Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com This application will allow you to get into the mind of anyone. viewer through his or her phone, with new methods and systems that will do all the work for you. Magic with the spectator's phone. Multi-effect and multi-method. No technique or experience required. Over 2 hours of ideas and routines. Control their phone and you control their mind. With this application you can perform all kinds of divinations and predictions on the viewer's phone. It is a versatile tool, with multiple effects and methods, with new systems never seen before. You will be able to perform miracles impossible to achieve with any other application on the market, being able to do magic even without carrying your phone with you. Integrated artificial intelligence An artificial mind acts as your new invisible accomplice, understanding, reacting and deciding within the effect itself, as if it were a super-intelligent assistant helping you to improve your effects. Thanks to this integration, new effects arise that were impossible to perform until now, a world of possibilities never seen before in magic, for example: A spectator thinks of a city, and the magician predicts the geographical coordinates. The magician makes a prediction and the spectator thinks of a famous person, on revealing the prediction it does not match, but on checking their date of birth the birthday matches. The magician makes a prediction, one person freely thinks of a product, another person searches for a country, the prediction turns out to be a product from amazon, which matches the product thought of and which is bought in the country thought of. Divinations and predictions without limits. Divinations: Imagine asking the spectator to take out their phone and think of a country, a famous person or a letter, and look it up on the internet. Then, the magician concentrates and guesses what the spectator was thinking of. This effect can be performed with 2 or more spectators. Predictions: Ask a spectator for their phone, open the browser and type in a prediction. Then, ask the spectator to think of a famous person, a country or a card. When the spectator turns the phone over, you reveal that the prediction matched their thoughts. Multi-effect and multi-method. With up to 4 working modes, you can perform all kinds of effects on any web page, such as social networks, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, Amazon, etc. Spy: Spy on the viewer's phone searches. Control: Control the viewer's phone and predict anything free-form. Screen mirroring: Duplicates the viewer's phone screen and allows you to secretly view their screen or perform searches on their phone. Bluetooth: Control the APP through the Appmazing Thumb Controller, allowing you to play all games without touching your phone. COMPATIBLE APPS ATC compatible. ATC is a state-of-the-art bluetooth device that is hidden inside a fake thumb. You will be able to control the spectator's phone completely invisibly, remotely and from your fingertips, being able to predict anything. ATC will do all the work for you. You will be able to communicate secretly and in real time with a medium who can be anywhere in the world. You will be able to perform remote divination effects, creating routines impossible to date. You will be able to secretly ask questions to your assistant, who can be anywhere in the world answering you, receiving information unknown to the magician. For example, you can ask what day of the week a spectator was born. Compatible with smartwatch You will receive a real-time notification on your smart band with the search that the viewer performs on their phone. Currently, there are smart band models available for less than €20 with a battery life of more than 20 days.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Murray's Misfits @ The Orleans
Tickets are available for Murray's MiSfiTs on Tuesday night, December 30, at The Orleans Hotel.
"For over 23 years, Murray has dazzled Vegas audiences with his lightning-fast wit, mind-blowing illusions, and irresistible charm. Now, he’s assembled his ultimate dream team of world-class “MiSfiTs”—a lineup so wild, it could only happen in Las Vegas," the Orleans team said online.
Special guests include:
- Dani Elizabeth - One of today’s top female magicians, former Jubilee showgirl, Crazy Girls host, and dancer with rock legend ZZ Top.
- Anne Martinez - International singing sensation and powerhouse vocalist from Bat Out of Hell: The Musical.
- Sarah Romanowsky - Elite aerialist and performer with The Radio City Rockettes, featured in Super Bowl ads and Magic Mike Live.
- Side Show Bert - World-class juggler and variety star who’s headlined in top casinos across the globe.
- Travis Cloer - The longest-running Frankie Valli from Jersey Boys, bringing Broadway energy straight to the Strip.
Article from: news3lv.com
Monday, December 29, 2025
Yahoo Card Trick
Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com Magician suggests that anyone can do a card trick. They are so easy any yahoo (pronounced yeah-who) can do it with no practice. A helper is chosen, NOT A STOOGE, and three cards freely selected in the audience. The cards are freely returned to the deck and the deck is immediately handed to the helper. The helper is asked to simply hand the magician any cards that jump out at him and he fells might be the selected cards. The helper makes his choices and all three are correct.
