Find out more about your favourite magicians, mentalists, sleight-of-hand artists, illusionists and other magical entertainers by reading, watching or listening to interviews with them. All magic, all Africa.
From performing in restaurants while juggling a day job in IT to initiating a continent-wide production company, Marcel Oudejans has created a life in magic – for himself as well as others.
Johannesburg-based amateur magician & “magic convention enthusiast”, Phillip Boruchowitz, was interviewed by internationally-recognised professional magician Scott Wells, for Wells’ “The Magic Word” podcast.
South African magician Chad Burgers, known as ‘Chad Spade’, is interviewed by Jené Burgers.
Capetonian magician Jacques le Sueur chats to CapeTalk’s Keenan Williams about magic, adventures, and stealing the late President Nelson Mandela’s watch – twice. (Podcast)
South African magician extraordinaire Mo Magic brings his live show to Hillcrest for the first time. The show features 70 minutes of amazing magic, mystifying mentalism (mind reading magic) and family-friendly comedy from a career spanning 16 years.
Herald LIVE: “Mentalist Brendon Peel and escapologist Li Lau are putting their brains – and Li’s body – on the line in Carnival Sideshow and Other Magical Things at the Masonic Hall Back until Monday.”
Capetonian magician Mawonga Gayiya chats to CapeTalk’s Keenan Williams about how magic and comedy bring the community together. (Podcast)
Olwethu Dyantyi, a renowned South African magician and the face of world-famous beverage brand Coca Cola’s global relaunch campaign, is a graduate and lecturer of the College of Magic, Cape Town’s only magical arts organisation and the only one of its kind in the world.
Following years of planning and engagement with its graduate body around growth development and sustainability, the College Of Magic in Cape Town, South Africa, appointed Yolandi van Jaarsveldt as the organisation’s new CEO. Magic.Africa interviews van Jaarsveldt.
Magician Dynamo (real name Steven Frayne) is in South Africa for his “Magic Live” tour.