Overcoming Performance fear for new magicians

It is perfectly normal to be nervous about performing in front of an audience. But remember your brain only does what it is told to do. If you "think" that you're nervous or if you tell yourself you might make a technical mistake, forget your patter, or if you allow your conscience mind to worry that the audience might not appreciate your magic, guess what is going to happen?

You will be even more nervous, you will forget your patter and start to stammer and then you will make a clumsy mistake with that one really important move! So banish those thoughts right now! Don't let your "inner voice" convince you that you are going to have a bad time!

As you approach the last five minutes before you perform, repeat your this over and over in your mind so that it becomes your dominating thought:

I am well prepared for this show!
The audience are going to smile and love my show, the magic will be just amazing for them!
I am going to enjoy this too, the applause will be fantastic!

Say it slowly at first, then build to an energetic chant in your head. You can do it! Focusing on the positive, will help you drown out any doubts or concerns as you approach the audience.

This really does work and has helped me overcome stage freight many times! However, make sure that you ARE well prepared and that your magic is well rehearsed and the best magic that you could possibly perform for this group.

Drawings come to life

Despite having shows pretty much every day this month ( I know I am such an in-demand entertainer lol), I managed to meet with the team that will be building the balloon. This was the first time that they had seen the detail of what needs to be constructed and it got a great reaction!! Not that they can't build it... but their first question was "and you are seriously planning to fly this?" After we chatted more, drank more coffee and scribbled a LOT more they eventually agreed that it would be a feasible idea.

So we have scheduled a planning meeting in the new year soon after the next major sponsor meeting. If all goes well then the balloon should go into production in February and be test flown in April.

Today's cabaret show was great!! A lovely audience, I had the pleasure of entertaining the MK Women in Enterprise group. They seemed to enjoy my act and I enjoyed entertaining them. Such a stark but welcome contrast to the "Christmas Cabaret from Hell" that I am involved with most other days this month. Will have to update the Corporate Magic site to let the world know about my new after dinner / lunch shows - just in case anyone else might like to book it!