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2 Last updated 12 October 2020.
Biography
Nik Taylor is Subject Leader for Drama, Theatre and Performance in The School of Arts and Humanties at the University of Huddersfield He is co-editor of The Journal of Performance Magic.
He has worked as a performer, writer and director; working on a number of projects in the UK, Germany and France, including Discurs’96 & The Festival of Contemporary European Plays. He has designed for Performance City, FestCEP & Sapajou, produced a low budget feature, and performed as a dancing penguin.
As a Research Magician, he is coordinator of the Magic Research Group and has just completed a research project entitled, ‘Performing Real Magic(K): The Conjurer and Audience in Bizarre Magick’. He is currently writing a monograph examining the cultural history of performance magic.
As a performer, Nik specialises in Bizarre Magick, Sideshow, Séance and Divination. Nik co-curates Mr Punch’s Cabinet of Curiosities a dark museum of weird and haunted artefacts, and is currently working on a short film capturing the Victorian Parlour Séance. He recently advised on the Thackray Medical Museum’s The Magic of Medicine exhibition and Proper Job Theatre’s Nosferatu and performed in Hester Reeve’s YMEDACA at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and The British Society of Mystery Entertainers.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Magic
- Performance Magic
- Bizarre Magic
- Technical Theatre
- Interactive Theatre
- Immersive Theatre
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Research output
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Mashing up Magick: Bizarre Magick and the Fuzzy Gothic
Taylor, N., 1 Mar 2022, Gothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling. Neill, N. (ed.). Lexington Books, (Lexington Books Horror Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Davenports play Huddersfield
Taylor, N., 24 Jun 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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The Return of the Davenports – a one-act play
Burrow, M., Carter, A. & Taylor, N., 24 Jun 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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Séance: A View Through the Veil
Taylor, N., Cooper, A. & Crowley, D., 12 Jul 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Identity and Persona
Taylor, N., 16 Feb 2020, The Magiculum II. Landman, T. (ed.). Lulu Press Inc., p. 58-63 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Making Dark Magicks
Nik Taylor (Speaker)
7 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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A magician’s history of concealed pouches, hidden pockets and mysterious drawers.
Nik Taylor (Speaker)
4 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Bradford Science Festival 2021
Nik Taylor (Organiser) & Andy Cooper (Organiser)
27 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Launch: ‘Séance: A View Through the Veil’, Ashton Carter Magic and Dr Nik Taylor, in collaboration with David Crowley (Steel Films)
Nik Taylor (Speaker) & Andy Cooper (Speaker)
21 Sep 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hiding the Elephant in the Room – Performance Magic and Practice Research
Nik Taylor (Speaker)
31 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
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Séance: A View Through the Veil is a short film
24/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Interview for The Extraordinary Project Podcast
7/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Harry Potter Exhibition Comes To Huddersfield
25/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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