Séance Technologies – The Pendulum
I find it useful to think of performance magic props as a technology. In theatre we often talk about theatre technologies, almost always this refers to th...
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Insider or Outsider?
The challenge I have as an academic is that I am both inside and outside of my research. I cannot avoid writing from the perspective of a long-term insider with...
Writing about Magic
The notion of what constitutes the role of the trick in magic performance raises a number of questions, two of which have become central to my writing and have ...
Hiding the Elephant in the Room – Performance Magic and Practice Research
A transcription of a research seminar delivered 31/03/21 The seminar itself is now live: Thank you for inviting me to speak.And to speak on an aspect of my work...
Space to Practice – whatever that means.
In a few weeks time I shall be presenting on practice research as part of the Spring 2021 LINES OF FLIGHT seminar series. Many months ago, I came up with the t...
COVID-19 and Performance Magic – your views?
The New Normal? As I mentioned in a previous post, The Journal of Performance Magic (www.journalofperformancemagic.org.uk) is currently accepting academic paper...