Things By Simon

Edinburgh is crazy during the Fringe. 2,500 productions, 42,000 separate ticketed performances, and a city of half a million people that almost doubles in population during...

Manipulators - Live in Edinburgh just finished its second preview show. Both shows were 2/3 sold out, which is nothing short of amazing for a...

I've been in London since last Friday, preparing for the upcoming show Manipulators at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show is a collaboration between myself...

The final episode of Lawrence Leung's hit new TV series Unbelievable aired last night in Australia. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend checking it...

...or at least, not in a published interview. There's a first time for everything however, and this one is thanks to Cindy Marie Jenkins and...

Last night I won the inaugural FISM Oceania close-up magic championships. This is a ludicrously exciting development, and one which will almost certainly lead to...

It has been one hell of a month. I just realised that over the course of June, I'll have performed 48 separate shows in 30 days....

As of a few days ago, I have a Facebook Fan Page. It was something I'd been putting off doing because well, to be honest,...

I just finished a week-long run at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. This was my fourth time performing there in the past few years, and...

My favourite thing I've ever put online was a video of a parody routine based on a show called Arrested Development. The routine was the...

My flyers for the Hollywood Fringe arrived today, courtesy of the incredibly fast and reasonably priced GotPrint.com. I'm glad to have them, because having some...

Magic Conventions can have a serious impact on your Vitamin D levels. The photo above (from my good friend and talented set designer Darcy Prevost)...

In a few days' time, I'll be performing and speaking at the International Magic Experience conference in Las Vegas. It's looking like it's going to...

One of the biggest things I learned from the Melbourne Comedy Festival was how a promo video can be a great marketing tool, and how...

Way back in the early days of email, a friend forwarded me a piece of writing that really stuck with me. It's quite common now...

Back in 2004, during final year university, I produced a one-man show in the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Quality-wise, it was... well, exactly what you'd expect...