We mentioned in a previous post that we had been working on some exciting new projects, this is one of them!! Having completed working as creative and escapology consultants for the new BBC drama ‘Sherlock’. Sherlock is a modern day take on the original Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle was a very good friend of Harry Houdini.
Sherlock is co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the new Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his loyal friend, Doctor John Watson. Rupert Graves plays Inspector Lestrade.
Watch out for the trailer and check out http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/sherlock/ to keep updated. We throughly enjoyed working with the cast and crew, inparticular was Chi who is pictured above with Danny and plays the part of the Chinese Warlord We think that if he ever wanted to give up his job as an actor, he would make a great escapologist!!! We are looking forward to it being screened sometime this summer.
Other news, we have just got back from the showbiz capital of the world – Ferrybridge Day of Magic ! As usual it was a fantastic day for all involved, top class dealers, lectures and gala show. It was great to catch up with John Archer, High Jinx and Scott Penrose who all made time in their busy schedules to be there.
After 2 great show’s at Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre working with Ken Dodd this weekend, we were thrilled to meet up with the worlds greatest ringmaster and one of the nicest men you could ever meet – Norman Barrett OBE!! We had a great chat with him and would have loved to have stayed there longer in order to catch up with Norman, who is currently touring with Zippos Circus. They will be in Glasgow until 23rd June, for more info check out www.zipposcircus.co.uk . We unfortunately had to get home to carry out work on some props for a new TV drama, to air shortly. We will keep you posted on this!!! We would also like to thank everyone who sent us lovely emails about our new-look website.
Love Annette & Danny xx
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This week we joined forces with our good friend John Archer, Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year to perform at the Gentoo Conference 2010 held in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. Together we miraculously made the Cheif Executive, Peter Wall, appear from out of nowhere!! It was a great chance for us to catch up with John, despite having to travel across 3 counties to get there and surviving on 4 hours sleep!! We even had chance for lots of coffee and a bacon butty – any excuse!!!
Love Danny & Annette xx
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Hello everyone, welcome to our new blog. We are going to try and keep everyone updated on what we have been up to and what we are going to be getting up to!! We will try to update it as often as we can.
Its been a busy year for Amethyst so far, we have been dashing from one end of the country to the other – with some very late nights and very early mornings! We are currently touring with comedy legend Ken Dodd in various venues up and down the UK. We have also had great fun launching our new flea circus show, debuting at the Ripon Workhouse Museum for their ‘Turn back Time’ event. We have also been working on a new BBC drama, as creative and escape consultants – more info will follow shortly! However, if you do need any more info in the meantime, please drop us a line at amethystmagic007@aol.com.
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Enjoy our website. Danny & Annette xx
