marvin is a member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star – their top accolade.
- His Marvin’s iMagic received the Gold Medal as winner of Toy of the Year in the electronic games category of the Independent Toy Awards.
- In 2016 Marvin was awarded The Maskelyne Award from The Magic Circle for services to magic.
- During 2017, 2018 and 2019 Marvin was the Vice-President of The Magic Circle
As a performer he is much in demand, particularly on the celebrity circuit and was the first resident magician in the Premier League at Arsenal Football Club – since 1993.
As an industry leader, Marvin & Marvin’s Magic continue to attract regular multi media attention, with impressive social media, radio and television coverage as well as trade and national press on both sides of the Atlantic.
He has inspired literally millions of young magicians and has made a significant mark in world magic.
He comes from one of the most famous and respected families in magic as his father David Berglas was the first TV magician and President of the Magic Circle. Marvin with his father were guest artists and lecturers at both The World Magic Congress and the prestigious Essential Magic Conferences for the leaders in world magic.
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Douglas Hodge is a Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle award winning actor, composer, director and writer. Recent films include Alfred in Joker, Gemini man The Report and Red Sparrow. Recent TV includes The Great, Black Mirror, Lost In Space, Catastrophe and Penny Dreadful. Tony and Olivier awards on Broadway and the West End for La Cage Aux Folles and originated the role of Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Drury Lane in London's West End. Ten years working as an actor and director with Harold Pinter. Major Shakespearean and classical roles at the Royal National Theatre and R.S.C. and The Globe. New plays by Pinter, Barker, Penhall, Johnson and more at the RoyalCourt, Almeida, Classic Stage and Donmar Associate Director at Donmar Theatre and director of many plays on West End and on Broadway Stiles and Drewe Best Song Award and composer and lyricist of 101 Dalmatians, Meantime and Wigmaker on the West End. Trained at RADA and a council member alumni of the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain for many years.
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British Actor, Craig Robert Young recently played Declan in Michael Bay's "The Last Ship" - Ian on NCIS with roles on both Hawaii 5.0 and NCIS: Los Angeles, Rose Macgowan's boyfriend Dave, in "Charmed" and Alfred Hoffman on Fox's "Fringe."
Nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Drama at LA Theatre Awards 2015 for his portrayal of Nicky Lancaster in Noel Coward's The Vortex, and previously named best actor at the LA Scene and stage awards for the same production.
He was born in Nottingham, England and started acting at the age of 10, His first professional job was the role of Mark, in Barry Hines' 'The Price of Coal' at the Nottingham Playhouse.
When he was 17, he attend drama school in London, A chance audition for a pop band, steered Craig off into the music business for a few years. The Group 'Deuce' scored 4 top 30 British hits, a top twenty album and appearances on acclaimed show 'Top of The Pops' 7 times. Craig left the band in 1996 to resume his passion for acting. Not before becoming the new face of MTV in the UK, hosting the hugely successful show 'TRL' This lead him to hosting for 'GMTV' (UK version of the Today Show). Then in 1999 A starring role on the award wining show 'Dream Team' beckoned. Craig played the troubled Alex Wilkinson for 76 episodes.
His next move was a big one, across the Atlantic in fact, where Craig met his manager Louisa Spring, Throughout the early 2000's Craig starred in a plethora of shows including MTV's'Spyder Games', 'S Club 7', 'Charmed', 'The District', and 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch'. Adapting to LA life Craig missed treading the boards so joined an all British theatre company called 'Nomad' Here he performed in the plays 'The body' and 'Red Star.' and 'Boise, USA'. A TV Pilot followed on 'Zoey 101' playing Jamie Lynn Spears' mentor. He then wrote and starred in a movie called 'Wannabe' that was bought by Warner Brothers and later developed in to a TV Pilot with Marta Kauffman (The creator of Friends)
A role on 'Lost' soon followed which was the first of many J.J. Abrahms shows he has appeared in. In 2007 Craig starred in all episodes of 'Just For Kicks' The Whoopi Goldberg produced show for Nickelodeon, garnering great reviews for the role of Coach Moore. Craig has been busy in the last few years with movie roles in Horror classic 'Slaughter' for Lionsgate, and 'A Numbers Game' alongside Steven Bauer. Starring turns in the TV Shows 'What about Brian' (JJ. Abrahms) David Mamet's TV show 'The Unit' The remake of 'Melrose Place', and the fan favorite 'Alfred Hoffman' in the Sci Fi Hit 'Fringe' Craig also played a recurring role on ABC Family's '10 Things I Hate About You.'
