Products in the “Stage” Category

Andrew Mayne’s most popular illusion plan

At any time during your show make half your body disappear in a fraction of a second. Just as quickly as your body vanished, it returns. Perform it anytime, anywhere. There’s even a way to perform it surrounded. It’s a perfect effect for the street magician or stage illusionist and has even appeared on television.

Included are step-by-step instructions for building the apparatus and performing the effect.

Total time to build the effect: 20 minutes.
Total cost to build: $10 (or less)

Print edition

In the blink of an eye half the magician’s body vanishes…

A stage illusion small enough to fit in a briefcase – Astounding enough to be performed on world-wide television.

Now on DVD, Andrew Mayne presents his incredible one-man illusion that’s been on stage and television around the world. For the first time Andrew presents several Bisection variations for different situations, including Bisection 360 – a totally surrounded presentation of Bisection.

Basic: The original incredible one-man illusion
360: The surrounded presentation
Trench coat: A spooky presentation using a long coat
Bisecting a Friend: An alternate presentation using an assistant

Includes video plans that show you how to put together Bisection using simple materials in under 30 minutes.
Shot in HD

Presented in anamorphic widescreen (16:9) Running time 28 minutes

DVD edition

Andrew Mayne’s most popular illusion plan

At any time during your show make half your body disappear in a fraction of a second. Just as quickly as your body vanished, it returns. Perform it anytime, anywhere. There’s even a way to perform it surrounded. It’s a perfect effect for the street magician or stage illusionist and has even appeared on television.

Included are step-by-step instructions for building the apparatus and performing the effect.

Total time to build the effect: 20 minutes.
Total cost to build: $10 (or less)

ebook version / PDF format

“CastleMaynia, a new effect by the highly-creative Andrew Mayne, is a great idea, a unique production, and one of those things just waiting for a personal touch or two to take it to the next level.”

Online-Visions

Imagine a card castle that folds down to half a deck of cards! Small enough to fit in your wallet!

Use it in the middle of a close-up effect, on stage or anywhere else you want to produce a fun visual prop!

Andrew Mayne presents a new twist on the classic card castle production: CastleMaynia! A card castle that folds down small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and instantly opens to over a foot tall!

+ Use it to reveal a selected card
+ Produce it at the end of a card manipulation routine
+ Pull it from your wallet
+ Use it as a magical production
+ Produce one and then split it into two

CastleMaynia folds down small enough to fit into a card case along with half a deck of playing cards.

Ships flat: One-time assembly required
Includes 16 minute instructional DVD including 6 routines

“It’s another crazy/weird production from Mayne and it’s a good one. Striking, visual, and surprising, it’s a very different climax to a card revelation or a stand-alone production. While certainly not for everyone, for those looking for a bit of insanity (and lots of surprised laughter), it’s an excellent piece.”

Online Visions – 9 out of 10

Rip the centers out of some spare cards, give them a flick and in a flash they’ve all linked together in a chain of cards nearly as tall as you!

Chain Reaction is a huge effect with visual impact. You can perform it up close or on stage anytime in your show.

You can even use Chain Reaction to produce a selected card.

Chain Reaction combines the visual impact of two of magic’s most enduring stage effects, the Linking Rings and the Newspaper Tear, into a card illusion that fits into your card case and is ready to go at anytime.

The card chain can be inspected! Resets quickly!

Includes three routines ranging from beginner to advanced skill level. Each routine includes easy to follow step-by-step instructions.

Grab some spare cards and create a Chain Reaction today!

DVD length 20 minutes. 16:9 image format

DVD format

Andrew Mayne, creator of Gut Buster and In Half presents a stunning new illusion.

An escape + a penetration + teleportation!

Members of the audience are asked onstage to inspect a 24" metal plate with a 7" hole cut in the center. After they've inspected it to their satisfaction they're invited to sit down. The illusionist then sticks one arm through the center of the hole and grasps the edge of a curtain with the metal plate trapping his arm and separating him from the front of the stage. In one violent motion the magician is now standing in front of the metal plate apparently having either passed through it or teleported from one side to the other.

This new twist on Andrew Mayne's A-Frame illusion is a super-compact effect that can be built quickly using off the shelf parts from a hardware store and fit inside a suitcase.
Event Horizon can be adapted to perform in most every performing environment. No assistants required.

