Magic Tips

Learn professional magic tricks and illusions you can perform, with step-by-step guidance to impress audiences and develop your magical skills.

Becoming a Magician

Start learning magic basics and figure out what kind of magician suits you best by trying tricks out first.

Hygiene - the Magician's Best Friend

Clean nails and good hygiene matter more to your magic performance than you might think.

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 what magicians do when a trick goes wrong and how to recover without losing your audience.