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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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

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

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.

What is fun about being a creative person, generally other creatives seem to find their way to one another through conversations, sharing ideas and also in the writing and reading of books. I remember when I first got into magic, my good friend George Bleeks (my librarian and adopted father

I have been blessed in the last five years to have performed in the mecca of magic for us magicians - The Magic Castle in Hollywood - not once, not twice but three times! In 2019, 2022 and 2024. Each time I visited I challenged myself to perform a different

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

The last few weeks to I have had the opportunity to perform more close-up magic than usual as I am most of the time out performing as my other alter ego FizzWizzPop! As I used to be petrified of performing for adults, I find it really encouraging that I now

Summertime is when most people take time off work to relax. Instead, I decided to travel to a tiny village in Sweden called Sigtuna, to attend a course designed to further my knowledge as an artist. I have in total travelled to courses at Sigtuna five times since 2018. Although

I spent a week in Florida with my best friend from secondary school. We met when we were both 13 years old as school reps visiting the Royal Yacht Britannia (of all places). Thankfully we didn’t go down with the ship and have remained friends ever since.  On this trip,

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