STAND UP MAGIC

STAND UP MAGIC

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STAND UP MAGIC
  • JIMMY'S CANE

    JIMMY ROGERS was a favourite of Will Goldston back in the day. I met him in the later years of his life and was lucky enough to have been mentored by him as a child. He taught me a lovely way to produce a Russ Walsh appearing cane. But it was more than that, it was really a lesson about how to m...

  • CARDS ACROSS - THE ULTIMATE COURSE

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    14 ROUTINES AND 6 SLEIGHTS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL - WITH MORE TO COME !

    Cards Across, one of the most versatile tricks you will ever do, you can perform it for 1 person, or 2001. Perfect for close up or stage, hands off or hands on, normal or jumbo cards, gaffed cards or borrowed cards, signed card...

  • CARDS ON STAGE PT 2

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    PART TWO OF THIS: Steve continues to show you how to entertain large crowds with nothing but a deck of playing cards.

    IMAGINE playing for huge audiences, with nothing but a deck of cards, it can be done and many have succeeded before you, there are techniques and effects that are perfect for thi...

  • CARDS ON STAGE - Pt 1

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    IMAGINE playing for huge audiences, with nothing but a deck of cards, it can be done and many have succeeded before you, there are techniques and effects that are perfect for this genre, but it also requires a LOT of thought on staging and presentation, within this playlist are effects that I ha...

  • SUPER STAB - THE PAPER BAG STAB - ENTIRE SERIES - PRO TEACH-IN

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    SUPER STAB.
    Ok this is a biggie. One of my trade mark in-depth investigations.

    You will find within this playlist 19 variations and ideas for a little miracle called SUPER STAB. That’s 19 - YEP, COUNT THEM - NINETEEN different videos exploring the classic commercial plot many say was created b...

  • GENIUS - THE BRILLIANCE OF BILLY O'CONNOR

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    Although he died way before I was born, Billy was my idol. A man who entertained huge crowds with nothing but a deck of cards, in a time without amplification or video cameras. Yeah... he's my hero.

    O'Connor has become an obsession with me, I have searched high and low to find his methods and a...

  • CARDS STABS - STABBING BETWEEN THE CARDS - FULL PRO TEACH IN.

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    A brilliant effect used by Leipzig, Rosini and other legends in stand up and close up.

    The effect? Generally one or two cards are chosen and shuffled back in the deck and the deck is stabbed with a knife, the deck is split in two revealing the magi has somehow stabbed BETWEEN the two chosen ca...

  • THE INCREDIBLE DIMINISHING CARDS - A MOTG IN DEPTH TEACH-IN

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    A massive and ever growing playlist of methods for one of the greatest and most entertaining stand up card effects of all time.

    These fabulous videos all deal with one of my favorite plots in card magic, THE DIMINISHING CARDS.

    I first saw the trick when I was school boy, and it made such a po...

  • THE REPEAT VANISHING HANKY ROUTINE - OSWALD WILLIAMS

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    Discussing the effect of this terrific and funny performance piece and concepts within it.The magician vanishes a hanky over and over and over again!
    Details are conflicted on Oswald William’s exact method. Here Steve shares his thoughts and variations on the exact device. Plus brand new techni...

  • THE MAGNETIZED CARDS - A VALENTINE INTENSIVE

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    Welcome to a massive investigation into the fabulous - so old it's new again - Magnetized cards.

    Here Steve details 18 VIDEO melding methods with presentational ideas in his quest for the perfect, powerful SUSPENSION effect...

  • THE STOP TRICK

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    An intensive on many of the great methods for the classic STOP trick.

    A classic effect that's easy for the audience to understand, and mind blowing in effect.

    The stop trick is fabulous interactive magic. The best magic is that with a simple plot, in this effect the audience themselves t...

  • THE BACK PALM

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    You worked on the back palm when you were a kid, but decided not to do a manipulation act right? (Well, many of you did :) So you've always thought it was a waste of time...

    Let's change that!

    The BACKPALM is a move that's been badly abused over the last hundred years and it deserves better. A...

  • OWEN CLARK'S COIN STAND

    Yep this one is gonna shock you. It’s amazing how we take stuff for granted, take another look at this, you’ll be glad you did. Nothing but clean visual magic. Continuing with Steve's obsession with the lost magic genius, Owen Clark, Steve gives proper credit where it’s due.

    Describing th...

  • AWESOME ROPE TRICKS

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    Rope is everywhere, an easy prop to find last minute, its packs small and plays big.

    Audiences love impossible rope mysteries. Rope can be cut and restored, stretched and shrunk, transformed and used for escapes and penetrations.

    Here we discuss five fabulous effects with rope, so you wi...

  • SILKS IN STAND-UP

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    A collection of fabulous silk tricks suitable for stand up.

    Silks are eye catching, easy to carry, easy to manipulate and totally underused in todays magic world. Amazing and thoroughly entertaining effects are out there and being ignored by the modern magician. The purpose of this playlist is ...

  • USES FOR A NEILSON BOTTLE 1

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    A quickie that doesn't involve a paper bag!

  • USES FOR A NEILSON BOTTLE 2

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    Another quickie with this way underused prop

  • ALL THUMBS

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    An ever growing archive and collection of effects and handling centered on the much over used gimmick, there 'TT'.

    Learn proper handlings, history and an astonishing number of routines with this versatile gimmick.

  • DAVID NIXON'S CARD TO CIGARETTE - A MASTERCLASS

    A tribute to my childhood hero David Nixon.

    This is a one hour and 20 minute Masterclass on David Nixon and his Card in Cigarette routine. Watch with me as we analyze and dissect David’s all time favorite stand up card routine.

    See why I truly believe this is the best damn card in ciga...

  • CIG A BILL By Douglas Francis

    One of the fastest, cleanest and most practical methods for Bill in Cigarette, thanks to the clever Douglas Francis :)

    Close-up or Stand Up, minimal prep, a tiny gimmick and you're set! Two presentation ideas by SV.

    This is good stuff people!

  • HOW TO BEND GLASS

    I've long been fascinated with this effect of Oswald Rae's, and my inability to create a decent presentation for it.

    Here, in this lesson, I'll show you my 'work in progress' presentation and how I came up with it, I'll also show you some new handling ideas for the trick (I don't think anyon...

  • DOC DALEY'S CARDS UP THE SLEEVE - A THING OF BEAUTY

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    Wanna challenge?! This is worth it.

    Doc Daley was a voice in magic that had respect from all the greats of his era, his magic cut through the clutter and his work permeates Magic On The Go because it’s still relevant today.

    The Doc’s approach to the cards to pocket plot was unusual.

    FIRST,...