DVD running time 20 minutes

4 umbrellas, one bag and a thick skull.

Place a paper bag over your head and the fun begins. First you jab an umbrella straight into your right ear and out the other side. Next you do the same with your left ear. Then you jab an umbrella straight up your nose and out the back of your head. Finally you impale your head like a skewer. Oddly enough, still alive, you remove the umbrellas one by one and show yourself unharmed.

Can be made in under 20 minutes for under $20.

DVD running time 20 minutes.

Who needs thousands of dollars to perform incredible illusions?

The magician asks his audience this question before he picks up a beat-up cardboard box. He places it upside-down over his head and then rips open a hole in the front so his face his visible. The magician then lifts the box a foot above his shoulders; stretching his neck in an impossible manner. Next he twists his head 360 degrees and back. Finally he removes his head entirely and then puts it back.

Facelifter is an incredible (yet easy to build and perform illusion) that will leave your audience baffled. Taking advantage of cutting-edge technology,

Facelifter allows any performer to create an illusion that would have cost thousands to duplicate just a few years ago (The materials now cost under $2.)

Who needs thousands of dollars to perform incredible illusions?

The magician asks his audience this question before he picks up a beat-up cardboard box. He places it upside-down over his head and then rips open a hole in the front so his face his visible. The magician then lifts the box a foot above his shoulders; stretching his neck in an impossible manner. Next he twists his head 360 degrees and back. Finally he removes his head entirely and then puts it back.

Facelifter is an incredible (yet easy to build and perform illusion) that will leave your audience baffled. Taking advantage of cutting-edge technology,

Facelifter allows any performer to create an illusion that would have cost thousands to duplicate just a few years ago (The materials now cost under $2.)

ebook version / PDF format

You introduce several antique photographs collected from around the world. A spectator is invited to freely select one to focus upon. After a moment of concentration you begin to zero in on the spectator’s thoughts and reveal the selected photograph with a drawing. However, in a strange climax, you leave the spectator wondering if they imagined it all when the chosen photograph is turned over to reveal a completely blurred image!

+ Complete with photographs and everything needed to perform
+ Spectator makes a free choice
+ Resets instantly

Includes photographs and DVD with several bonus routines.

Make bricks, bowling balls, fish bowls even a hot cup of coffee appear from nowhere!

Andrew Mayne presents his innovative technique for making impossible and unwieldy objects appear from impossible places.

Bowling Ball - An updated handling on Andrew's Bowling Ball from Shopping Bag effect that makes a great show opener or closer. Includes Andrew's new handling and technique that makes this a portable, practical illusion you'll want to make a part of your show.

Brick - Make a heavy brick appear from an empty lunch bag and drop it literally at your audience's feet. This never-seen-before effect allows you to create a huge impact up close or onstage when you produce a real brick under the most challenging conditions.

Fish Bowl - Make a fish bowl appear complete with real fish! Use it as part of an Aerial Fishing routine or use the bowl to produce giveaway items or anything else you want.

Home Brew - This is Andrew's almost impromptu method for making a hot cup of coffee appear. It makes a great ice break or fun effect to do at the coffee house.

Freefall is an easy to perform effect that's almost impromptu in its simplicity. You can use it onstage with a bowling ball or up close with a brick you can leave as a souvenir. It's got multiple applications including one that's right for your show.

DVD running time 20 minutes

Andrew Mayne in collaboration with Paul Harris present a stunning new illusion that can be performed up close, on the street or on stage. You step behind your assistant and then proceed to shove your hand straight through their body!

The audience watches in awe as your real hand visibly breaks through their skin and emerges from the middle of your assistant’s stomach.

You extract your hand from the open wound. A moment later your helper lifts their shirt to show that their stomach is completely healed.

+ Gut Buster can be performed completely surrounded!

+ Gut Buster can be performed anywhere, anytime with less than two-minutes preparation!

+ A volunteer can shove their hand through the magician’s body!

Plus:

+ Gut Buster Unplugged - The impromptu ungimmicked version

+ Gut Buster Solo - Perform Gut Buster on yourself

+ Stranger Gut Buster - Gut Buster with a random stranger

[Gut Buster includes the complete apparatus and instructional DVD. Nothing else to buy.]

The Gut Buster gimmick is designed to work with people with a medium to thin build. Performers who fall outside this range can use Gut Buster on an assistant or perform Gut Buster Unplugged on a random volunteer.

