The Online Magic Store Blog: Stage Magic
Magic tricks for your first open mic: a buyer’s guide
How to choose and plan a short magic set for your first open mic night, with four pieces from our shelves and two free books on presentatio…
Magic tricks for your first open mic: a buyer’s guide
Silent magic tricks: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic you can perform to music without saying a word, with four visual pieces from our shelves and two free books on manipula…
Silent magic tricks: a buyer’s guide
Visual magic tricks for noisy rooms: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic for loud parties, bars and receptions, with visual tricks that need no explanation, quick resets and props that read fr…
Visual magic tricks for noisy rooms: a buyer’s guide
Magic tricks for public speakers: a buyer’s guide
How to choose a magic trick for a talk or keynote, with pieces the whole room can see, reveals that carry your message and free books on pr…
Magic tricks for public speakers: a buyer’s guide
Who was Horace Goldin?
The life of Horace Goldin, “The Whirlwind Illusionist”, who presented his own sawing-through-a-woman illusion in 1921 and patented it in 19…
Who was Horace Goldin?
Who was P. T. Selbit?
The life of P. T. Selbit, the London magician who presented sawing through a woman at the Finsbury Park Empire in 1921.
Who was P. T. Selbit?
Who was Servais Le Roy?
The life of Servais Le Roy, the Belgian illusion designer behind the act Le Roy, Talma and Bosco and the Asrah levitation.
Who was Servais Le Roy?
Who was David Devant?
The life of David Devant, the English stage magician who partnered John Nevil Maskelyne, showed some of Britain’s first films and was the f…
Who was David Devant?
Who was John Henry Anderson, the Great Wizard of the North?
The life of John Henry Anderson, the Scottish showman billed as the Great Wizard of the North, from Aberdeenshire to theatres around the wo…
Who was John Henry Anderson, the Great Wizard of the North?
How to do a card trick for a big audience
Learn a self-working card trick for a big audience: a cross-cut force and a large written prediction that everyone in the room can see.
How to do a card trick for a big audience
Who was Adelaide Herrmann? The Queen of Magic
The life of Adelaide Herrmann, who assisted Alexander Herrmann for two decades, then led her own show as the Queen of Magic.
Who was Adelaide Herrmann? The Queen of Magic
The Indian rope trick: the famous trick that was never performed
How a hoax newspaper story from 1890 turned the Indian rope trick into a world-famous trick that nobody ever performed.
The Indian rope trick: the famous trick that was never performed
Who was Chung Ling Soo? The magician behind the mask
The life of William Ellsworth Robinson, the American who performed as Chung Ling Soo, his rivalry with Ching Ling Foo and his death during …
Who was Chung Ling Soo? The magician behind the mask
The 7 Types of Magic Tricks: Every Illusion Explained
Transformation, teleportation, production, vanish, levitation, penetration and restoration: the seven basic effects behind almost every mag…
The 7 Types of Magic Tricks: Every Illusion Explained
Talent show magic tricks: how to choose and build your act
How to choose magic tricks that work on a school or community talent show stage, build a short routine and rehearse it safely.
Talent show magic tricks: how to choose and build your act
The Chinese linking rings: a history of magic’s great metal mystery
Where the linking rings come from, from an eighteenth-century Japanese book to Philippe’s Paris stage and the three-ring routines of today.
The Chinese linking rings: a history of magic’s great metal mystery
Close-Up vs Parlour vs Stage Magic: What's the Difference?
Close-up, parlour and stage magic compared: audience size, distance, props, and which style to start with.
Close-Up vs Parlour vs Stage Magic: What's the Difference?
Magic tricks for kids’ shows and birthday parties: a buyer’s guide
How to choose magic for a children’s party or family show, with tricks from our store sorted by what they do best.
Magic tricks for kids’ shows and birthday parties: a buyer’s guide
Young & Strange: British Comedy Magic Duo on AGT 2026 (Bio, Facts and Career)
Who are Young & Strange? The British comedy illusion duo behind Champions of Magic, from Fool Us to the AGT 2026 semifinals.
Young & Strange: British Comedy Magic Duo on AGT 2026 (Bio, Facts and Career)
