This is the type of magic that happens “right before your eyes”. It is an intimate experience done for small groups, 2-10 at a time. That doesn’t mean it cannot play for 100 people or more. In a larger venue, the magician wanders from group to …

Performed for a larger group of 20-40, parlor magic can use cards and coins, but also uses larger props that can be seen from a short distance. The magician performs for the entire audience at once.  

As an MC, it is the performer’s job to warm up the audience, introduce acts or speakers and provide a bit of magical entertainment or comic relief to keep an event moving along. He fills gaps, or dead time, while the stage is being changed or other …