We can decide whether to do the 17th or the following week nearer the time...or indeed, both!
Theme huh? Hmmm....
Magic is all about presentation, and it is presentation that is the skill, not the technical.....ness
I want to see a self-working effect (doesn't matter whether it is cards, coins, props, whatever) but nice and entertaining. If you have a weird prop, I want it to be completely natural as to why you have it with you. I want this to be a routine that takes little to no sleight of hand, but
when you show it to a layperson in the pub (
) I want them to see the effect and think it is better than david blaine, derren brown, and me put together
So, rules:
self-worker
entertaining
no ID or brainwave deck
makes sense (why have a chinese coin, a piece of rope and a cup with you in a pub? Make sure every "prop", if you even have any at all, makes sense - present everything in context)
Natural (Don't be reading body language if you are 14 years old, don't be psychic if in the following effect you debunk them - be yourself)
The layperson gets to decide the winner, and a drink gets purchased
Sound good? Anything you want to add?