DVD length 32 minutes. Shot in High-Definition video. Presented in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.

Andrew Mayne presents an evil twist on a classic shock magic effect:

Phase 1: Demonstrate your ability to control pain by piercing a fish hook through your skin.

Phase 3: Rip the fish hook from you flesh and appear to heal instantaneously in a supernatural manner.

…All of this takes place while the spectator holds on to one end of the hook.

Hook is Andrew Mayne's devious update to the classic needle through arm effect. Shove an unprepared fish hook through your arm while a spectator holds on to one end of it at all time. For a disturbing finale, you rip the fish hook straight out of your arm completely unharmed.

Includes step-by-step instructions and special handling instructions.

Andrew Mayne presents his most practical levitations for the stage and the street. Combining updated material from Touching Sky and step-by-step instructions from Levitator (DVD).

Learn how to levitate on the street, in your living room or on stage.

11 different ways to perform the most incredible illusion in magic!
The Street Levitation
Anti-Gravity Machine
Broom Flight
Levitator
Impromptu Levitator
Floating on the Edge
Flight
Up
Suspension of Disbelief
Mid-Air
The Ultimate Levitation

Includes step-by-step photo instructions.

32 pages / full-sized / print version

Learn how to levitate on the street, in your living room or on stage.

11 different ways to perform the most incredible illusion in magic!
The Street Levitation
Anti-Gravity Machine
Broom Flight
Levitator
Impromptu Levitator
Floating on the Edge
Flight
Up
Suspension of Disbelief
Mid-Air
The Ultimate Levitation

Includes step-by-step photo instructions.

32 pages / ebook version / PDF format

Andrew Mayne's most popular books on illusions, all for one low price.

illusiontech $35
illusion f/x $39
SOLO-X $39
Touching Sky $12

Price $125

Andrew Mayne's most popular DVDs on illusions, all for one low price.

In Half $24.95
Event Horizon $19.95
Levitator $19.95
Illusion EFX $24.95
Bisection Unlimited $20

Price $109

Andrew Mayne presents seven incredible easy-to-build inexpensive stage illusions for the beginner and the pro.

Make motorcycles appear, move through human beings, build a Shadow Box illusion for under $50 and more!

Based upon his experience performing around the world in resorts, showrooms and cruise ships, Andrew Mayne presents practical illusions that can be put together very quickly for very little money.

Minimoto – Make a mini-motorcycle appear in a fraction of a second
5th Dimension – Walk through a volunteer from the audience
Banished – Vanish a nuisance helper instantly
Transformer – Change places in the blink of an eye
The Wall – Move through a solid object like a brick wall
Shadows – Build a pack-flat shadow box for under $50
Enlarger – Make objects grow to several times their size

+ 7 illusions
+ DVD running time 65 minutes
+ Shot in widescreen 16:9 format

Illusion F/X features 10 low-cost, easy-to-build illusions designed to be performed in a variety of circumstances.

It features such illusions as the now famous Balloon Box (great for children’s shows), The Infinity Cabinet (a surrounded appearance that packs down very small), Moto-X an inexpensive motorcycle production (under $100 if you’ve already got the motorcycle) and a special section on putting new twists on old illusions.

65 pages with 30 pages of illustrations and drawings.

Print version

Jump right into building your own illusions with the Illusion Impact PDF combo. Includes all four of the Illusion Impact illusions plus The Secret Illusion show.

Voodoo Box
Razorwire
Lightstorm
Specter Cabinet
Secret Illusion Show

Buy it now for just $19.95, that's almost 50% off the regular price.

5 ebooks / PDF format

Andrew Mayne’s new book on illusions: Illusiontech vol. 1

Learn how to build illusions for $1 to $10,000 by understanding basic illusion principles. Andrew Mayne’s newest book features several new creations along with re-worked classic illusions that help teach you how to think like an illusionist.

In the first installment of the series you’ll discover the methods of secret spaces, contortions and manipulation as they apply to magic.

+ Build a $99 beveled base
+ Build a $1 head twister
+ Create a stretching illusion for under $75
+ Create a stunning shadow box effect for less than $50
+ Plus learn how to turn classic effects into modern miracles!