Craig stars as Piet Hartog in the World War 2 movie "Return to the hiding Place." A true story about a real life hero (Piet) as the leader of a dutch resistance group - A story of pure heroism and bravery where Piet and his friends rescue the occupants of a Jewish orphanage in Haarlem.
Recent Guest starring roles in the last ever season of Hot in Cleveland and Hit the Floor and a lead role in Caper Andreas' Kiss Me, Kill Me will round out the year.
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Linara graduated from the prestigious University of Chicago and worked at a number of Chicago’s most acclaimed theaters including The Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Northlight, and the Tony Award winning Victory Gardens. A supporting role as Keisha, the cute and sassy receptionist in ”Barbershop 2” motivated her move to Los Angeles where she immediately landed recurring roles on ”American Dreams” and ”E.R.” Linara has since guest starred on hit shows including ”Grey’s Anatomy,” ”Private Practice,” ”Madame Secretary,” ”NCIS,” ”Station 19,” ”Code Black,” ”CSI,” ”The Defenders,” ”Touch,” ”Ghost Whisperer,” and many others. Feature film credits include ”Stranger Than Fiction,” and ”Killing Them Softly” where she played opposite James Gandolfini and Brad Pitt. She also starred in the award winning, ”Kings of the Evening” with Lynn Whitfield, Glynn Turman, and Tyson Beckford, and is currently starring in the hit series “Casting the Net” on UrbanflixTV. In addition to acting, Linara produced two feature films, “Haunting of Cellblock 11,” and “Darkness Reigns.” Affiliations: Producers Guild, SAG/AFTRA, Actors’ Equity, Television Academy
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David H. Venghaus, Jr.
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David Venghaus has worked in the film and television industry for over 30 years, beginning his career as a Set Production Assistant on NBC’s THE COSBY SHOW and then working his way up to Assistant Director and Associate Producer on such films as FORREST GUMP, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, DEAD MAN’S CHEST, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, AT WORLD’S END, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and most recently on HORSE SOLDIERS, THE DARK TOWER, THE JUNGLE BOOK, ZOOLANDER 2, MOTHER’S DAY, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, Disney’s THE LION KING and JUNGLE CRUISE and most recently on A QUIET PLACE II with director, John Krasinski.
Venghaus has built his career as an Assistant Director working for some of the most established directors in the world including, Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Jon Favreau, Oliver Stone, Gore Verbinski and Garry Marshall. His work on the motion capture films, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and MARS NEEDS MOMS, JUNGLE CRUISE and the virtual productions of THE JUNGLE BOOK and THE LION KING have put him in a unique position in working in some of the newest technology used in filmmaking today. This work has offered David opportunities to not only build a strong reputation among “A” list filmmakers, but to take that knowledge into the Directing chair himself.
Dave Venghaus has directed the short films, BETWEEN THE SAND AND THE SKY and REMEMBER and feature films, THEY CALL HIM SASQUATCH and most recently HORROR FILMED, THE POE EXPERIMENT.
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Maximilian Somerset The Magician, Musician and Unusualist.
Award winning TV magician Maximilian Somerset is one of the few privileged to be an Honorary Inner Member of the Prestigious Magic Circle, London. He has performed for Celebrities; Royalty; Barristers and Road Sweepers alike. As the Duke of Beaufort’s Magician Cousin who was later adopted by a milkman, Maximilian can relate to most people.
Max has had his own prime time TV show on BBC 1; performed three sell out stage shows at the Magic Circle and has twice played the Organ at the Royal Albert Hall. However, you may also have seen him performing at Dover Street Arts Club or The Magic Garden. For Max, the key is diversity and adaptability.
