TESTIMONIALS

During 2015 I joined the College of Magic family and every person I met was so friendly and loving. As time went by I was officially part of the family. I met friends, sisters, brothers and supporters. When I was studying magic I was not taught about magic only I was...

When I was a kid and up-until-today I am still very curious on how things are done and how they work. Magic has been a great art in fulfilling my tea cup, it has helped me professionally and personally in so many ways. Today I can think a few years back and would not...

Having lived behind the College of Magic for the first thirteen years of my life, it only made sense that I would enrol at the age of ten. If not necessarily for my own creative interests – then at the very least to find out what these noisy neighbours were getting up...

I joined the College of Magic around 2005 and I was introduced to it by my late friend and fellow magician Mfundo Somdyala. Mfundo would show me new magic that he learnt every Saturday and this sparked the love and curiosity from me. I asked him to bring me...

People who know me will know that magic has always been a part of my life. My entire family has been involved in magic. My parents were entertainers, my brothers and cousins all perform and were students at the College of Magic, and my uncle David is the founder of...

I was born and raised in Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town in a household of three people. A little family with a single mother raising two boys in a hard township life. Fortunately, Khonzekhile, my brother was a student at the College of Magic. Every Saturday I...

What does the College of Magic mean to me? It’s 17 years of my 28 years of life. It’s the only organisation that I’ve been committed to and regularly involved with, for that long. It’s a family away from home. It’s the place that taught me many of the important things...

It was during a visit to the ‘Magic Shop’ 2002 that I stumbled across an organisation that would change the trajectory of my life forever. With a keen interest in juggling initially, I had never considered the hidden wonders of the art of magic and the life skills it...

Unbeknown to me, I had just cast my first magical spell… one that would forever define the course of my life. My parents may not have heard the walls resound, the wind change direction, nor witnessed the glowing lights abound as I did, but with their smiles they...

I walked through the gates of the College of Magic one cloudy morning in 1999 on a visit. My parents were told I should attend the college by my puppetry teacher, Mr Doug Price. The first people I met on my visit were Director, David Gore and teacher, Steve...

As a youngster, who isn’t fascinated by the art of magic? A world where anything is possible. A wave of a wand makes rabbits appear, snapping your fingers and a coin appears. Growing up having David Gore, an amazing Magician as your uncle is unreal. As a young boy, I...

I began my College of Magic journey with my cousin Batandwa in 1998. The two of us had always loved seeing College magicians at friends’ birthday parties. We had started inventing shows for my younger brother’s parties, wearing black paper top hats and using an old...

As I moved from the rear seat of the taxi I could feel eyes on the back of my neck. I must have looked out of place. Bowtie, waistcoat and very shiny shoes. My brief case, the traditional sidekick of a magician, was knocking the door as I squeezed out of the...

I first came across the College of Magic in 1995, when my mom took us to the College's school holiday show at the Claremont Civic Centre. My mom’s friend Diane, who worked as a receptionist at the college, had told her about it. In we walked, and there was Grant...

My name is Guy, I'm 39 years old, a graduate and long-time supporter of the College of Magic. I was first introduced to the College by a friend in 1990 and was instantly drawn in to the mysterious alternate reality. Even today the notion of an actual school that...

I arrived on the doorstep of the College of Magic as a dorky kid with very big glasses and a bush of hair... I'd seen the College's display stand at the Design For Living Expo, and I clearly remember seeing a miniature lady in a fishbowl, and watching with wide eyes...

I joined the College of Magic 32 years ago; and never realised how this was going to mould my life ahead. We were still based in the Plumstead premises in those days, and the walls of the College became my second home. I loved being a part of this institution, and...