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Marc Kerstein - Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Category: Articles
WikiTest creator Marc Kerstein shares some amazing research.
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Ricky Smith - Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Ricky Smith shares an anecdote and discusses the ethics of owning the material that you perform.
Andi Gladwin - Saturday, July 20, 2019
How do you get great photos from gigs? Andi is happy to share his two insider secrets!
Mitch Zeltzer - Thursday, July 18, 2019
Mitch Zeltzer shares a Dr. Seuss style poem with us about our job!
Ben Young - Monday, July 15, 2019
Learn this unique trick for free, from Danny Orleans.
Damian Jennings - Thursday, July 11, 2019
Why you should "think different" when it comes to tricks you may have passed on when they came out.
Ben Young - Wednesday, July 10, 2019
What happens when a customer thinks your balloon animal looks like something different altogether?!
Ricky Smith - Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Learn the fundamentals in card magic through a collection of books curated by Ricky Smith.
Joshua Jay - Sunday, July 7, 2019
Josh takes some time to help a young magician out.
Ben Young - Thursday, July 4, 2019
We’re so proud of her! Carisa truly is a rising star, with many talents to boot!
Ricky Smith - Thursday, June 20, 2019
Ten tips for constructing original material from methods and techniques that you may already know, as well as developing new sleights or methods.
Vanishing Inc. - Friday, June 14, 2019
Cartamundi are to buy the United States Playing Card Company this year. What does this mean for magic? We think it'll be all good!
Daniel Prado - Thursday, June 13, 2019
Daniel Prado takes you through how he developed his hit gambling routine, BURN.
George - Monday, June 10, 2019
Check out this full performance of FACT on Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
Andi Gladwin - Friday, June 7, 2019
Want to know how difficult the latest trick is? We can't tell you that. But Andi can tell you what you should be asking instead.
Joshua Jay - Sunday, June 2, 2019
Josh tells you about a remarkable effect called "Debajo".
Vanishing Inc. - Friday, May 31, 2019
We reflect on Anthony Owen's thoughts that social media is a perfect medium for magic.
Damian Jennings - Thursday, May 30, 2019
Damian, the host of our podcast, The Insider, explains what this whole podcasting thing is about.
Mark James - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Magician Mark James tells us why you can't steal his act - and why he believes that it's his fault if you do.
Danny Orleans - Sunday, May 19, 2019
How a library changed the life of one of our own.
Joshua Jay - Saturday, May 11, 2019
Joshua shares some list tips he has picked up from doing his one man show.
Vanishing Inc. - Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Our site is updated every day. Here are a few of the changes we've made this month.
Joshua Jay - Saturday, May 4, 2019
Sometimes, when you get what you dream of, it doesn't work out how you thought it would. Josh talks about owning the toy store.
Andi Gladwin - Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Andi gets to the heart of magic piracy and shares five simple ideas that you can do to help the industry.