Magic from a Magician’s Perspective..
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‘I now actually believe in magic’: Simon Cowell left astounded
Expressions can be priceless. Simon’s is just that. Watch as Jamie Raven performs Dan Harlan’s Card Toon trick with the Card Toon Deck.
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After a host of bad, sad and tragic magical acts Jamie Raven came onto the Britain’s Got Talent stage to try to change Simon Cowell’s attitude towards the genre.
He first managed to actually impress the judges with an incredible note changing trick – switching a £50 note into a special BGT one.
Following that, his next trick left Simon so astounded that he declared, ‘I now actually believe in magic.’ Watch the video at:
COMEDY MAGICIAN MAC KING IS READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP..
BY SUSAN STAPLETON for Las Vegas Magazine..
Do not be fooled by his easygoing nature, Louisville drawl and suit that looks like your grandmother’s plaid couch. Comedy magician Mac King is slick. He’s a pro. You’ll never even see how he tricks you.
King, who’s been performing on the Las Vegas Strip for 15 years, specializes in close-up magic, a skill he learned from his grandfather, who used to point him to his magic books when King asked how he did a trick. His friend Lance Burton, a magician who for a long time had his own show on the Strip, convinced King to make the move to Las Vegas. At the time, King didn’t think his style of magic would work in a big room. “It turns out Lance was right,” he said. “My show is really a close-up magic show. It all depends on me. So the tricks aren’t giant. The key is to make those smaller tricks play to the back of the room.”
Fast-forward to today, and his tricks still resonate on a bigger stage. All the while, he’s sizing up the audience, first looking for a man wearing a watch. “I’m always able to find a guy who is expressive and ready to participate,” he said. His first volunteer is a woman who’s told she’s going to participate in the Houdini Challenge Naked Rope Escape—more specifically, she’s going to get naked and he’s going to tie her up. “She’s the first person up in front of the audience. There’s so much audience participation in the show that how she reacts shows you how willing people are to come up later.” Read more:
http://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2015/apr/10/mac-king-harrahs/
Meet the Magician Who’s Worked with Kanye West, David Copperfield, and Taco Bell..
Dan White does a magic trick that goes something like this: he asks a member of the audience to come to the stage, and hands them his wallet. Then six other people guess a number between 1 and 60 and shout it out. White writes the numbers on a big, green classroom chalkboard. The final number is called, and there’s no money in the wallet: it’s a Powerball lottery ticket, and those are all of the numbers on it. The audience gasps, but he’s just getting started.
The Magician is a small, 72-seat magic show in the NoMad Hotel. The aesthetic of the show is exactly what you’d expect from the NoMad: decadent cocktails, seductive lighting, a vintage vibe from old magician posters on the walls, and attentive but not intrusive service. Read more at:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/04/dan-white-magician-jimmy-fallon-nomad