So it begins…

The last weeks in November for me as usually spent preparing myself mentally and physically for the sheer madness that December brings. This year (for my own sanity) I decided that I wanted to build a brand new magic show. This week I am feeling the stress of that decision,

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I’m Board!

As an artist who travels a lot, I have begun to realise just how important it is to have props that work (when you need them to) but also that they fit in a luggage case, don't take up too much room or weigh much. And most importantly, will arrive

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A little help

Hello dear readers of my blog. You probably weren't expecting a blog post until next week, but I had to get in touch with you all prematurely to alert others to this nightmare fiasco. For last 14 days I have been dealing with a situation that I wanted to share

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Picture Perfect

This Halloween I was asked by a group I do a lot of performances for would it be possible to provide an hours magic workshop for them to take part in. This particular group is one with varying degrees of ability however there would be leaders available on each evening

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Entertaining Enigma!

Quite recently I have stumbled upon something in performance that I cannot explain. No matter how many shows, the audience size or setting the results appear to be the exact same. Not only does this "happening" in my show completely baffle me but I cannot logically understand why it occurs.

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The Feedback Loop

Feedback is such a sensitive subject to discuss. However, I feel that it is worthwhile discussing openly here in my blog for several reasons. The biggest one is that we are not taught how to give feedback in an appropriate way to one another. I'm sure some of you have

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Multiple Websites Why?

Having spent years developing my character FizzWizzPop - which I love dearly. I knew that if I ever wanted to create and become a solid contender in the world of close-up and stage-magic as my new persona, Nikola Arkane, I would have to create boundaries between these two entities.  Photo

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