Doc Dixon's Holiday show at Kennywood Park
Doc Dixon Fool Us Fooler will be performing at Kennywood Park Dec 27th -Jan 4th. He will be performing 3 shows daily 4pm, 6:30pm & 7:30pm. Go see him, he is great on and off stage!
Saturday, December 27, 2025
360 production
Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com Turn 360° and, once you're facing the audience again, you're magically displaying a card, a cigarette, or more! Easy to perform Easy to make Very visual The instructional video shows how to produce a card; use the same principle to produce the rest of the items. Download the video and learn!
Magic News: Penn Jillette is a part of the cast in Marty Supreme
Penn Jillette is in Marty Supreme which is an A24 sports comedy-drama. Other notable names include Timothy Charlamet, Kevin O'Leary, Gwyneth Paltrow, Fran Drescher and others.
Friday, December 26, 2025
Infinity by Appmazing APP
Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com COMPATIBLE WITH ATC: This product also works with the ATC (Appmazing Thumb Controller) - a next-generation Bluetooth device cleverly hidden inside a thumb tip that allows you to secretly control the application at a distance. We present the true Swiss Army knife of mentalism: a multifunctional tool designed to elevate your routines, create brand-new effects, and perform miracles that were impossible until now. Infinity was awarded at the National Congress of Almussafes 2022, recognizing its innovation and impact in the world of magic. Appmazing's Infinity is an app that looks like a regular calculator, but in reality, it is a complete mentalism arsenal. Unlike any other gimmicked calculator on the market, Infinity allows you to perform a wide variety of impossible effects - always ready in your pocket. Infinity has been designed with 4 powerful working modes: Force Mode - Instantly force preset or improvised numbers. Mind Reading Mode - Reveal freely thought-of numbers with no forces or peeks. Timer Mode - Predict the exact duration of any event. Cards Mode - Perform stacked deck miracles without memorizing the order. When paired with the ATC, you can use all four modes remotely, sending or receiving information without ever approaching the phone. Features: Compatible with iOS and Android Multi-method for greater versatility in your routines Easy to do Online video tutorial with over 1 hour of ideas and routines
Magic News: Heather McCalden’s Short Story About an Encounter with a Magician
I was standing on the sidewalk in front of the Gaucho Grill with The Magician waiting for a table. We were told it would be 20 minutes at least, so I slumped against the NO PARKING sign, its thin blade of shadow falling between us, the only shade for miles. He stood maybe around a meter tall, his stout frame enclosed in, of all things, a dark herringbone suit. Inexplicably, I felt we formed a mismatched set of salt and pepper shakers.
The Magician was world famous for his sleight of hand work. On YouTube I watched him chuck an Ace of Diamonds clean through a pencil, slicing off its eraser half. In another clip, he sat blindfolded at a table with a dagger in hand and a deck of cards spread haphazardly before him. He then proceeded to successfully stab the cards people shouted out from the audience. One could do worse in terms of subjects to profile, though the circumstances surrounding this lunch were eroding the chance for it to be any good. Everything was off, not just the temperature, the trajectory going awry somewhere during the morning when The Magician reportedly stormed off set while shooting a documentary, a documentary which was about him. There had been an argument with the director, resulting in raised voices and red faces, but no one was keen to get into the details with me.
Shortly after the tantrum, I picked him up and drove, silently, to the restaurant of his choosing, an anglicized Argentinian steakhouse chain crammed full of people (hard surfaces and an aroma of charcoal). Despite the multitudes of calm, Eden-like bistros populating the culinary landscape of Los Angeles, The Magician had managed to select, against all odds, exactly none of them. Had I more nerve, I would have suggested somewhere else, but it seemed like The Magician was in possession of a delicate constitution, and I knew no good would come of unnecessarily agitating it. At least, this would be the advice of my editor, a 65-year-old woman who beat lung cancer twice and still smoked, albeit a vape. She would not want me to add any “threatening forces” to the situation, and in fact had educated me to be silent and wide-eyed for profiles, a blank interface to receive information both real and affected. The absence of my personality was meant to incite a divulgence, “Carla, people hate voids. They will do absolutely anything to escape them – especially confess.” It was, one might say, an act of deception.
