So its home time now.. FISM 2006 - The World Championships of Magic, was just great, I got some amazing stuff, watched days worth of excellent stage arts, gala shows and late night close up. Another good thing is that this years FISM was being filmed by a London based TV production crew, anchored by Steven Mulhern and produced by John Fisher. The show will be going out worldwide, but as yet there isn’t a UK deal set up, although the BBC looks like a likely candidate.
On the prize side, Pilou from France won the Stage Grand Prix, an amazing manipulation art, based round a French beggar boy, he did some sharp and clean productions of cards and apples, newspapers and shoe steals, leaving the stage covered in almost half a hundred weight of apples and cards..
Rick Merrill from the United States picked up the Grand Prix for Close Up, his act, based round talking about his home schooling at a child, his crush on this third grade teacher (which had me in a crying laughing fit for about 10 minutes), and some unbelievable vanishes, productions and magic with Sharpie pens, was just about as funny and as polished as your could ask for. It was again one of those acts where I just didn’t see the moves.. it was just pure magic..
On the purchase front, I picked up some great material to last me for a while, including a coin through glass table that really blew me every time I saw it.. if there’s ever real magic.. that was it.. coin visibly through a glass table…
We’re just sat here now with drinks in the BA lounge at Arlanda airport, iPods and Cards waiting for the flight back..
The next FISM, 2009 is being held in Beijing, China.. and it looks like they will be hosting the biggest and best FISM yet.. I’m really looking forward to it…
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