Peter Wardell, current Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year,and previous Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the year will present his Magic State of Mind talk at The Session 2011, reflecting on life as a professional magician. He’ll cover creativity, productivity and much more in his short talk and performance at The Session 2011.

If you need to know just how great the Session is, read our live reports from last years Session Convention

NOW is the time to register for The Session 2011, ticket prices are £75 for a weekend ticket, do it, before they all sell out, and The Session ALWAYS sells out.

We’ll be bringing you all the news and updates from The Session Convention, you can also check out our Guide to The Session as well as the main Session Convention Website

The Session is fast approaching (15th - 16th January 2011) and keeping with their format of reinventing the magic convention, an interesting new event has been added.

Attendees will be able to book an appointment during the convention with card magic expert Justin Higham to receive a personal lesson on any card sleight of their choice. This is a unique opportunity to meet and receive a lesson from one of the country’s leading card experts who rarely appears at magic conventions.

Justin joins Darwin Ortiz, Pit Hartling, Denis Behr, Benjamin Earl, Luke Jermay and a legendary surprise guest for what is set to be yet another sellout year.

Tickets are selling faster than ever before so now is the time to book as this will sell out soon - www.sessionconvention.com

Benjamin Earl will join the excellent line up at The Session. The Session will be hosting a unique, one-off lecture by contemporary magician Benjamin Earl. Not only is this a rare opportunity to see Ben perform the magic that has gained him a worldwide reputation, but to learn it too.

Ben’s Past Midnight DVDs received rave reviews and set him up as one of the leading sleight of hand magicians of his generation. As you’ll learn at The Session, there’s more to his success than card magic and sleight of hand, however!

This is an exclusive, rare event and Ben has no future plans to lecture at any other magic conventions.

The Session 2011 will take place on January 15th -16th 2011 at The Holiday Inn, Crest Way, Barnwood, Gloucester. GL4 3RX

If you need to know just how great the Session is, read our live reports from last years Session Convention

NOW is the time to register for The Session 2011, ticket prices are £75 for a weekend ticket, do it, before they all sell out, and The Session ALWAYS sells out.

We’ll be bringing you all the news and updates from The Session Convention, you can also check out our Guide to The Session as well as the main Session Convention Website

Andi Gladwin has tipped that The Session will be host to a special surprise guest:

“Carrying on the tradition of hosting magicians who don’t normally attend magic conventions, we’re absolutely honoured to host this surprise guest to The Session 2011. They are one of magic’s most famous and interesting performers who everyone will enjoy meeting. We will be announcing further details nearer the time, but I am convinced that this will be an event not to miss!”

The Session 2011 will take place on January 15th -16th 2011 at The Holiday Inn, Crest Way, Barnwood, Gloucester. GL4 3RX

If you need to know just how great the Session is, read our live reports from last years Session Convention

NOW is the time to register for The Session 2011, ticket prices are £75 for a weekend ticket, do it, before they all sell out!

We’ll be bringing you all the news and updates from The Session Convention, you can also check out our Guide to The Session as well as the main Session Convention Website

Danny Buckler joins The Session line up, he’s a fresh new talent who has performed magic and comedy at private functions for the “rich and famous”, including Liam Gallagher, Patsy Kensit, Bruce Willis, Kevin Kline and the Sultan of Brunei. He had his own special for Channel 4 (Danny Does Tricks) and has appeared on many, many television shows since.

At The Session Danny will be giving a one-off talk on magic and comedy. Last year many people said that his impromptu talk about “the world’s greatest card trick” was the best and funniest event of the convention. We think this one will be the same!

Danny is an expert in the art of Kung Fu and has a keen interest in the history of films, especially Horror films of the 1930′s!

“A real find and everyone should look out for him” – BBC London
“A Terry Alderton version of David Blaine” – BBC London
“a fast talking mind reading magician” – London Evening Standard

The Session 2011 will take place on January 15th -16th 2011 at The Holiday Inn, Crest Way, Barnwood, Gloucester. GL4 3RX

If you need to know just how great the Session is, read our live reports from last years Session Convention

NOW is the time to register for The Session 2011, ticket prices are £75 for a weekend ticket, do it, before they all sell out!

We’ll be bringing you all the news and updates from The Session Convention, you can also check out our Guide to The Session as well as the main Session Convention Website

Every year the UK’s only close up only magic convention The Session sells out. The Session is unlike many other conventions, and it’s one of our favourite magic conventions.

The Session is a conference for serious close-up magicians, where you’ll learn the true secrets of performing amazing close-up magic from some of the best in the industry.

The variety of workshops, lectures, parties and plenty of time to session (of course) has meant that its always sold out quickly, and has attracted some of the top names, not only to appear, but also to attend. The Session is not just a conference; it is a learning experience like no other in magic.

We’re very pleased to announce that The Session 2011 will take place on January 15th -16th 2011 at The Holiday Inn, Crest Way, Barnwood, Gloucester. GL4 3RX

The first few names of what should be again a fantastic line have been announced this week:

Headlining the lineup is Darwin Ortiz, magician, gambling expert, and author. Known to the public as the world’s foremost expert on card cheating. To magicians, we know him as so much more. Ortiz is one of magic’s intellectuals, and he has authored four sleight-of-hand collections filled with inventive, smart magic.

Denis Behr is known in sleight-of-hand circles as one of the finest technicians alive. He garnered attention by posting youtube videos of sleights that even expert magicians thought impossible. He has lectured all over Europe and the US in support of his first book, Handcrafted Card Magic, and is at his best when performing close-up magic, surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd.

Luke Jermay, a mentalist-phenom, bursting onto the scene by challenging everythign mentalists hold sacred. He developed new methods and presentations for classic tricks, and presented the mentalist community with a shocking and brilliant arsenal of original material. Having had his own mentalism show on the Las Vegas strip, he will bring a brand new lecture to The Session 2011

Pit Hartling first gained international recognition for his role in the Flicking Fingers, the ten-group magic sensation that took FISM and the the world by storm. Pit emerged with “Heinz,” an hilarious magic act where he played a dopey but lovable German close-up magician. Having since toured the world performing as himself, the highly intelligent, innovative card magician, he will also bring his close up to The Session 2011

If you need to know just how great the Session is, read our live reports from last years Session Convention

NOW is the time to register for The Session 2011, ticket prices are £75 for a weekend ticket, do it, before they all sell out!

We’ll be bringing you all the news and updates from The Session Convention, you can also check out our Guide to The Session as well as the main Session Convention Website