Things By Simon

In a few days, I will be in Monterey, California, speaking at what is by far the most exciting event I’ve ever been asked to...

Ten years ago when CDs were the most efficient way to play music in a show, it was common to have a 10 second blank...

(Note: this piece was actually written about three years ago, when I was still working full time at Accenture. Since then, the motivation of full-time...

There are many things that can be frustrating in the field of magic and illusion. One of them is how a relative beginner can sometimes...

Vincent Hedan is a talented and clever magician from France, who has been living in Sydney for the past few years. I first met him...

Even though most of the work I currently do is for corporate events or private parties, every now and then something from a different demographic...

Producing even a short video usually takes a long time. For a total of four minutes of footage in the Triple J videos we made...

Fringe World Perth is over. It was an amazing experience. Stressful in parts, but amazing. Thank you to everyone who made it possible, in particular:...

When competing with 150 other shows in a Fringe Festival, you need to stand out any way you can. Some shows do it by being...

When promoting a show, if you're going to follow the rule of "give a flyer to every person you interact with", then you need to...

Among its other fascinating quirks, The Magic Castle has its own talk show called "Who's Hoo". It was originally hosted by the inimitable Rob Zabrecky, until...

When producing any kind of live show, you use a lot of tape. Masking tape for labelling things, glow tape for marking floors in the...

With the Fringe World Festival in Perth looming, I'm on the hunt for production assistant volunteers. This is essentially an opportunity for any younger and/or...

Triple-j is one of the more popular national music radio stations in Australia. Every year their Hottest 100 countdown is a significant event on the...

After many months of preparation and please-don't-talk-to-the-media-until-the-official-launch publicity embargoes, I can now announce that my show Manipulations will be featuring at the 2012 Fringe World festival in...

If you go to a lot of conferences or conventions, you'll be familiar with the sensation of struggling to stay awake in lecture/workshop sessions. Even...

Last week I had the privilege of working another week at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, accompanied by David Regal, Hillel, Scott Alexander, Lisa De...

As the title of this website implies, I'm a big fan of behind-the-scenes insights into things. Two groups that seem to agree are Mandala Magazine...

Since about 2004, one of the more interesting side projects I've been working on has been running the "Close-Up Magic for Beginners" short courses at the...

The word "blog" has a lot of baggage associated with it. Even though there are plenty of amazing, intelligent, funny, informative blogs out there now,...