Magic Tips

Practical advice on performing magic and developing your skills as an entertainer. Topics include handling mistakes, audience management, presentation techniques and professional conduct.

Becoming a Magician

Getting started with magic means trying tricks, following the magician's code, and seeing if it's right for you.

Hygiene: The Magician's Best Friend

Clean nails and good hygiene keep your audience focused on your magic tricks, not your appearance.

Magician's Choice

How magicians use false choice to make spectators think they're in control while the outcome is predetermined.

Misdirecting the Audience

Magicians use misdirection to guide your attention away from where the real magic happens, making tricks work before you even realise it.

Showmanship

The difference between performing tricks and performing wonders comes down to showmanship, which you can build through practise and careful observation.

Talk Like a Magician

Magicians use patter, scripted words and directions, to guide their tricks, whether it's simple instructions or dramatic storytelling set to music.

The Rules of Magic

Magicians must master endless practise and never repeat tricks to the same audience if they want to truly impress.

What to Do if You Mess Up a Trick

Here's how to recover when you botch a magic trick and keep your audience entertained.