The heat created a time delay in my thoughts because they kept melting away. The minutes trickled by, but I was unable to do anything with them. The sun burned every iota of whimsy out of my system. Small talk was out of the question, except it would have been useful to gently palpate for anecdotes. It would have been useful to determine if I was dealing with a stick of dynamite, an artist, or a quack, except my mind was on my phone, and the psychic weight of messages piling up from various aspects of my personal life. What little focus I had tripped along and into those aspects, some more cavernous and bleak than others.
Dimly, I became aware of a sort of rhythmic tick on the back of my wrist, a Morse code message summoning me back to reality. With the knuckle of his index finger, The Magician was tapping on my watch, a Tissot Seastar Quartz from 1975 that belonged to my father. It was angular and masculine, and essentially colonized my forearm, but it was my favorite thing despite the fact that it no longer worked.
“It’s stopped. I know.”
“Time is a peculiar thing. It has a habit of freezing.”
At this, I looked into his face in a way I had been reserving for when we were sitting across from each other. It resisted being disassembled and contained what I can only explain as an amalgam of visages of wizards and magicians from across pop culture. A trick of the light?
An optical illusion caused by the haze of car exhaust? If forced to describe him, “owl-like” was the best I could do; his heavyset brow and age suggested something both avian and wise.
“It was my dad’s.”
“Oh,” he paused as if his thought snapped in half, “Passed?”
“Passing. In the process of.”
The words slid out of me, a malfunction of tongue and brain due to distraction and discomfort. I stared down at my shoes, at the glittering mica in the concrete, and immediately changed the subject in hopes of recovering any semblance of professional ground.
“What happened on set today?”
“In 1902, Vienna-born and Brooklyn-raised magician Max Malini approaches Senator Mark Hanna in a corridor of our Nation’s Capital and proceeds to remove, via the use of his teeth, a button from the Senator’s blazer. The button held prominently in Malini’s grin for all to see is then, through miraculous means, restored to its place of origin without a needle, thread, or any apparent device.
Bowled over by such a peculiar act, the Senator invites Malini to perform for President Roosevelt at the White House the very next day.”
I opened my mouth, then closed it.
“In 1912, a crowd of spectators gathered around Malini in the San Francisco Hall of Justice. The spectators consisted of one judge, the Chief of Police, the Board of Police Commissioners, and several detectives. In his heavily exaggerated Eastern European accent, Malini asks who is interested in getting rich quick. Quiet chuckles ensue. He takes a $10 bill, gives it to a detective, and encourages him to make a fist around it. “See, it is a cinch. You get money, you keep money.” The crowd now openly laughs, and Malini signals to the detective, through a nod of the chin, to open his fist, only the money is now gone, replaced by a bit of newsprint. ‘Not to worry,’ Malini goes, ‘You need only to buy a lemon from the fruit stand on Kearny for a nickel, and here you go.’ From the detective’s pocket Malini pulls out a lemon, and from another pocket pulls out a knife, then slices the lemon in half to reveal the missing $10 bill.”
The Magician then unfolded a persimmon-colored handkerchief from his own pocket and gently dabbed his forehead, “The magic of these tricks is built on spontaneity and circumstance. They are of the moment and revolve around the ingredients of the setting. Performing magic like this for the camera is antithetical. The act becomes meaningless. There’s no reality for the magic to erupt out of, and it needs to erupt like a severe, naturally occurring phenomenon. A volcano!” A hostess violently burst through the door, rattling its glass panels. Like a truck driver, she indiscriminately blared my name into the street. I lifted my chin to the sky. God help me.
We filtered in behind her and the immediate cacophony of metal and porcelain and gregarious laughter from team building lunches slammed into my bones. Every table was occupied apart from ours, a two-top resigned to a corner up against not one, but two glass walls – neither of which had blinds or shades. Absent from this scene was the arctic blast of the air conditioning I had been longing for. The small flicker of confidence I was nurturing sputtered out. I thought of texting my editor to say she should get another person for the story, another man, but I instead stood at the table like an idiot, frozen, until with a delicate sweep of his hand, as if moving it through a cloud, The Magician pulled out a chair and indicated I should sit down. His few movements were not performative or ostentatious in any way and were executed with the exact amount of force needed produce them – no more, no less. The effect, oddly, was one of harmony, such that a hush fell over us.
