When starting out most magicians find themselves in this situation. They've bought some prop tricks, learned a few sleight of hand tricks from books or videos, then realize that organizing these tricks into a magic show is more complicated than they expected.
While it is obvious that a magic show is essentially a series of individual effects, one following the next, it is less obvious what tricks should go where.
In addition, there is the interesting question as to why any particular trick should be in the show at all. Just because the magician has purchased and mastered a specific effect does not guarantee that effect belongs in his or her show. Mr. Magic has seen many magic shows that would have been better or at least less tedious without the Linking Rings, the Egg Bag, the Sucker Egg Trick, the Professor's Nightmare and other stock classics.
However every magician hoping to put on a show has to start somewhere. Performing the tricks that he or she has technically mastered is a reasonable place to start as long as the magician is smart enough to immediately pull tricks that don't play. This doesn't mean that all the pulled tricks are gone forever, but that they need to be reconsidered and reworked before use.
The most important trick that a magician brings to a show is his or her personality. If the spectators enjoy being in the company of the magician, they are more forgiving as to the tricks presented. Learning what this means is the result of actually performing before an audience.
So the best way of deciding what plays and what doesn't is using the props and tricks you've got and performing as often as possible. When starting out it is better to find places that welcome a free show because they have no budget rather than attempting to charge for a show you can't deliver. Eventually you'll discover what tricks play and the best order for presenting them. At that point you'll have the beginnings of what you can realistically call a magic show. Yours Magically Solomon Interested to learn magic for fun or profit? Would you like to hire a magician, hypnotist or an emcee for your event? Visit www.themagicofsolomon.com for more info..
