It has been a sad week, Roy Walton has passed away. Only the night before at The Magic Circle Book Club, we were paying tribute to his work by discussing The Complete Walton Volume 1. As many of you know, this is a fantastic collection of car magic. The original pamphlets had no drawings, just …
Audience reaction and the experience of magic is the only reason why we do this.
Great magic will be found in old books not on You Tube or the latest Download.
Over coming the trauma of bullying with a little magic.
Welcome to this new series. Performance Ready will be a series of conversations that looks at our pre show rituals. My Blog on this subject inspired this – I saw a connection and thought this would make a great series of topics. This first topic addresses Mental Rehearsal. My friend Raj Jethwa suggested this particular …
This Post is dedicated to Tommy Wonder The Card in Ring Box is a classic of magic, not just card magic. In fact, the effect is bigger than the props used. This is an important distinction because with such a big effect at stake, it presupposes this can work for a large audience, which it …
Dai Vernon’s Matching the Cards has stood the test of time. It grown into a full mature interpretation call 12 The Hard Way by Darwin Ortiz.
Time now is 12:33 am. I just got home and relaxed. My post show analysis begins and flows through this Blog Post in real time. Tonight was a lot of fun; seriously, this was top draw fun, magical expression, laughter and astonishment. MAKE THEM LAUGH AND MAKE THEM GASP. I learnt a lot tonight. I …
The Karl Le Fong Gathering celebrated its fourth year last weekend in Glasgow City Centre. Picture the scene; the United Kingdom’s most enthusiastic, obsessed and passionate lovers of all things related to Card Magic, Sleight of Hand, Theory, Performance Artistry and good old fashioned late night conversations. This is a weekend Convention thatknew how to …
Well now. Here is a routine that had already achieved classic status before Darwin Ortiz turned it into a masterpiece. Let’s go back in time shall we. Full credit to Peter Kane for publishing his original idea in his stunning book A Further Session with Peter Kane. This collection of books featured material that really …
