In theatre, all characters have a backstory – information which the author has in his head which helps to shape the character’s words and actions.

I’d like to suggest that your “character” when you’re performing at Faire should also have a backstory. It doesn’t have to be massive – just a …

… and we’re back! Did you miss me?

Ok, let’s get moving here. I’ve been quiet for a week, but I have quite a bit of stuff to write about. I’ve been thinking – or perhaps rethinking – about the context in which we perform. Why are we doing what we …

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You all thought I was kidding about gaying and girling it up in this blue little house, did you now?

So this last year I was at one of my Faires and I saw one of the most popular shows at Faire… and the performer therein… did a card trick.

… I’ve been avoiding card tricks for many years – as mentioned previously – and doing a card trick at …

Magicians have two types of props, really…

Specialized Devices for specific tricks
Utility Items which can be used for multiple tricks

A deck of playing cards is, I suppose, the most common Utility Item that people see – you can do all kinds of things with a deck of cards – flashy handling …

Just a rumination here…

Trees and magic have gone together for centuries.

The first magic wand was probably a piece of a branch.
The same can be said of a wizard staff
The “ring on stick” trick continues to be one of the classics of magic, and can be done close up and …

I think this may be as good as it’s going to get this time around… BEHOLD!

Whew. FOUR YEARS in the making – four years and a lot of little video tape cassettes, a lot of downloading, a lot of editing (a lot of editing) and …

Bricolage, pronounced /ˌbriːkoʊˈlɑːʒ/, /ˌbrɪkoʊˈlɑːʒ/ is a term used in several disciplines, among them the visual arts and literature, to refer to:

the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things which happen to be available;
a work created by such a process.

It is borrowed from the French word …

Fabric I bought today…