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Category: magic tricks

  • yet another shameless plug

    I am afraid this is another shameless plug for the magic show that I am putting on along with my friend (and wonderful magician) Richard Jones (see his Facebook page here and be amazed). The show is on 23rd May at South Woodham Ferrers Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. (There is a bar at the Hall…

  • A shameless plug

    One of my friends and I are putting on a magic show on 23rd May. We had this poster created for the event (Richard is definitely one of Essex’s finest magicians: he’s a member of the Magic Circle –  I’d be happy to be known as one of Essex’s thinnest!) If you would like to…

  • playing with cards

    Recently I took this photograph of myself, ready to use in some publicity for a forthcoming magic show (watch this space for the show publicity, and check out the ‘playing cards and sawing people in half’ page for information about my magic and the club to which I belong). I had to use a tripod…

  • the magic of Christmas

    Regular bloggists among you will know that I am rather keen on magic tricks. I don’t have any special magic powers, I went to a normal school rather than Hogwarts, I am not in league with the Devil and don’t access the ‘dark side’: it’s all down to skill, technique, practice and sleight of mouth.…

  • prestidigitating (look it up)

    Tonight is the second of three magical evenings for me this week. The first was on Tuesday, where I took part in the Mid Essex Magical Society’s annual Stage Show Competition. I didn’t win, but I was pleased with my performance. The other performances were great too, especially those that beat me – they were…

  • innovation is the daughter of invention

    I am feeling quite chuffed with myself because I have invented a magic trick. It is not something I have seen anywhere else: the only way to see it is to ask me to perform it for you. [pauses to wait for stampede of requests that doesn’t actually happen]. I call it ‘Mind Boggled’. Now…

  • sore jaw

    My jaw is sore. It is a result of last night. It is not aching from being punched, but from laughing. I had an evening that combined three of my favourite things. I went with a friend to see John Archer perform his wonderful comedy magic at a church in Southend. Friendship, magic, and faith all…

  • ready? steady? go!

    I am feeling a bit self-chuffed. It might even be pride if that was not a sin (!). Regular bloggites will know that I enjoy learning and performing magic tricks. Well I have now invented a trick. I think it is quite good, magician friends to whom I have performed it also think it is…

  • (un)familiar routines

    On Saturday afternoon I will be doing a quick (15 mins) Magic Show at Stanway Spring Fayre.* I have been working on a couple of routines for the show, which will be for all ages (so no sawing people in half, chopping off hands, or putting skewers through my thumb). One is a routine that…

  • permutations

    I have been working on a new magic illusion. If I am honest, I am quite chuffed with it, and used it when I auditioned to join the Mid Essex Magical Society. It can’t have been that bad because they accepted me! It’s a card illusion with a twist. It’s a combination of existing techniques…