He calls himself “The Unusualist” because his magic, far from being associated with all the usual clichés, is something more profound. It’s free from the shackles of conventional tricks and is about creating the impossible with anything to hand. Your wedding ring could end up spinning in mid air; your children’s pet Goldfish could swim out of your £50 note; or a word that you are thinking of can be found engraved on a coin…inside a walnut...inside an egg!
Either way as both a performer and an inventor, his innovations have gained him respect among his peers as one of the most unique minds in the field of magic today.
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Nicholas Hoult discusses the acting process and finding a character. Films from The Favourite to Mad Max to his latest TV part as the Czar of Russia in The Great. We go in depth into the process and look at the creative journey.
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Tim Bran is a mixer, producer and writer based in London UK. As one-half of production duo MyRiot alongside Roy Kerr, Tim produced London Grammar’s 2013 debut album “If You Wait” which achieved both huge sales and widespread critical acclaim . The duo repeated that same success after co-producing numerous tracks on London Grammar‘s number one selling album “Truth Is A Beautiful Thing”. Never shy of the the charts MyRiot also produced 10 tracks for the Birdy album “Beautiful Lies”. The album shot to number three in the UK album charts and hit the itunes top 10 in no less than 25 countries. Tim has also co-produced Rae Morris‘ new album “Someone One There”, including the radio hits “Do It” and “Athletico” . Tim is renowned for his radio mixes of La Roux’s “In For The Kill” and “Bulletproof” which became massive US airplay hits and working on the Paul McCartney album The Fireman. He also co-produced the highly acclaimed albums by Aurora, ‘Infections of a different kind’ and ‘A different kind of human’ .
Tim is currently producing Imelda May and Natalie Imbruglia, amongst many other artists and bands. He is also a member of the World- renowned Magic Circle.
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Ali is magician, comedian and actor who was nominated for a British Comedy Award for Dirty Tricks on Channel 4 and has appeared in 30 feature films, including the BAFTA nominated Kajaki. Ali is currently starring in How to Fake a War with Katherine Parkinson. His short film The Cunning Man was long listed for a BAFTA and has so far won 21 awards. Instagram handle: @ali_cook Twitter handle: @ali_cook Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/alicookofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alicook01 Cards to Mouth magic trick: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCilyssD8AX/ How to Fake a War trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfI2m3HP7qg The Cunning Man trailer: https://vimeo.com/341997439
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Described as ‘The modern face of 21st Century magic’ by stage magazine. Katherine has stared in three series' of a hit Bafta winning CBBC show, ‘Help My Supply Teacher is Magic’(BBC1) and she made television history as the first female magician to be given her own primetime TV series. Her show, Katherine Mills: Mind Games aired on Watch and worldwide from 2014 to 2016. Since then Katherine has featured on ‘Now You See it’ (BBC1), ‘Next Great Magician’ on ITV, ‘Trickheads’ on Comedy Central and ‘Every Trick on BBC1 Scotland which is due to air November 2020. Unanimously voted into the magic circle and later awarded Associate of the Inner Magic Circle, Katherine has quickly become a firm favourite on the magic scene providing bespoke entertainment to an extensive client list from royalty and world leaders to the largest of corporate firms. She has worked all over the world for the likes of Marc Jacobs, Prada, Goldman Sachs, Virgin, Bloomberg to name a few. Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Follow on twitter. https://twitter.com/magnusfiennes?s=21 Magnus Fiennes is a Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary composer, music producer and creator of transmedia art and entertainment. Magnus is an inveterate composer, having written over 240 hours of music for film, television, theatre and games. His TV work includes multiple seasons of hit shows such as Hustle, Murphy’s Law, The Last Enemy, Freefonix, and Death In Paradise (one of the BBC’s most successful dramas) as well as ambitious productions such as Hooten & The Lady, Curfew, and Five Days, for which his contribution was winner of Best Music at Reims International Music Awards. Music for Film includes Onegin (1999), Chromophobia (2005), Casper's Scare School (2006) Donkeys (2009) and musical contributions to movies such as Johnny English (2003), The Next Best Thing (2000) and Addicted To Love (1997). Magnus has also composed