by Keelan Leyser | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized, Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News
The Rise of the Zoom Magician *By Keelan Leyser, March 21, 2020* The COVID-19 pandemic has forced performers of all kinds to adapt to a new virtual world. Magicians are no exception. My Facebook feed is filled with magicians embracing online platforms like Zoom to...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Uncategorized
Top 5 Corporate Entertainment Agencies As a professional magician a lot of my work is for corporate events, like award ceremonies and trade shows and exhibitions. I get a lot of my bookings through Corporate Entertainment Agencies as opposed to clients booking direct...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Uncategorized
Have you always wanted and RFID pack of cards? Electronic Playing cards? Well now the magic world finally has the perfect one with Insight by Hugo Shelley! The Insight system includes a miniature wrist-worn reader and a deck of 52 electronic playing cards....
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
Here’s a confession – don’t think I had heard of Jeremy Pei before. However, as the introduction to this DVD told me he is 3 times Singapore Magician of the Year. So he clearly knows his onions. The routine is a classic linking ropes routine – 4 loops of rope link and...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
As a lover of wine, I was immediately intrigued when I saw this novel bit of mentalism advertised. Sure, the plot has been around a long time, but the idea of using a wine cork as a prop sounded like a good one. In essence this clever trick enables you to tell which...
by magicdirect | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Magic Direct Magazine, Magic News, Reviews, Uncategorized
In the final part of our 2013 hangover series we look at Chris Congreave’s No Diary Diary effect. This essentially does what it says on the tin – or at least it does what is implied on the tin if you’re familiar with the idea of the diary trick! In short,...