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Enter the doors at 50 West Randolph and discover a hidden world inside Watkins’ intimate Magic Parlour. Grab a cocktail from the bar, settle in and reconnect with your sense of childlike wonder as miracles unfold inches in front of your eyes, and even in your own hands.
Oct 5, 2023 · Step into 3rd Generation Magician Dennis Watkins’ brand new custom magic theater in the heart of downtown Chicago. Located adjacent to Goodman Theatre, Chicago’s longest-running magic show has a new home, specifically designed to showcase up-close magic and mind reading.
- October 5, 2023
Jan 12, 2015 · Dennis Watkins' The Magic Parlour is an intimate evening of classic magic and mind-reading running six shows weekly at The Goodman Theatre Center/Petterino's. Now in its 12th year, The Magic Parlour is Chicago's longest-running magic show.
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- The Magic Parlour is open:Sun - Sun 2:00 PM - 4:00 PMThu - Thu 7:30 PM - 9:30 PMFri - Fri 7:00 PM - 11:00 PMSat - Sat 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM
- Hotels near The Magic Parlour: (0.12 mi) Silversmith Hotel Chicago Downtown (0.14 mi) Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Theatre District (0.05 mi) Palme...
- Restaurants near The Magic Parlour: (0.01 mi) JJ Fish and Chicken (0.01 mi) El Greco's Burritos (0.02 mi) Ranch Burger Co. (0.02 mi) Jimmy's Gyros...
Platform magic (also known as parlor magic, stand-up magic or cabaret magic) is magic that is done for larger audiences than close-up magic and for smaller audiences than stage magic.
- Balance
- Socks
- Of Dice and Men
- Collard 2
- How to Get Started Moving from Close Up to Parlor and Stage Magic
Joshua Jay created “Balance” for his own parlor show. Inspired by his correspondence with an inmate. In prison, the items you are allowed are strictly limited. So with “Balance” you show a toothbrush, a bottle of water, a playing card box and a crayon box (originally it was a cigarette box, but this was updated when the trick was released). They ar...
Michel Hout’s amazing and unusual routine is perfect for parlor or stage. It’s unusual because it features a deck of cards with just different patterned socks on them. They are all jumbled up and the spectator’s job is to magically find a pair of socks. Sadly, they fail. They have picked a mismatched pair. However, two incredible things then happen...
Tom Stone’s incredible “Hug/Kill” routine has been performed numerous times on television and is also incredibly popular with everyone who works at Vansihing Inc. It’s been a best-seller since it was released. You invited a spectator to play a little game with you, where they can have whatever is written on the back of one of six different cards. A...
This is John Archer’s wonderful version of the Koran Medallion. A cute, stuffed animal is introduced to the audience. But, sadly, he has no name. So the audience create a random name by different people calling out different letters of the alphabet. Usually this results in a peculiar word such as “Gzolom” or similar. However, the magician reveals t...
Today, many magicians would love to make the move from performing close up magic to parlor or stage magic. But the transition is difficult. Luckily, here at Vanishing Inc. we can help! We persuaded Edinburgh Fringe mainstay, Ian Kendall to write a series of blog posts covering exactly this topic. You can read them all here. Ian covers topics such a...
- Damian Jennings
This week, Michael is going to discuss the difference between Closeup Magic, Parlour Magic, and Stage Magic.Learn More about Strolling Magic HERE:https://www...
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Step into 3rd Generation Magician Dennis Watkins’ brand new custom magic theater in the heart of downtown Chicago. Located adjacent to Goodman Theatre, Chicago’s longest-running magic show has a new home, specifically designed to showcase up-close magic and mind reading.
