Comedy Magic prevails at The Magic Space

BANGALORE, JUNE 13: Pravin Tulpule a.k.a. Mysto Pinto conducted the first Expert Magic Session at The Magic Space on Saturday, June 7, 2008. The 25-seat session played to a full-house, with magicians from Bangalore, Mysore, and other nearby areas attending this interesting session on Clowning and Comedy Magic.

Appearing in the guise of an auguste clown, Mysto Pinto shared some of the basic aspects of clowning, and fielded questions on the topic from the gathered audience.



The session itself was more focussed on using comedy in magic, and Pinto explained that quite well by sharing his personal pet presentations. Many of these were about the varying kind of gags and puns that play well for child and adult audiences.

Pick a card (that promptly jumped out to be picked!), the flying rubber chicken (that picks the selected card along with some other things!), The Vanishing Onion (Did it finally vanish?!), The tear and restored (almost!) newspaper, were some of the memorable and rib-tickling effects performed and elucidated upon by Mysto Pinto.

The evening began with Prahlad Acharya welcoming the gathering and introducing the session, and concluded with a vote of thanks by Nakul Shenoy, and a home-cooked dinner that was relished by all the participants.

Each session conducted at The Magic Space is rated based on audience feedback, and this being the first Expert Magic Session was no different!

Overall, the Comedy Magic Session was rated at 3.76 (out of 5) by the participants, and it's usefulness was rated at 3.57. While 100 per cent of the participants said they would recommend The Magic Space-run Expert Magic Sessions to their magician friends, the participants' liking of the session was rated at 96.19 per cent.

Knowing that up to 97.14 per cent of the participants say that would like to come back to The Magic Space to attend future sessions, it is safe to conclude that the Comedy Magic session by Mysto Pinto was well-liked and appreciated by those that attended it.



Mysto Pinto alias Fooling You will be conducting a full-day Master Class on Clowning, which would include detailed understanding of different types of clowns, including the White Face, Auguste, and Character clowns.

The Master Class Session is strictly restricted to 15 participants, and will be run as a hands-on training in clown make-up and clowning per se.

For more details, contact The Magic Space.

The Magic Space opens in Bangalore...

Sunday May 25 2008 saw The Magic Space open in Bangalore for magicians and magic lovers alike.

I have posted some photos of the memorable get-together that was organised for the inauguration of The Magic Space at Google Photos.

Click here for this and more photos of The Magic Space

I will post a write-up about the event as soon as I can.

News about The Magic Space

The media response to The Magic Space has been pretty exciting.

The leading Kannada daily Vijaya Karnataka carried a nice write-up about The Magic Space on the front page of the Bengaluru Vijaya magazine supplement on Friday the 23rd May.

Today, the Deccan Herald carried a news story on the launch of the Magic Space headlined Magical Feel in The Metro Life headlined Magical Feel. The Deccan Herald says "Magic Space, a unique place for magicians, has been inaugurated in the City. This is one place magicians can magic, talk magic, read magic, and of course buy magic." The full story may be read at the Deccan Herald website.

Bangalore to have a Magic Space!

BANGALORE, MAY 23 2008: Come Sunday 25th of May, Bangalore will have a Magic Space – a unique place for magicians from across India and the world to see magic, talk magic, read magic, and of course buy magic!

The Magic Shop Bangalore which has been in the business of manufacturing and exporting magical apparatus for over a decade is now transforming into an interesting concept, called The Magic Space.

Located at the Avalahalli BDA Park Bus Stand (off Mysore Road), The Magic Space is pitched to be the perfect place for magicians to get together for a tête-à-tête, to exchange ideas, to read magic magazines and books, or just for a cup of tea/coffee; a next generation Magic Shop where magicians and magic lovers can catch up with magician friends – old and new.

Giridhar Kamath, the man behind it all, says, “The Magic Space will host regular sessions and workshops from renowned magicians and trainers on varied topics on the nuances of magical performance. We will also host teach-in sessions for people who want to learn magic”.

This Sunday will see a lot of magicians from across the country getting together here for the inauguration and subsequent closed-door magic sessions. Some surprise guests are also expected to grace the inauguration event.

“We sincerely hope that The Magic Space becomes the hotspot of magic in India. A place every foreign magician visiting India drops in to, to meet up with Indian magicians from across the country,” says Kamath who looks at this latest venture as his way to give back to the world of magic, and contribute to its development.

The Magic Space will ensure that professional and amateur magicians alike will now be able to experience and buy all kinds of high-quality magical wares here; be it the oldest to the latest product in the world market, from the best in genre to their all-time favourite items. Plus a lot of people interested in magic will now be able to learn it from the masters of the craft. For more details see www.themagicspace.net

Note:
The above is a transcript of the press release issued with regard to the launch of The Magic Space in Bangalore. The Magic Space is located at #481, Avalahalli BDA Park Bus Stop, Girinagar, Bangalore 560085.
Karnataka State. INDIA.

The Magic Space is here...

My friend Giridhar Kamath (of The Magic Shop, Bangalore) is all set to launch his new and revolutionary magic store... called The Magic Space.

Unlike the other few stores we have in the country dealing with magical props, The Magic Space is set to be *the place* for magicians from all over the state and country to meet up to discuss the nuances of the art.

And my recent conversations with some of the top-performers and famous magicians in the country also shows that the excitement is catching, as Magician M Yona, Mega Magic Star Kudroli Ganesh, Cardician Shekhar, Indian Houdini Prahlad Acharya, and more expressed their keenness in holding lectures and presentations at The Magic Space.

Nothing surprising in there, given that Giri has always been giving that extra importance to the quality of the magic apparatus and props that are manufactured by him.

And that's enough to get anybody about the new launch and the upcoming activities.

For now, I leave you with some advert content from The Magic Space...

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The Magic Shop, Bangalore is now The Magic Space...

Come, visit The Magic Space – a unique magical space where you can see magic, talk magic, read magic, and of course buy magic.

The Magic Space, Bangalore is the perfect place for magicians to get together for a tete-a-tete, to exchange ideas, to read magic magazines and books, or just for a cup of tea/coffee; a next generation Magic Shop where you can catch up with magician friends – old and new.

If just that was not enough, you can also experience and buy all kinds of high-quality magical wares here: from the oldest to the latest product in the world market, from the best in genre to your all-time-favourite item.

The Magic Space is ready. Are you?


For more information see: www.themagicspace.net