The Secret Magician

I got asked recently a great question. What makes a great entertainer? What separates the OK from the awesome? On the face of it, it...

I've been thinking about this event quite a bit, and something brought it to my attention again so I thought, what the hell, let me tell...

Just like find the lady, we’re going to play a game with your acts now called find the dud. If you win, you get the prize of a wonderful...

As this title suggests, I’m currently writing this, sitting on a train on the way to a gig. I wish I could travel via train to gigs more...

So I was with some friends and we were discussing the ChatGPT AI which is quite scary. I managed to log on (Theres a hell of a lot of...

Hey all, Long story short I'm giving this another go. It's incredibly hard writing blog posts, harder than I thought but I've got lots of...

Your know, I've taken a look at a lot of my old blog posts that I've deleted or I've half written and there seems to be a re-occuring...

Ironically, this post has been stuck in my drafts. I thought it had posted but it hadn't. I realised it was out of date slightly with...

(Note: I started writing this a few months ago, found the draft and wanted to continue it. So the intro I've left as it is as I liked it)...

So I thought I'd throw this one up quickly as it's something that I've been thinking about for a few days. Not too long ago a friend...

It's really awesome that shows are back! Theatres are re-opening, audiences are coming back (albeit still slightly distanced) and you...

That's right! After a long, long time away I've decided to try and resurrect this blog. To those of you who started reading this, I...

It's clear this blog is a world-leading blog on magic now. I'm sure my tens of readers would love to hear about my latest success so here...

Do you ever have those moments where you wish you could just disappear into a ball... Well in the last two days I've done two incredibly...

Yes... as a follow-up to my last post I have a second thing! I was browsing through the offerings on the PS store and came across this. I...

Firstly, I got asked by someone why on a magic blog I wasn't really discussing tricks. I know it seems strange not really to discuss the...

I know, I know... these posts are few and far between at times. How on earth am I supposed to build up a following if I can't even post...

This honestly wasn't going to be this long of a series. When I originally wrote this I was intending for it to be one post - don't do...

In my last post, I spent a lot of time writing about why you really shouldn't work these freebie gigs. And in a general, everyday...

One of the biggest banes in my life has to be the emails that I regularly get (or I did until COVID shut down many events) which all seem...