extensively for the Nintendo DS platform as well as Ambisonic/VR music productions for Lexus and The Hamburg VRAM festival. He has composed hundreds of commercials including campaigns for Ford, Lotus, Rover, Coca Cola, Kraft, Sega, Cleau De Peau, L’Oreal and Gordon’s Gin.. IMG_5602 USE THIS IMAGE.jpg Magnus cut his musical teeth as a producer, songwriter, and arranger with a range of artists that defined the British fin de siécle musical zeitgeist from Pulp, Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Sinead O'Conner, and Neneh Cherry to chart-topping pop successes with All Saints (global number one Never Ever) and The Spice Girls, as well as helping to re-interpret the oeuvres of music icons such as Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Gary Moore, Shakira, and Bryan Ferry. Fiennes also produced Damien Hirst's singular musical adventure, the chart-topping post-modern 1998 World Cup football anthem Vindaloo. More esoteric recording outings include a 2002 collaboration with Canadian violin virtuoso Lara St John and India’s leading percussionist Trilok Gurtu on an album of genre-defying Bach arrangements for Sony, composing and producing three albums for all-female string quartet Bond on Universal and in 2016, the composition of a body of work for William Close and the Earth Harp, the world’s largest stringed instrument. As a creator of original content, Magnus conceived, produced and scored forty episodes of the groundbreaking music-driven BBC animation series Freefonix, nominated for best children’s animation at Annecy Film festival in 2008. In 2013 he teamed with immersive theatre company Punchdrunk to create music and sound design for its seminal National Theatre co-production The Drowned Man. 2011 marked the beginning of a collaboration with sister Martha Fiennes on SLOimage, an AI digital art platform which was launched with an inaugural work Nativity. In 2018 they completed the far more ambitious Yugen starring Salma Hayak which premiered at Venice Film Festival 2018 and has since been exhibited at Frieze, Christies NYC and LACMA, who acquired the work in 2019. Magnus has lectured on film compostion and record production at London Film School, Kingston University and Morlely College London and presented a Tedx talk on inspiration. He is currently developing an inter-related slate of media projects that investigate the critical and precarious relationship between humanity and technology. These include conceptual art pop music act Deep Machines that will tour as a visually driven immersive, AR augmented experience, and a film drama about transgender electronic composer and synth pioneer Wendy Carlos. Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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James’s bio. I am a bit of a jack of a few trades! At present, my Facebook status, I believe, reads Music teacher, Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Producer of Original Songs for kids, Music App developer and Lyft driver. I literally am bouncing between all of them and am close to launching my website which will have a page dedicated to each part of my working life.
In my singer/songwriter career as James Carrington there are over 100 covers of my song “ache” on YouTube, 350,000 plays of it on Spotify and over 3 million views of songs I have written and performed on YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo and Facebook. I am just about to start recording my new album with producer and singer/songwriter Paul Freeman which we hope to complete by the end of September.
The music game I raised money for on Kickstarter I am developing into an app with a company called Nerdpeople (nerdpeople.com) The app will help people learn to read music, I hope, will be a welcome addition to the app stores and help people begin to master a skill I believe to be really important and hugely beneficial in understanding music.
The original songs for kids album I am writing and producing with LA-based Grammy-nominated producer, mixer, engineer and musician Jesse String is getting closer to completion.
And I continue to teach people all over the world on zoom! Which I love.
Here’s a link to my album that’s on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7d6DGmPs57DjZ9JP3HclrD?si=NQNOd8VDRuCh-NzrxtZq4g
And to a YouTube video I’m proud of.
https://youtu.be/zdd2-iamWwE Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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You can follow Jez at these links
https://www.jezrose.co.uk
https://twitter.com/ThatJezRose?s=21
https://instagram.com/thatjezrose?igshid=1vwwtnsbw2tzi Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Darren Darnborough is a British-born Actor working in Hollywood. His TV & Film work includes hit US shows MacGyver, Magnum PI, 2 Broke Girls & True Blood, and he plays a lead role in upcoming film Abruptio alongside Oscar-winner Jordan Peele.
