'Hogmanay House seeks to share the “rich underbelly of Scottish traditions” that lie beneath the touristic image of Edinburgh' // Mark Brown
With the Gothic comes mystery, and with mystery comes magic.
“I’ve found that the more my brand’s developed, the more the Magic Festival has been successful,” he observes. “This got me thinking, ‘there must be something I can do, in my position as a magic festival director’.”When it comes to teaching magic to young people, the 11 to 18 age group is a far trickier proposition than younger children, says the director.
Nevertheless, impressed by the enthusiasm of the young people he met at this year’s Fringe, Quantum decided to develop a new programme for adolescent and teenage magicians. The result is a show titled Future Magicians in which five young people , who have been mentored by professionals over the course of eight weeks, will present their own short sets at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.programme is unfunded. All of the professional mentors, Quantum included, have given their time for free.
“All I can do is try to develop a generation where women have opportunities. That’s what I try to do with the Magic School, that’s what I’m doing with the young magicians.”
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