8.5 x 11 / 120 pages filled with diagrams and illustrations / print version

The Amazing One Man Self-Sawing Illusion

Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX, Levitator and Gut Buster presents an amazing twist on a classic illusion.

Step into an upright cabinet made from two cardboard boxes and then visible separate the two halves of your body! Slide the top box to the side and the audience can both your upper torso and legs are completely separated. Then blow their minds as you lift your upper body up with your hands showing your waist is several inches off the floor of the cabinet and detached completely! The top box is then slid back and you emerge intact.

• Costs less than $60 in materials to build
• Requires no power tools
• Folds down flat
• Can be built in under one hour
• Requires absolutely no assistants

On this instructional DVD Andrew Mayne provides complete step-by-step instructions in building and performing the illusion. Also included is a bonus variation of the effect, Half Man.

DVD Running time 44 minutes

Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX and Gut Buster, presents a new DVD dedicated to the art of levitation.
Including five levitations for the stage and street; Andrew teaches practical methods for defying gravity that will leave your audiences spellbound. The levitations featured on the DVD include:

[Levitator] Stand on a chair and float several feet off the floor, to the side and then glide gently to the ground. Based on the original Pocket Levitator and Sooper Looy by Looy Simonoff and Paul Harris (with permission).

[UP] A baffling effect where you float up to a chair and back down making the audience wonder if you levitated or slowed down time. Makes a great emcee bit.

[Flight] Put on a cape and float in the air like a superhero.

[The Anti-Gravity Machine] An impromptu effect using a sheet of newspaper you can perform at a party to convince your friends you know an arcane science secret that allows you to defy gravity.

[Ultimate Levitation] An easy to build stage illusion that allows you to openly levitate without any cover.

In this DVD Andrew shows his favorite methods for levitating in a variety of situations from the street to the stage and everywhere in between.

DVD running time 43 minutes

The lights in the theatre darken. Strange music begins to fill the air as fog rolls on to the stage. The magician picks up a thin board. An assistant holding an eerie green work light walks on stage. The magician places the board in front of his body. The assistant walks behind the magician and raises the light. He lowers the light behind the magician and begins to push.

The green light begins to emerge from the center of the magician’s chest.

The assistant’s hand emerges holding the light. He pushes the light to one side passing through the magician’s body as if it were made of fog. The magician remains motionless.

The assistant pushes the light to other side passing through the magician’s spine.

The assistant slowly retracts the light letting it pass through the magician’s body. The magician lowers the board and reveals that his body is completely intact. The green light fades out.

Light Storm requires no special clothing or set-up, it travels flat and can be built in under an hour for around $60.

Fully illustrated / print version

The lights in the theatre darken. Strange music begins to fill the air as fog rolls on to the stage. The magician picks up a thin board. An assistant holding an eerie green work light walks on stage. The magician places the board in front of his body. The assistant walks behind the magician and raises the light. He lowers the light behind the magician and begins to push.

The green light begins to emerge from the center of the magician’s chest.

The assistant’s hand emerges holding the light. He pushes the light to one side passing through the magician’s body as if it were made of fog. The magician remains motionless.

The assistant pushes the light to other side passing through the magician’s spine.

The assistant slowly retracts the light letting it pass through the magician’s body. The magician lowers the board and reveals that his body is completely intact. The green light fades out.

Light Storm requires no special clothing or set-up, it travels flat and can be built in under an hour for around $60.

Fully illustrated / ebook version /PDF format

Andrew's highly-praised book of off-the-wall parlor, close-up, and stage effects.

+ Cut off your head with a paper bag
+ Perform illusions using only a towel!
+ Perform a a card trick using just pen and paper
+ Perform twisted experiments on balloon animals
+ Instantly turn a crumpled ball of paper into an airplane
+ And more!

20 effects and routines Over 100 illustrations

96 pages / perfect bound / print version

Magic and Mentalism Gone Mad!!! Andrew Mayne's offbeat take on mentalism.

11 mind-blowing comedy mentalism effects:

+ Perform the Psychic Spitball Catch
+ Drive a Big Wheel Blindfolded
+ Face the Whoopee Cushion of Death
+ Perform Magic with Human Organs
+ Demonstrate a magical drinking game
And more!

PDF format

Andrew Mayne presents the latest effect in the Illusion Impact series. The magician stands behind an audience-examined barrier of razor-sharp barbwire. He raises a cloth in front of him with the top of the barrier still visible. Moments later he takes a step forward and lowers the cloth revealing that he has passed through the barrier unscathed.

