Ed Sumner
15 Years Experience
Staffordshire, UK
Male, 28
I perform close up magic and stand up magic. I also run a children's magic company called Ready Steady Magic. You can find out more about me on YouTube! =P
As a professional magician and Member of the Magic Circle, I work hard to create incredible events.
Feel free to ask me whatever you wish and let me reveal the secrets of what I do (but not those secrets!)
Sorry, I don't reveal secrets. If you seriously want to learn magic, then I suggest you buy a book and learn it the same way everyone else did. As with anything, it takes time and effort to master it.
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Good question. I don't have an exact answer. I guess that it's a bigger deal if the magician is famous within the magic community. One trick that does often get publicity, even when it's just set to be performed, is the bullet catch (where the magician tries to catch a fired bullet in their mouth). There are ways to perform the trick, of course, but working around guns and live ammunition is dangerous.
Legend says that at least 12 magicians have died performing it. One magician had a 'safe' method but died simply because a stage hand used the 'wrong' gun. Another, Chung Ling Soo, is one of the most famous bullet catch deaths. He was an American magician who led everyone to believe he was Chinese. On stage, after being shot he spoke his first and last words, in English in public, ""Oh my God. Something's happened. Lower the curtain."
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Sorry, but I can't answer questions about specific tricks.
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Sorry, I don't reveal secrets. If you seriously want to learn magic, then I suggest you buy a book and learn it the same way everyone else did. As with anything, it takes time and effort to master it.
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I didn't know what to expect! It's good fun though, I like meeting people and I like performing. Sometimes it feels like showing off, which is fine. I got into magic because I was interested in lots of showing off things, acting, comedy, circus, but magic was the one that stuck the most.
I guess the things I didn't realise is that it would involve so much driving. The performing time is just a small part of everything I do. I actually enjoy the running the business side, but I could do with less driving around. Wouldn't it be great if all my shows were within 15 miles.
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Sorry, I don't reveal secrets (not even 'simple' ones). If you seriously want to learn magic, then I suggest you buy a book and learn it the same way everyone else did. As with anything, it takes time and effort to master it.
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