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Hi folks, Im looking for some real Magic, something thats really prestigey and looks beautiful.......No regular card tricks, coin tricks or what not...

I want something really special to make someone believe in true Magic...


What can you suggest ?

I want it to be like the first time you saw someone use a TT and thought it was ace!

hows about a quick change? you could get the waistcoat or bowtie - certainly summit nice! Not sure about your style though!

I hate to say this (again) because it is not what you are going to want to hear. It is never the trick, it is the performer. There is simply no way around it. With that said I'll give you a shining example.
One really great performer who was in BC absolutly killed with a simple version of Coin in bottle. By the time he was finished...well he could make a believer out of you. go watch Ricky Jay do anything. Al Goshman with his sponge balls.

For me if I have to do one shot {well it depends on the venue and who I am performing for} But lets say just somebody at work, I kill with colour monte. I love the effect, I put my heart in it and it pays off. I can change the routine on a dime. If I want to go through the bother of setting something up I like Floating cig. Only I use a tiny little disco ball and float it off the spectators hand. If I am at home and want to start a new religion I have an effect that failed for the most part in the creators hands but I got it to work. I pull out an arcane book. Start to read the incantation and large demons materalize out of the pages as I call up the evil spirtits. But these are things I've worked on for a very long time and I close to my heart.

Your question cannot be answered by naming an effect. Only by naming an effect and the person doing the effect because really its in performance. And it also depends on the audience.

I saw David Coperfield perform the snow storm, it moved me, and little in the magic world moves me. It just hit the right chord. Odd thing was it also moved my wife and the person sitting on the opposite side of me. So, who knows.

Im doing a victorian styler "illutionist- ed nortan" magic job in a churches crypt...my suit has always been a brown waist coat and suit...with my goatee and my hair is long, so Ive got the image sorted....

Im thinking some PK Touches will work lush in the crypt,so I was gonna go with this......any suggestions ?

If you're looking for something more theatrical and "moody", I would consider picking up Rick Maue's Book of Haunted Magick. It is filled with ideas that would be perfect in the setting you're performing in. Every effect is also incredibly versatile and adaptable to any situation. It's one of the best books I've ever read.

Now - having said this - do NOT get this book if your show is in a few weeks. The material in here is absolutely world-class - but it requires a great deal of preparation and honing of presentation. It's not a quick fix, so if you're on a deadline, pick this up for the future.

For the here and now - what kind of stuff are you capable of already? Can you give me a bit more info on what you do on a regular basis. Odds are, there are plenty of effects/routines you already do, which can be adapted to this particular venue. So, with that said - tell me more about yourself.

do NOT get this book if your show is in a few weeks

i purchased Banacheks PK TOUCHES, I recieved it two hours before a gig, and performed it that night.....I had three people crying!

Im lucky when it comes to learning things quick.....

Does anyone have an opinion on the Bigger Book of Boo?

I've been eyeing it up for some time, but can't find any reviews or opinions on it.

Cheers,

Pete

I would echo the comments about the performance being the secret.

I still remember an awesome lecture by Jay Scott Berry. It was all _beautiful_ - looked more like real magic than anything I have seen in a long time. But the man has been performing that stuff for YEARS to get it looking that good.

Of course, CUPS struck and I bought some stuff, but most of it didn't really suit me - and it would have taken a LOT of practise to look anything like he did. But a real inspiration.