Looking for a source explaining wide-ranging magic effects? You’ve found it here! Eric Hawkesworth’s A Magic Variety Show is a great book dedicated to creating an act containing multiple styles of traditional magic. These styles include Close-up magic, Stage Magic, Illusions, and Predictions. Also covered are magic’s “fringe” arts: Paper Tearing, Drawing Ambiguous Images, Shadowgraph, etc. This book doesn’t stop there — Showmanship and Presentation are also covered. Of course, this book contains standard magic with Cards, Coins, and effects utilizing all the traditional Magicians’ accoutrements.

Contents include:

• Chapeaugraphy
• Making and Forming the Chapeau Brim
• Famous People in History
• The Great Computo
• Card into Crystal
• A Sweet Prediction
• Name of the Game
• Chinese Paper Folding
• Making the Pleated Paper Fold and Forming the Figures
• Legend of the Willow Pattern
• Magic Spelling
• Making and Lettering the Paper Strip
• A Poem of Thanks
• Paper Tearing
• Preparing the Paper Folds
• Voyage of the ‘Saucy Sue’
• How to Make the Drawing Board
• The 3D Parrot
• Mr. Equation
• A Magic Production
• A Stage Shadowgraph Show
• Screen and Projection Lamp and Making Hand Shadowgraphs
• The Adventures of Sam Shadow
• It’s Magic!
• Coins A-Plenty
• Power of the Press
• Snow White Wash
• Showmanship and Presentation
• Staging the Acts with Extra Props, Costumes, Lighting, Music, and Stage Settings
• Act Nameboards and Programmes