This is a continuation of this Have a rewarding running trick! Similar to a running gag in a comedy show a running trick is a trick is...

This is a continuation of yesterdays post, It all starts here . Use the same props over again! A really simple way to make your str...

This is a continuation of yesterdays post, either below this one or  here . Foreshadow the end! The ending is what people will re...

When you create a show, the least you can do is to string your tricks together, one following the next. The tricks get stronger and strong...

Maybe last post came across as me thinking that the failure lies with not crediting the creator of the magic trick. No! In a performance you...

So how do you run a close up magic theater? There are tons of little things. Like cleaning the rooms, the toilet, the outside. Keeping the...

After the Cups and Balls I do my trailer bit, which I wrote about earlier. After that follow the second part of the prediction. I get out ...

The first part of the show had this running gag of a bill getting bigger and bigger. That was a trick that connected the tricks. In the se...

The second part of the show is structured around a prop. I call it "The Thing"... no not the Bill Abbott product. Basically it...

So I get the 20-Euro bill and then hand it to some other spectator. He has to do the magic now. I turn on the lighter "Before we do t...

Right after the rabbit story I come back to the cards starting the second card block, which is the multiple card selection/ Truimph routine....

After having one 3rd of the 90 minutes show being cards I had to add way more non card material. For years I have done a certain rope rout...

Before I go on: Big thanks to my girlfriend as she is actually the one who pushed me into doing the theater thing. It was a long dream of ...

I run a little theater for well over a year now. A close up theater. I do 3-4 shows a week in addition to the regular bookings. When the p...

Here is a constructive post (it's rehashed, but the other blog is no longer available) Coming up with a premise for a trick can change...

Once in a while a question what I'm doing here. Openly criticising other magicians... Sounds like bullying a bit. But then I get send a ...

There is a build in flaw in the construction of a certain magic trick. Here you see magician Steven Bridges doing "Detach" by R...

Didi01  / pixelio.de So my gf started blogging and her first post was magic related, Yeah! She made an interesting observation. Because ...

What book would you recommend for a beginning magician? " Magic for Dummies " by David Pogue? " Close-up Magic " by Nich...

Producing objects don't need a lot of justification. The simple fact that you can make something appear from thin air already is a great...