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Crayon Colour Challenge

by  on 7 January 2009

Astound an audience with your special power of being able to feel colours.

Your audience will think that you can tell the colour of a crayon by just holding it. Read more

The Illusion of Levitation

by  on 7 January 2009

Or how to look like you can float just a little bit off the ground. Read more

Reveal a Secretly Chosen Card

by  on 17 October 2008

Flip a Card, Any Card!

With an ordinary pack of cards you’ll be able to identify a card picked by any member of an audience.

With this trick you won’t be pretending to read minds but making it appear as though you can flip a card over even though it’s snugly tucked-up in deck.

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Make a Pen Disappear

by  on 6 December 2007

Never Mind Invisible Ink – How About An Invisible Pen?

If you’re wearing a jacket or long sleeved shirt then a pen and a handkerchief (clean one please – you are a performer on stage after all) are all you need to convince an audience that you can make things disappear.

Show the pen to the audience; let them examine it, even write with it, to prove it’s an ordinary pen. Do the same with the handkerchief; show both sides, crumple it up. Even let the audience examine it closely, so let’s hope it’s really clean! Read more