We began to arrange ourselves, adjusting the placement of water, glasses and spoons.
“The director wanted me to perform a Malini trick, one he used to perform at the end of long, high society dinners hosted by the Vanderbilts, or the Astors, or some such family of New York’s upper echelons. After hours of ingesting and imbibing, when guests are at their softest and most amenable, debating another drink or venturing home, Malini stirs and asks to borrow a woman’s hat and a coin. On the banquet table he spins the coin, covers it with the hat and says, ‘Lady or eagle?’ instead of heads or tails. On receiving ‘eagle’ Malini lifts the hat and the party sees that the coin has fallen in accordance with the prediction.”
The sun had moved directly above The Magician’s head, its rays slicing into my line of sight. “Is the sun too intense?” he said, as if reading my mind.
“I’ll manage.”
He gave a tiny, conspiratorial smile, and then raised the comically oversized menu like an elevator in front of his face, creating a blockade. “Malini spins the coin, once, twice, building expectation, but on the third time, the coin is gone and replaced by an enormous block of ice.”
As the image of this Gilded Age scene formed in my mind, The Magician flung his menu into the glass wall behind him, the white streak of it tearing through my visual field. Instinctively, I flinched and then, somehow, caught The Magician’s eye. He looked down, so I looked down. The space between us on the table was suddenly occupied by a one-foot block of ice. A gasp welled up in me and broke in my throat. I tried to speak around the shards of it, but nothing made it out. So, he spoke, “It’s my job to deceive you.”
A rush of blood to my cheeks, “Mine too. In a way.” I ducked below the table, searching for a puddle of water.
Not a drop there, or under his chair or even anywhere on the table. In fact, it was only in that second, beginning to perspire, placed in the direct path of the sun.
I gingerly inched a finger toward the ice, and The Magician, mainly through a few gestures, encouraged me to pick it up, saying only, “Why don’t you stand? You’ll need both arms.”
I stood up and reached out, and that’s when I noticed my watch was gone. It was inside the ice, at the center of the block. I sat back down, and The Magician leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and unfurled his napkin across his lap in the manner of a gentleman on holiday by the sea.
“Time and its habit of freezing, remember?”
Article from Anothermag.com
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Third Eye
Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com
"No electronics or gizmos here. Just a simple, direct and easy technique that once learned will serve you for a lifetime, enabling you to read minds whenever you want! This is the type of mentalism I love the most!"
- Marc Paul
This is not just one trick, it is a complex system of how to peek at information written down by your spectators. It is very elegant, clean, and extremely effective. After learning this system you will probably throw away all your peeking devices and stick with the Third Eye system. You will see how to do perfect peeks, how to make them invisible and impossible. You will also learn a few full routines so you can apply this system to your close-up or stage act.
Peeking wallets, boxes and other strange props should go away! If you really can read minds, all you need is a piece of paper and a pen.
This is a deep dive into how to peek at information in the most efficient way but also how to reveal it in an interesting way. How to make it deceptive and engaging for your audience. Be ready for Third Eye and read minds like never before!
KEY FEATURES:
- Very organic and elegant at the same time!
- Easy to do!
- Reset in 5 seconds!
- All needed gimmicks, You can do it easily by yourself!
Have a look at what one of the best mentalists says about this project:
"Casual, convincing, practical. Third Eye combines tried and tested techniques, applying them in effective ways to create something that is simple and deceptive. It's perfect as part of an EDC, and even for professional use."
- Nique Tan
"Radek's attention to detail and thoughtful structuring has completely revolutionised this old principle into a modern gem."
- Mark Lemon
DOWNLOAD IT TODAY!
Lucy Darling at Lyric
Drag queen, magician and comic Lucy Darling perform to at Lyric on Feb. 21
Magician, drag queen and comic Lucy Darling — the alter ego of Carisa Hendrix — is bringing their “Simply Darling” show to The Lyric Baltimore in February.
The act is described on the theater’s website as a touring variety show featuring the “charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast” Lucy Darling, who is possessed of a “razor-sharp wit, unquestionable advice and skillful magic.”
