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.
Berea Mail interviews Thulani Maak-n-plan, a street magician in Durban, South Africa, performing in the traditional style of street magicians found worldwide.
Andrew Eland, better known by his stage persona “Magic Man”, performed on SABC3’s “Expresso Morning Show” on 1 November 2018.
Capetonian illusionist, Olwethu Dyanti, has been featured on Beautiful News, a South African website that “celebrates the extraordinary fabric of human nature that binds our nation.”
For over 30 years Johann Kupferburger has been a part of creating ‘theatre magic’ in South Africa, both literally & figuratively! As Cape Town Magic Club’s ‘biggest fan’, Kupferburger explains how the ‘magic bug’ bit him & how he’s supporting the Art of Magic in Africa.
Sebastiano Olla chats to Greg Gelb about Gelb changing careers to become a full-time magician.
From table magic beginnings in his hometown of Port Elizabeth to international stages, award-winning mentalist Brendon Peel is currently touring his latest solo show, Hocus Pocus, around South Africa in 2018.
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)