Darren is also the Co-Founder and CEO of WeAudition.com - a revolutionary new video-chat community for auditions, rehearsals, self tapes & advice.
www.weaudition.com
http://www.imdb.me/darrendarnborough
@weaudition on all social platforms. Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Mark Bowden discusses directing theatre, movement on stage and how it relates to art. What is authenticity? And does it vary depending on who you are speaking to and still remain authentic. His training with the movement and theatre teacher Jaques Lecoq and Philippe Gaulier. Directing at Mountview theatre school and being given the opportunity by the head of acting Brian Astbury. How politicians have changed their voices and how can this be learned and much more.
Mark Bowden is an author on body language and human behavior. Bowden’s nonverbal techniques for influence and persuasion have been described in the Canadian national press as a “secret weapon” for G7 leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. www.truthplane.com. Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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In this episode of The magic of... podcast with Paul Roffman, I talk to Darryl Rose, magician and broadcaster. He is an Emmy award winning Editor from the Summer Olympics, Athens 2004 and Member of The Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. We discuss the business of being a working magician and the doors that have opened up being an international performer and broadcaster. Also we look at what opportunities lie in the future and how to move forward positively during this crazy time. www.darrylrose.com Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Episode 3. Lee Warren discusses how he works with businesses, his experience in the magic world and his book, The busy person’s guide to great presenting.
https://leewarrenspeaker.com Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Episode 2
I talk to Andrew P Jones, who started in the special effects field, his training ground was working on movies like “Hook,” "Batman," and “Groundhog Day,” as well as television series such as “Married… with Children,” “In Living Color," and "Muppet's Tonight.” In the late 90's he launched his producing, writing, and directing career with the internationally syndicated series, “Field Trip” and has since worked on a variety of pilots, TV series, docuseries, and movies that have been seen on BET, FOX, Syfy, ESPN, Discovery, Playboy TV, and more. In addition to being an Emmy nominated editor, Andrew is a prolific writer, director, and producer who has released three feature films, including the multi-award winning “Kings of the Evening” starring Glynn Turman, Tyson Beckford, and Lynn Whitfield. Andrew currently has a comedy series, "Casting the Net," streaming on the newly launched UrbanflixTV that he wrote, directed, and executive produced.
https://www.instagram.com/castingthenetseries
https://www.twitter.com/andrewpagejones
https://www.urbanflixtv.com
Filmed via zoom on a Mac and using the rodecaster pro for audio and a rode procaster mic. Neewer 2 Pieces Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit . Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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Composing music for film an television. Patric Caird discusses how he got into music, coming to Los Angeles from Canada and his career so far. Lawrence Welk Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0H00YJ52oU
John Coltrane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZPROgFYT1s
Powder Blues “Doing It Right” 1991 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmFXw0yFaM
International Rocketship - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7AC678CC3A3F9E4A
Bambi Meets Godzilla - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R-rbzcEM8A
Somthin' Else - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kag0vqS8CU
Sonny Rollins “Live At The Village Vanguard” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVAExD8WZDA
Lovesexy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaFv9lBy-Mo
The Brothers Grunt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXZfKLABYHU&list=PLnl4jPjhHaEUSlNCGBVVXFbe4FfKEwvXe
aka cartoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtK7wIgsnUc
Ed, Edd n’ Eddy - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLiD5R9zNdNmEdyr_F0w2AQ
Here’s To Life - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207638/?ref_=vp_back
The Dead Zone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYFGwpPygIk
Rake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp95Af9MqBg
Karen Lam - https://www.karenlamfilms.com/
Kurt Weill - https://www.kwf.org/
Kurt Vile - https://kurtvile.com/
The Order - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD-cFgDDuqM
Sniper: Assassin’s End - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub9EikTkrTk
The Curse Of Willow Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZGxGcGAxo4&feature=youtu.be. Website https://www.patriccaird.com And follow Patric on twitter https://www.twitter.com/patriccaird. Thanks to Ryan Lutz for editing, clips and curbing the panic.
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