Hey Theory 11 crew!
So last night I had a show hosted by a really cool local business and it was my first true parlor show. For those of you who do not know, I'm a close up magician and up until this point I've done a bunch of walk around gigs for different companies and parties. So last night was a different experience all together but I learned a lot. I performed for 30+ people last night and after everything is said and done it was an awesome show, with a very interactive and fun crowd. Now on to some things that I figured out now that I've woken up and thought about the performance last night.
1. I was surprised that certain beats of a trick got the reactions it did. Let me try to explain that further. I did a mentalism trick where I show that I predicted what card they would think of, and then the finisher is showing the crowd I also predicted the name of the person I would be doing the trick for. I knew the name reveal would get a good reaction but I was not aware the card reveal would get as much as it did. That happened a few times last night, it was really cool.
2. Now for a rough lesson, some tricks in my set list did not go over as well as I would hope because of such a large crowd. Two tricks in my set got very little reaction mainly because they are designed for close up work. One in particular is pinky promise by Shin Lim. A really cool effect that I've used before to great response but this time it only got a small response to the people who saw it....I realized to late that that and the other close up card trick I did didn't play to the big crowd so it was more confusing to most than entertaining.
3. @ChristopherT once said on here that a mentalism trick done right could be amazing and I have since been working on several mentalism routines and I did them for the first time last night and playing to the larger crowd, they brought down the house.
4. Something I need to work on if I keep doing Parlor shows is pacing, The pacing of a parlor routine and a close up walk around routine is so different and I need to take that into account.
All in all it was a wonderful night, the set list minus two tricks went over better than I could have expected and I was invited back. I hope you enjoyed my write up of last nights performance and if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Peace!
So last night I had a show hosted by a really cool local business and it was my first true parlor show. For those of you who do not know, I'm a close up magician and up until this point I've done a bunch of walk around gigs for different companies and parties. So last night was a different experience all together but I learned a lot. I performed for 30+ people last night and after everything is said and done it was an awesome show, with a very interactive and fun crowd. Now on to some things that I figured out now that I've woken up and thought about the performance last night.
1. I was surprised that certain beats of a trick got the reactions it did. Let me try to explain that further. I did a mentalism trick where I show that I predicted what card they would think of, and then the finisher is showing the crowd I also predicted the name of the person I would be doing the trick for. I knew the name reveal would get a good reaction but I was not aware the card reveal would get as much as it did. That happened a few times last night, it was really cool.
2. Now for a rough lesson, some tricks in my set list did not go over as well as I would hope because of such a large crowd. Two tricks in my set got very little reaction mainly because they are designed for close up work. One in particular is pinky promise by Shin Lim. A really cool effect that I've used before to great response but this time it only got a small response to the people who saw it....I realized to late that that and the other close up card trick I did didn't play to the big crowd so it was more confusing to most than entertaining.
3. @ChristopherT once said on here that a mentalism trick done right could be amazing and I have since been working on several mentalism routines and I did them for the first time last night and playing to the larger crowd, they brought down the house.
4. Something I need to work on if I keep doing Parlor shows is pacing, The pacing of a parlor routine and a close up walk around routine is so different and I need to take that into account.
All in all it was a wonderful night, the set list minus two tricks went over better than I could have expected and I was invited back. I hope you enjoyed my write up of last nights performance and if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Peace!
