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The Magic Cafe Forums - Invigorating Our Magic Performance Culture Here's a recent essay I wrote. Would love to hear your thoughts and get a discussion going! Invigorating Our Magic Performance Culture (or, What I Learned as a Magician Studying Theatre)...

Looking for some willing magicians to take a look at my collection of magic, now available here: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/5325 It's a collection of all of my commercial releases, including The Kras Change and The Destiny Effect, for a ridiculously low price. If there are a few out there...

Hey all! If any of you have my colour change 'The Kras Change', this is a small development I've made to the move that allows you to change the card back to its original state after executing the initial change. Hopefully, those of you that have purchased the change will be able to figure...

Here's a quick video of my two coin vanish sequence. Totally impromptu, starts and ends clean, no gimmicks, all that jazz. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsmW5XfRUmo&feature=youtu.be Michael Kras

Here's a quick demonstration of my 'Zip Move' done in the context of a simple Three Fly routine. The Zip Move is used to facilitate the clean traveling of the second coin. The Zip Move is a super bold but versatile and practical coin move that can be used for vanishes, changes...

This is a coin vanish I've been working on a lot lately called The Zip Move. It's a bold vanish technique I discovered by accident that uses no gimmicks or shells and it's totally impromptu as well. Sorry the video is a little low-quality, I've tried uploading it numerous times and Youtube has...

Here's my presentation for Jay Sankey's awesome impromptu effect Belly of the Beast. I love the effect, but seldom performed it because I had trouble with theatrical justification. However, recently I started working on it again with a presentation I quite like. I'd love to hear your thoughts...

Hey everyone! For some reason, I keep coming back to methods for the Torn and Restored plot. This method was inspired by Jay Sankey's effect The Cardboard Contortionists. This is a little bit more angle-sensitive than my other attempts at this plot, but it's still totally useable and I like...

Hey guys! Here's a quick trailer for my new download, Playground, which will be released soon. Hope you enjoy, and I'd like to hear any initial thoughts. I hope the demo shows enough! I would have loved to include a complete performance, but in the interest of preserving the method (which...

Hey guys! I love messing around with methods for the Torn and Restored Card plot. I have a few kicking around, one of which is published. This method is probably my favourite one. It's totally practical, the cards are completely examinable before and after the effect, and there's just a...

Hey guys! I've been playing with a cool, visual method of restoring a hole in a card recently, and I'd love to hear what you think of it. Still in its super early stages but I think it has potential. Would love to hear your thoughts...

This is my work on the vanishing deck effect. Obviously, the method is nothing new but I'm quite fond of this particular handling. However, it's still a new idea and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAogZD90jGs Michael Kras

I was wondering if anybody else has ever found this issue with a Steampunk deck. I just opened up a brand new deck last night and was surprised to find that many of the cards had black ink spots on the back design and the border. As such I'll probably only use them as a practice deck. But has...

For those who don't know, Morgan Strebler was supposed to be bending people's silverware over Facebook a few days ago via live chat. Sounded impossible, and although I was dying to check it out I was unfortunately unable to attend. Anybody here a part of it? What happened? Did it work? I'm...

Let me preface this by stating that I am not implying, nor ever would, that any of you pirate magic or look up magic tutorials on YouTube. I'm merely speaking out on the topic, one of which I'm very passionate. Pirating is theft. There's no nicer way to say it, that's just the facts. If you go...

I'm having a little contest on my Twitter account. By Midnight tonight, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter and retweet the following tweet: https://twitter.com/KrasMagic/status/231076495903297536 At Midnight, I'll choose one retweeter at random to win copies of each of my ebooks...

Here's a link to my interview with Penguin Magic in which I discuss the parallels between the Magician and the Actor. It's a topic I'm passionate about and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Do you agree, disagree? I'd love to get a discussion going with you...

Here's my method for the 'Stop' Trick. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWAUlTdrCYc&list=UUU4Yl1XeXLMDWaDcEQPp4-w&index=1&feature=plcp

Here's a quick video demonstrating my in-the-hands four card production, inspired by the work of Lee Asher and Oz Pearlman. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! I apologize for the rather poor video quality, I filmed this on my iPod. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2YHlmPKB4U

This is a move I've been working on... Essentially, it's an invisible steal of a playing card from the deck to facilitate a visual appearance or vanish. Or, simply, the card can just be stolen and ditched or loaded somewhere else. I'd love your thoughts on it...