Alan's Magic and Mentalism Blog

Oh, and say goodnight to the Magician too…

How you are percieved by the audience depends upon the performance frame you use. This brief article recounts a very recent experience and how two magicians were perceived in different ways by the same audience at the same event.

On the shoulders of giants…

‘Who was (is) the Greatest Magician in History?”

Magic – does it mean anything?

Magic needs to have an emotional hook which is not simply about ‘fooling’ or ‘tricking’ the observer. It is about emotional connection and meaning.

On not so thin ice!

AN Israeli illusionist gave an icy reception to the New Year, emerging at midnight from 66 hours in an 8-tonne block of ice, breaking the record of American magician David Blaine.