Razorwire is a one-person illusion that can be built for under $100 and can even be made to fit inside a briefcase. Just a few tools are required and only basic carpentry skills are necessary.

Razorwire is described in a 12-page 8.5 x 11 manuscript with scaled blueprints and photographs. Step-by-step construction and performance instructions are included.

The illusion can be inspected by the audience
No assistants are required
Everything can pack into a briefcase
The entire effect can be built in just a few hours
The total cost to build is under $100
It looks really wicked!

Print version + digital download

Andrew Mayne presents the latest effect in the Illusion Impact series. The magician stands behind an audience-examined barrier of razor-sharp barbwire. He raises a cloth in front of him with the top of the barrier still visible. Moments later he takes a step forward and lowers the cloth revealing that he has passed through the barrier unscathed.

Razorwire is a one-person illusion that can be built for under $100 and can even be made to fit inside a briefcase. Just a few tools are required and only basic carpentry skills are necessary.

Razorwire is described in a 12-page 8.5 x 11 manuscript with scaled blueprints and photographs. Step-by-step construction and performance instructions are included.

The illusion can be inspected by the audience
No assistants are required
Everything can pack into a briefcase
The entire effect can be built in just a few hours
The total cost to build is under $100
It looks really wicked!

ebook version / PDF format

Andrew Mayne presents 13 tricks, stunts and gags for the modern conjurer.

+ Produce a bowling ball in an impossible way
+ Stab a pencil through your face
Use insects to perform psychic feats
+ Learn Andrew's brand-new handling for the paperclip through arm effect that can be performed at anytime during your act with everything you need fitting in your wallet.
+ Andrew Mayne's brand-new one-man illusion: BRAIN DAMAGE a head penetration effect using umbrellas that can be made in five minutes for less than five bucks!
+ Also includes Andrew's legendary attempt at making a bed of nails from thumb tacks.
And more...

Bowling Perhaps the most popular effect of all from Shock FX, this startling production of bowling ball has since seen widespread use around the world on stage and even television. All it takes is a bowling ball, a shopping bag and a sturdy floor. It's big, loud and visual. Worth the price of the DVD alone.
Deface your face! Nothing says shock like stabbing a pencil through your face. Andrew's impromptu self-mutilation method makes a great anytime shock effect to make your audience scream.
Burned! Andrew reveals his secret technique for surviving what looks like debilitating, career impairing third-degree burns.
Brain Damage Want a cool one-man illusion that involves shoving sharp objects through your brain? Of course you do! Brain Damage is an easy to build solo illusion that packs small and plays big. So cool it's even been on television.
Spiked Andrew Mayne presents his own unique take on the classic effect of jabbing a spike through your tongue. His presentation features a few special twists including a method that even fools people who think they know how it works!
Stabbed If you've ever wanted to be able to perform the needle through arm at a moment's notice, this is the effect you've been waiting for! Even if you haven't, this is still for you! Andrew teaches his special method for the effect that's ready at any time.
Pin Head A sudden, shocking and funny illusion where you appear to pop your head with a sharp needle.
Geek Trick! Just one look at that face tells you how much fun you can have a with a rubber chicken. So much fun it's a crime in some states.
The Bed of Thumb Tacks You've heard the stories. Now see it for yourself. Andrew's not-so-brilliant idea presented for your own sadistic enjoyment.
Lunch for Cthulhu Sit down for a meal of thumb tacks, razors, lit candles and more! Gross out your audience

DVD / 50 minutes / plus digital download

Andrew Mayne presents 13 tricks, stunts and gags for the modern conjurer.

+ Produce a bowling ball in an impossible way
+ Stab a pencil through your face
Use insects to perform psychic feats
+ Learn Andrew's brand-new handling for the paperclip through arm effect that can be performed at anytime during your act with everything you need fitting in your wallet.
+ Andrew Mayne's brand-new one-man illusion: BRAIN DAMAGE a head penetration effect using umbrellas that can be made in five minutes for less than five bucks!
+ Also includes Andrew's legendary attempt at making a bed of nails from thumb tacks.
And more...

