Alan Watson (magician)
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| Born | November 26, 1950 Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Occupation | Magician, Illusionist |
| Spouse | Michele Watson |
| Website www.watson.co.nz |
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Alan Watson is a magician living and performing in Auckland, New Zealand. He has performed at the Magic Castle more than 100 times.[1]
He has been performing professionally for more than 30 years, and has won some of magic's highest awards and accolades (below).
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[edit] Awards and Honours
- 2006 - Grand Master of Magic
- 2006 - Order of Merlin - IBM International
- 2006 - The Golden Benny - Variety Artists Club of New Zealand[2]
- 2005 - Presidential Citation from IBM International President
- 2005 - Best Mental Effect - Linking Ring Awards
- 2003 - Agnew Excellence Award - Variety Artist's Club of New Zealand
- 2002 - Dragon Award - J. Marberger Stuart Foundation (2002)[3]
- 1999 - Scroll of Honour - Variety Artist's Club of New Zealand
- 1997 - Shure Golden Microphone - Most Professional Entertainer - Variety Artist's Club of New Zealand
- 1995 - Member of the Inner Magic Circle (MIMC) with Gold Star - Magic Circle England
- 1990 - 1st place Close-up - 22nd Australian Convention of Magicians
- 1982 - The Peter J. Shield Award - 18th Australian Convention of Magicians [for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Mentalism]
- 4 times Top Close-up performer - New Zealand International Magic Conventions
- 6 times Top Children's Entertainer - New Zealand International Magic Conventions
- 4 times Benny Top Magician - Variety Artist's Club of New Zealand
[edit] Magic Publications
Alan has been featured in the following magic publications :
- The Linking Ring - November 2006 - Front cover - Pages 35-40 plus 68-70
- The Linking Ring - July 2004 - Kiwi Magic, pages 83-107
- Magicana - August/September 2002 - Front cover, pages 8-11
- The Linking Ring - November 1998 - Front cover - Kiwi Magic, pages 87-105
- M.U.M. magazine - September 1997 - Watson family front cover - Kiwi Magic, pages 15-25
- Australian Magic Monthly - November 1996 - Alan Watson featured on front cover with accompanying article
- The Magic Circular [UK] - December 1995 - Front cover - New Zealand special section, pages 223-230. Also in this edition Peter Blanchard wrote a double page spread on the Watson family "This Is Your Life", pages 234-235
- Genii Magazine [US] - October 1992 - Front cover - New Zealand special issue for which Alan compiled, pages 805-819
- Magicana - October/November 1989 - Front cover
- Magicana - July/August 1984 - Front Cover, pages 5-7
[edit] DVDs
- 2007 - Alan Watson's 7 Secrets to Success (2 DVD SET)[4]
[edit] Television Appearances
- 2007 - Studio 2 (NZ) (NZ children's show) - with grand-daughter Aleshia.
- 2006 - Pacific Beat Street - with grand-daughter Aleshia.
- 2006 - What Now? - with grand-daughter Aleshia.
- 1996 - Good Morning
- 1996 - The Great Kiwi Magic Show (closeup section)[5]
[edit] Magic New Zealand E-zine
Alan publishes a weekly E-zine, Magic New Zealand. Magic New Zealand has more than 13,500 subscribers world-wide including many well-known magicians. It contains articles and writeups as well as performance dates and regular columnists.
[edit] References
- ^ New Feature for Magic Makers, vol. 56, Oct 2006, p. 10, <http://www.magicians.org.au/files/Vol5609.pdf>
- ^ [1] Variety Club of New Zealand (click on Awards, Benny)
- ^ [2] www.dragonaward.com
- ^ [3] www.magicmasterclass.com
- ^ [4] Top Shelf Productions