Hendrix uses the pronouns “they,” “them,” and “theirs.”
The performer first became an answer to a trivia question in 2014. She wrote in a blog post that she made page 86 of the Guinness World of Records two years after she held a lighted torch in her mouth and without using her hands before a live audience in Rome, Italy for 2 minutes, 1 second — a feat that she said also was included in the 2013 “Ripley’s Believe It or Not.”
Clarification for the curious: Lucy Darling is a different character than Judy Darling. Though Judy also is a drag queen, magician and comic, she was created by Coleman Drew and is based in New York, not Canada.
Tickets for Lucy Darling go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Lyric website and will cost $48.65 to $104.65.
Article from Baltimore Sun
Chris Funk at the Lackland Performing Arts Center
Centenary Stage Company will present "Redefining Wonder," featuring award-winning illusionist and musician Chris Funk, as part of the Winter Thaw Music Festival at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave., Hackettstown.
"Redefining Wonder" is an immersive, genre-bending multimedia experience that has captivated family audiences nationwide. Blending illusion with live music, Funk’s production stands apart as a magic show unlike any other. Funk, known for his innovative fusion of magic and musicianship, has earned acclaim for creating visceral, imagination-sparking performances that engage audiences of all ages.
Tickets for this Winter Thaw Music Festival performance are $29.50 for adults and $17.50 for children under 12 and students when purchased in advance. All ticket prices increase by $5.00 on the day of the performance.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900, or visit Centenary Stage Company online at centenarystageco.org. The box office is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and two hours prior to performance times.
Article from: Observer Tribune
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Eric Jones needs help
Earlier this year, Eric experienced a sudden medical emergency that brought everything to a halt. After extensive testing, doctors discovered that his heart was functioning at less than 20% capacity and that two blood clots had formed in the lower chambers of his heart. His cardiology team immediately placed him on blood thinners and recommended an urgent heart cauterization, which was performed the same day.
When Eric woke up from anesthesia, something was wrong—his speech was impaired, and he was unable to use his right arm. Doctors witnessed him having a seizure, and an MRI later confirmed that one of the blood clots had broken free, traveled to his brain, and caused a stroke.
To prevent further damage, doctors placed Eric into a medically induced coma. While his condition has stabilized, the stroke significantly affected his balance, speech, and strength on one side of his body. In addition to the stroke, Eric has suffered multiple heart attacks over the past several months. His doctors have now recommended a double bypass surgery, followed by an extended and carefully monitored recovery period.
The Impact
As a result of these medical events, Eric has had to cancel all work from October through March, with the likelihood of additional time away from performing after surgery. Like many professional performers, Eric’s livelihood depends entirely on his ability to travel and work—and right now, that simply isn’t possible.
Between mounting medical bills and months of lost income, the financial strain has been significant and ongoing as Eric focuses on healing.
How the Funds Will Be Used
Funds raised through this campaign will help cover:
Medical bills, surgery, and post-operative care
Rehabilitation, medications, and follow-up treatment
Income lost during recovery
Everyday living expenses while Eric is unable to perform or travel
How You Can Help
Many friends, fans, and colleagues have asked how they can support Eric and his family during this time. This fundraiser provides a direct and meaningful way to help ease the financial burden while he concentrates on recovery.
The fundraising goal reflects anticipated medical and recovery-related expenses, as well as income lost during this period. Updates will be shared as appropriate as Eric moves through surgery and rehabilitation.
Thank you for your generosity, encouragement, prayers, and support. It truly means more than words can express.
Monday, December 15, 2025
Invisible Zone by Tenyo
The magician takes a pen and sticks it through the Invisible Zone case. When the case is opened the center of the pen is totally invisible even though the pen is moved back and forth! This one looks totally impossible.
English instructions included.
David Copperfield Biography: The Life and Career of Magic’s Most Successful Illusionist
David Copperfield is one of the most famous and commercially successful magicians in entertainment history. Through groundbreaking television specials, international tours and a record-setting Las Vegas residency, Copperfield helped transform stage magic into cinematic storytelling.
Known for making the Statue of Liberty disappear, walking through the Great Wall of China and apparently flying freely across a stage, Copperfield created illusions that became part of popular culture.