Bowling Perhaps the most popular effect of all from Shock FX, this startling production of bowling ball has since seen widespread use around the world on stage and even television. All it takes is a bowling ball, a shopping bag and a sturdy floor. It's big, loud and visual. Worth the price of the DVD alone.
Deface your face! Nothing says shock like stabbing a pencil through your face. Andrew's impromptu self-mutilation method makes a great anytime shock effect to make your audience scream.
Burned! Andrew reveals his secret technique for surviving what looks like debilitating, career impairing third-degree burns.
Brain Damage Want a cool one-man illusion that involves shoving sharp objects through your brain? Of course you do! Brain Damage is an easy to build solo illusion that packs small and plays big. So cool it's even been on television.
Spiked Andrew Mayne presents his own unique take on the classic effect of jabbing a spike through your tongue. His presentation features a few special twists including a method that even fools people who think they know how it works!
Stabbed If you've ever wanted to be able to perform the needle through arm at a moment's notice, this is the effect you've been waiting for! Even if you haven't, this is still for you! Andrew teaches his special method for the effect that's ready at any time.
Pin Head A sudden, shocking and funny illusion where you appear to pop your head with a sharp needle.
Geek Trick! Just one look at that face tells you how much fun you can have a with a rubber chicken. So much fun it's a crime in some states.
The Bed of Thumb Tacks You've heard the stories. Now see it for yourself. Andrew's not-so-brilliant idea presented for your own sadistic enjoyment.
Lunch for Cthulhu Sit down for a meal of thumb tacks, razors, lit candles and more! Gross out your audience

50 minutes / video download / Quicktime format

Imagine being able to shrink down to just two feet in height before your audience with no boxes or covers. Shrinker makes that possible. A revolutionary illusion that goes way beyond anything before it. In full view you’ll be able to shrink yourself, walk around and then restore your height as baffled spectators watch. Use it as an opening, a closing or at any other time in your show. Or just mess with random people on the street.

Along with the Shrinker presentation you’ll get several different applications for a variety of performing situations including Shrinker Entrance: An appearance utilizing Shrinker that can be performed in a 360 degree environment.

Shrinker can be used on stage, in children’s shows and in your living room.

Shrinker comes complete with apparatus and DVD instructions. Everything can be assembled in minutes.

“Andrew Mayne understands my principles better than most. This effect is strong, easy to do, and amazes everyone involved. It’s a winner!”
- Kenton Knepper

“A mentalist’s DREAM!!”
- Christopher, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

Andrew Mayne presents a stunning mentalism effect that looks truly paranormal.

A totally random volunteer is selected and before your audience’s eyes, you reveal a thought of word, a name and a two-digit number. No stooges. No pre-show work. They write nothing down.

Social Distortion has already taken the magic world by storm, fooling magicians and entertaining audiences in Las Vegas up close and on stage. Everything you need fits in your wallet, but the impact is so big you could close your show with it.

Along with everything you need, you also get a CD with a one-hour in-depth discussion with magician Christopher who has been using Social Distortion in his own show in Las Vegas. You’ll get advanced performance tips and suggestions including turning Social Distortion into an entire 15 minute act.

Includes complete instructions, full performance script, gimmicks and special bonus CD.

10 one-man illusions that don’t require any assistants or volunteers.

Andrew Mayne’s first book on illusions including A-Frame, the hugely popular, easy-to-build (under $100) incredible one-man walking through a mirror illusion.

Crawl through a compact disc
Shrink yourself to one foot tall
Produce television from a briefcase
Squeeze your head!
Walk through a propeller, and more!

The latest effect from Illusion Impact is a dramatic appearance that can be built in one afternoon for under $60. The Specter Cabinet packs down small enough that you can carry it in a duffle bag.

A single light within an open frame illuminates a darkened stage. The magician’s assistant lowers the cloth sides to the frame. A shadow begins to form. Slowly it takes shape. The magician’s silhouette can now be seen from inside the box. He rips away the front cover and makes his entrance.

Please note that performaning this illusion requires an auditorium where you have control of the lighting.

print version + plus ebook

The latest effect from Illusion Impact is a dramatic appearance that can be built in one afternoon for under $60. The Specter Cabinet packs down small enough that you can carry it in a duffle bag.

A single light within an open frame illuminates a darkened stage. The magician’s assistant lowers the cloth sides to the frame. A shadow begins to form. Slowly it takes shape. The magician’s silhouette can now be seen from inside the box. He rips away the front cover and makes his entrance.

