Favourite magic effects (magic tricks).
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I love watching close up card and sleight of hand magic, and I think Penn and Teller Fool Us is a good showcase for magicians. Really love the performance and tricks of Shin Lim, Shawn Farquhar, Kostya Kimlat. Eric Chien 2018 ribbon trick is fantastic.
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My favourite I go back to watch is this one...
Might have to skip through the first bit, however I love the anticipation of them...
Might have to skip through the first bit, however I love the anticipation of them...
Yes! That's fantastic. One of my favourites too and I get the feeling it's one that may genuinely have fooled P&T.
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I focus mainly on close-up magic, but honestly I've not performed magic professionally for a couple of years now due to being busy with work, and honestly it's probably a good thing during these awful times. A lot of my magician friends are struggling at the moment due to weddings and events being cancelled throughout 2020.
You can see some stuff on my website here: www.stevenlevitt.co.uk I have some videos and photos of me performing on there too.
I focus mainly on close-up magic, but honestly I've not performed magic professionally for a couple of years now due to being busy with work, and honestly it's probably a good thing during these awful times. A lot of my magician friends are struggling at the moment due to weddings and events being cancelled throughout 2020.
You can see some stuff on my website here: www.stevenlevitt.co.uk I have some videos and photos of me performing on there too.
O wow, I have a lot of respect for anyone who performs professionally - it can't be easy.
It's very sad to see the performing arts being hit particularly hard during this pandemic. I've been really looking forward to visiting a local "magic bar" (in Llandudno) for the first time to see a performance for ages now. I can only hope that there are still some performing magicians left when we emerge from this mess.
Thanks for the link, I'll have look shortly.
Edit: I really enjoyed those performances. I think I'll have half an hour of mirror practice. Thanks again.
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Was going to post exactly this. Was so pleased to see him perform it about 6 ft away from me around a year before he died... It was just perfect. I genuinely miss his stories and tricks and on his youtube channel.
So, let me add a Teller trick then. This isn't so much magic, it's more art.
I'm actually using slight of hand as a bit of therapy. I've broken several fingers (and a couple of knuckles) over the years and I'm finding that basic card and coin manipulation is helping me regain more movement than I had. I'm crap, but it's not for performing.
I love Fool Us, so yeah, here's a few of my favourite tricks that I've seen the show. Those that I can remember and find on youtube anyway. Just links, not embedded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83mS5iULfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRpz0zuAGVs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRzC9US0SI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAN-PwRfJcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8L3EBJhXU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF0afU5bF4M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwFIJyWKs1k - this guy is spectacular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdEAJG_c6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-eh-Y0C5bY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvgdqiLcqo
I love a good ambitious card routine. It might be one of the most hackneyed effects and is easy to do badly but presented well it's very entertaining.
Here's Tommy Wonder with a brilliant performace of his ambitious card routine with a card to impossible location kicker (excuse the potato quality video).
Here's Tommy Wonder with a brilliant performace of his ambitious card routine with a card to impossible location kicker (excuse the potato quality video).