Description
Prepare to have your brain bubbling with ideas. A decade on from Oliver’s bestsellers The Plot Thickens and Plot Twists, he’s back with a new book brimming with creativity.
Expect fresh plots, streamlined methods and playful audience interaction. Several of the tricks are also ‘scalable’, so they can play in both close-up and parlor performances.
Discover 19 tricks and 11 ideas (mostly cards, with a few exceptions), including:
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- The Other Three Magicians: Give three participants their own magic powers, so they can each experience being both audience member and magician.
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- Kerchunk: A selection is found using a ‘tweezers card’ and ends up stapled to it.
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- Synesthesia: Using magical means, you simulate a participant ‘seeing’ colors when hearing music.
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- Trick of the Months: An ingenious lead-in to Shuffle-Bored for more meaningful predictions (assumes knowledge of Aronson’s method).
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- Drowning in Wallets: Finally, a fun way to use all those magic wallets sitting in your drawer.
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- On Point: A game spinner is used to eliminate cards and find a signed selection in a surprising way.
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- Pinky Perch: A walkaround workaround for when your audience have their hands full.
- Coin Jar: A coin vanishes from a participant’s hand and penetrates a sealed jar of pasta sauce, with the safety button still down.
Plus, two essays on creativity to inspire your own thought bubbles. So, pour yourself a drink (sparkling or otherwise) and dive in.
Hardback, color cover, B&W interior, US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm), 180 pages.