In April 2026, he concluded his historic 25-year residency at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, closing one of the longest and most influential chapters in modern magic history.
David Copperfield’s Early Life
David Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin on September 16, 1956, in Metuchen, New Jersey. His father, Hy Kotkin, owned a men’s clothing store, while his mother, Rebecca, worked in insurance.
Copperfield has described himself as a shy child who used magic to build confidence and connect with other people. He began performing around his neighborhood under the name “Davino the Boy Magician.”
At 12, he reportedly became the youngest person admitted to the Society of American Magicians. By his teenage years, he was already teaching magic classes and developing the combination of illusion, music and storytelling that would later define his career.
He selected the stage name David Copperfield from the title of Charles Dickens’ famous novel.
From The Magic Man to Television Stardom
Copperfield’s first major theatrical opportunity came when he was cast in the musical production The Magic Man. Still a teenager, he became the show’s star and helped it achieve a successful run in Chicago.
His national breakthrough arrived in 1977 when he hosted the television special The Magic of ABC. That appearance led to a long-running series of The Magic of David Copperfield television specials.
Unlike traditional televised magic shows, Copperfield’s programs often resembled short films. They combined large-scale illusions with dramatic lighting, popular music, choreography, romantic stories and emotional themes.
His television specials earned a reported 21 Emmy Awards from 38 nominations, helping establish Copperfield as one of television’s most recognized entertainers. (Kennedy Center)
David Copperfield’s Most Famous Illusions
Copperfield became internationally known for performing enormous illusions in recognizable locations. Instead of presenting each feat as a simple puzzle, he treated it as a theatrical event.
Among his most famous illusions are:
- Making a Learjet disappear
- Making the Statue of Liberty vanish
- Escaping from Alcatraz
- Walking through the Great Wall of China
- Surviving Niagara Falls
- Escaping from an exploding building
- Performing the “Death Saw” illusion
- Flying freely above the stage
His 1983 disappearance of the Statue of Liberty remains one of the most famous televised illusions ever presented. The performance used the monument not only as a giant object to vanish, but also as a symbol of freedom and the importance of protecting it.
Copperfield’s flying illusion also became a landmark in stage magic. He appeared to fly through hoops, inside a sealed glass box and while carrying a spectator, creating a sense of freedom rather than merely demonstrating a technical effect.
Storytelling Changed the Presentation of Magic
One of Copperfield’s greatest contributions was his emphasis on emotional storytelling.
Many magicians before him presented impressive illusions, but Copperfield consistently connected his magic to memories, relationships, dreams and personal experiences. Music, choreography, lighting and carefully constructed narratives became essential parts of his performances.
That approach influenced generations of magicians and illusionists. Modern theatrical magic—with its cinematic staging, emotional scripts and carefully selected soundtracks—owes a considerable debt to the style Copperfield developed on television and onstage.
A Historic Las Vegas Residency
David Copperfield became one of the defining headliners of the Las Vegas Strip. He performed at the MGM Grand for approximately 25 years, often presenting multiple shows each day inside a theater bearing his name.
His residency concluded with a final performance on April 30, 2026. The farewell marked the end of an extraordinary run during which millions of visitors saw Copperfield perform in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Although the MGM Grand residency has ended, Copperfield has not publicly characterized the conclusion as his retirement from magic. As of July 2026, Ticketmaster lists no upcoming performances.
Awards and World Records
Copperfield’s career has earned recognition both inside and outside the magic community.
His honors include:
- 21 Emmy Awards
- A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- A Living Legend designation from the United States Library of Congress
- Recognition from the French government
- Multiple Guinness World Records
- “Magician of the Century” and “Magician of the Millennium” honors
His official biography credits him with 11 Guinness World Records and claims he has sold more tickets than any other solo entertainer in history. (Official David Copperfield biography)
These achievements reflect not only Copperfield’s popularity, but also the extraordinary scale and longevity of his performing career.
David Copperfield’s Project Magic
Copperfield also created Project Magic, a rehabilitation program that uses simple magic tricks as therapeutic exercises.
The program brings magicians together with occupational and physical therapists to help participants improve dexterity, coordination, confidence, communication and cognitive abilities. Learning to perform an effect can give patients an enjoyable and measurable goal during rehabilitation.
