Prototyping via Furniture Destruction
Moments before sawing up one of my bookshelves for the sake of a magic trick, I paused to consider whether I'd actually gone insane. It...
The Best (And Worst) Cappuccinos in The World
The best coffee I ever had was at a small cafe in Hamburg. It was a new place that had just opened a few weeks...
Three Reasons Why I Love The Dropbox Desktop App
I am a huge, huge fan of Dropbox. I am also unashamedly evangelical about this. Dropbox is free, convenient, and incredibly useful. It does three...
Sometimes You Need to Publish Something That Sucks
Something that comedy genius Louis CK talks about (in this video clip) is the benefit of forcing yourself to regularly create new work. Essentially if...
Hansa Backstage Continues
In between everything else happening here in Hamburg, we've still been cranking out more Hansa Backstage interviews. Much like the Simon and Davefunkel videos, I'm...
An Evening In The Life At The German Cabaret
(Photo: Flickr user andreaspopp) At the time of writing I’m in Hamburg, about half way through a four month gig at a German variety theatre....
The Rules
When I started this website, I made myself some rules. These were based on lessons learned from many other websites (both good and bad), advice...
What Happens Backstage…. Goes on YouTube
In between the 147 shows I'm doing at the Hansa Variety Theatre in Germany over the next few months, I suddenly have a lot more...
Five Reasons to Video Every Show You Ever Do
If you are any kind of performer (or indeed, speaker, presenter, MC, or anything involving doing things in front of an audience), I am a...
Just Make It Exist
In writing, it's a first draft. In engineering, it's a prototype. In solo performance, it's something you can perform at an open mike night that...
The Citysearch Advert
A few years back, Chinese New Year and Australia Day happened to fall on the same day. This gave Nicko Place, very good friend and...
Hamburg: The Cast
(Photo: Oliver Fantitsch) I’ve been in Hamburg for a couple of weeks now, and just finished the first week of shows at the Hansa Variety...
The Second You Stop Trying…
As mentioned back in this piece about pleasant surprises, the show I did this year at the Melbourne Magic Festival received a quite startlingly good...
All The Water Bottles
When your job is finding ways to do things that look impossible, doing that job often involves things that would seem a bit odd to...
I Give This Review Five Stars
Back in 2011 when Vyom Sharma and I were producing our show Manipulators at the Edinburgh Fringe, we spent a lot of time hoping for...
The New Hit Web Series: Simon and Davefunkel
In between other projects, friend and frequent collaborator Dave Lee and I recently started a Youtube series. I'm not going to lie; it's unlikely to...
Four Months in Germany
In early October, I'll be leaving Melbourne to spend four months in Hamburg, Germany. I’m booked to perform at the Hansa Variety Theatre, as part...
The Magic Lecture Circuit
Tonight I will be in Sydney giving a lecture to a bunch of magicians. If you’re into that kind of thing, tickets are available online...
Unexpectedly Featured
A few months back I received an email from Tim Ellis asking me to contact Mark Ellis (no relation), the Arts Editor of The Age...
Two Hundred and Fourteen Playing Cards
(Along with the posters designed, calligraphy attempted, and shots of vodka drunk, this is another story about what went into last month's FISM World Magic...