Alan's Magic and Mentalism Blog

Showmanship

So my good friend Kenny Roberts of Kernow Magic visits last night. As ever we talk business, we talk philosophy and we talk magic.
As our conversation winds down my friend asks me “Have you seen the Michael Jackson film… This is It?”
I reply in the negative, but assure him that I have every intention of [...]

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.