Project Magic has been used with people facing physical, psychological and social challenges. More information is available from the program’s official website.
Preserving the History of Magic
Beyond performing, Copperfield has become one of the world’s most important collectors and preservationists of magic history.
He founded the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts in Las Vegas after acquiring the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts in 1991.
The collection contains historic posters, books, correspondence and apparatus connected to legendary performers such as Harry Houdini, Robert-Houdin, Chung Ling Soo, Dante and Orson Welles.
Guinness World Records has recognized it as the world’s largest collection of magic artifacts, reporting that it contains more than 150,000 items. The private museum is not regularly open to the general public. (Guinness World Records)
Copperfield shared part of the collection with the public through the 2021 book David Copperfield’s History of Magic, written with David Britland and Richard Wiseman and featuring photography by Homer Liwag.
David Copperfield’s Lasting Legacy
David Copperfield helped make magic one of the largest forms of mainstream television and theatrical entertainment.
His greatest achievement may not be any single disappearance, escape or levitation. It is the way he combined illusion with storytelling and encouraged audiences to care about the meaning behind an impossible moment.
His television specials inspired countless people to become magicians. His stage productions raised expectations for illusion shows, while his museum continues preserving the work of performers who came before him.
With the conclusion of his MGM Grand residency in 2026, an important era of Las Vegas entertainment has ended. However, David Copperfield’s influence remains visible in nearly every modern illusion show that combines magic, music, theater and emotion.
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Piff The Magic Dragon celebrates 10 year at The Flamingo
Piff has been performing at The Flamingo for 10 years and recently performed his 2000th show.
Congradulations and we wish you many many more...
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Name Drop by David Alnwick video DOWNLOAD
Now available at www.magiciansmagicshop.com Instantly reveal the names multiple participants are thinking of. "I Love it! Such a diabolical, but simple method! I'm definitely going to make this up. It's so clean to be able to hand the cards out, they can shuffle them and choose any one they like while in their own hands. That's so cool!" - Marc Paul Easy enough for a beginner, strong enough for a professional. Uses only billets & pens. Perfect for stage, parlor, & close-up. Sure fire method - no fishing, no complex memory work. Instant access to video & PDF instructions. Instant access to five real-world live performance videos. Instant access to an 'Additional Thoughts' PDF with contributions from Joe Diamond, Alex McAleer, Scott Creasey, and others. Can be adapted to different languages. "I learned David Alnwick's 'Name Drop' this morning, I made the props in under half an hour and performed it at a gig the same evening. This is something I put right into a corporate show the same day I learned it. The method is so simple, and plays for any size group. Highest recommendation ever. It's something that's going to live in my case and my repertoire for years to come. Another home run by David Alnwick." - Joe Diamond "Name Drop is another brilliant creation from the estimable Mr. Alnwick. It's easy to learn, simple to perform and devastatingly fooling. Highest recommendation" - Mark Elsdon "I decided I wouldn't give testimonials unless I intended to include the effect in my repertoire. This one I definitely will. It's brilliant - so simple to do, yet completely deceptive. I love it." - Marc Oberon FAQ Do I make the cards myself? I provide the full instructions to make the Name Drop cards. All you need are some billets or blank cards and a couple of pens. I've been using the same set for years. Can the cards be examined? Yes. The participants handle the cards themselves. Is it difficult to learn? I guarantee you'll be performing the effect within minutes of making up the cards. It's incredibly easy to do.
Shin Lim
Shin Lim is the stage name of Liang-Shun Lim - born September 25th 1991
Shim won FISm in 2015
He won America's Got Talent
He won Fool Us 2 1/2 times possibly 3 depending on how you look at it
He Won America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2018
He has been performing in Las Vegas since 2019 at the Mirage and now at the Venetion
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Doug Henning Biography: The Magician Who Brought Wonder Back to Magic
Doug Henning was a groundbreaking Canadian magician, illusionist and escape artist who helped transform the public image of magic during th...
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On July 23, 1980, the magic world lost one of its most celebrated and influential performers: Fred Kaps. Born Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bong... -
Las Vegas continues to be a place where dreams turn into reality—and for Jen Kramer , that reality is nothing short of magical. Since laun...