Please note that performaning this illusion requires an auditorium where you have control of the lighting.

ebook version / PDF format

What is Stain/Shiv? It’s my latest DVD featuring two disturbing effects…

Shiv
This has been a featured part of my lecture and a favorite part of my stage routine. It’s a deadly Russian Roulette style effect you perform with an audience member. A different version of this appeared in my DVD Maynia. This is a new version with important touches and handling.

A sharpened pencil is placed into one of four envelopes and then mixed up. A spectator is given a completely free choice. One-by-one, three envelopes are smashed into the heart, stomach and other vital areas of either you or the spectator – to no harm. The last envelope is ripped open to reveal the sharpened pencil.

This effect works great on stage and is also a twisted party effect. Set-up is a very easy and it can even be performed impromptu. It’s a very dramatic routine that fits into a #10 envelope. I take it with me everywhere.

Stain
I came up with this effect when I wanted a really creepy way to do a revelation of thought of word or image. This effect was inspired by watching Japanese horror films. I wanted to create visual moment when a prediction was revealed as if by supernatural forces.

Your prediction is a bag containing a dark colored liquid (blood?). A spectator makes a choice of a word or a famous person to think about. A piece of paper is dropped into the bag and it’s given a shake. The liquid drips away revealing the thought of image or word. You can then give the bag and revelation away as a dark memento.

It’s a very easy to perform effect and works on stage or up close. Including a several fool-proof practical forces.

Stain/Shiv is a 65 minute DVD describing both effects in detail.

“I’ve been performing a newspaper tear for years. It used to be my stand-up opener but is only brought out on occasions when I need it. The tear, based on a popular method, has served me well, but I may well be tossing it to employ Andrew Mayne’s excellent ‘Tear Down.’”

Fives stars – Wayne Kawamoto Magic.About.Com

Andrew Mayne presents a radical twist on the classic newspaper tear (based on Jim Steinmeyer’s Incessant Newspaper) – a completely impromptu and inspectable newspaper tear!

A spectator is asked to sign a totally unprepared newspaper right off the newsstand. The magician then takes the paper and rips it to shreds. He crumples the pieces together and then visually restores the newspaper!

The restored newspaper, complete with signature, is handed back to the spectator to inspect and keep as a souvenir.

• Totally impromptu – no preparation
• Totally inspectable before and after the effect
• No switches, no duplicate newspapers
• Tear Down can be performed with full-sized newspapers, tabloid and even magazines!

Tear Down is one of the most practical and visual newspaper tear you’ll ever learn. Once you learn it, you’ll be able to perform it anytime, anywhere. Zero-preparation, no gimmicks, no duplicates. Just pick up a newspaper and do it!

Running time 33 minutes / widescreen format / DVD

The Secret Illusion Show is a guide to big stage magic effects that cost little or no money and can be put together in a short amount of time.

The Secret Illusion Show is a collection of effects that can be performed individually or as a whole evening's show.

The Secret Illusion Show is about the experience of the audience and not the expectations of magicians. Five illusions that fit inside a briefcase:

ARRIVAL The magician appears on an empty stage
PASSAGE The magician steps through a spectator
TELEPORTATION The magician vanishes
GHOST A handkerchief is caused to dance
THE ESCAPIST The magician makes his exit

40 pages, fully illustrated.

print version + PDF download

What is the Third Eye?
The Third Eye is an impromptu system for revealing a thought of image. It uses no gimmicks or prepared props. The only thing you’ll need is a magazine. There’s no preparation beforehand.

Where can I use it?
Anywhere. It works close-up one-on-one and it works on stage. It can even be performed over the phone.

Does it involve pre-show work?
No. Everything happens in the performance. However, it’s a great pre-show way to have an image already selected.

Is it difficult to do?
Several methods are shown. All are straightforward.

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Andrew Mayne presents a practical, radical twist on a classic illusion. It’s both a great starter illusion and useful part of a professional repatoire.

The magician offers his audience a demonstration in the latest high-tech pseudoscientific technology: The Voodoo Box. Guaranteed to ward off bad luck and ill omens! His assistant steps inside and the box is closed shut. The magician unveils twenty-one umbrellas that have all been opened indoors. He proceeds to shove the umbrellas through all the sides of the box at various angles. All twenty-one umbrellas are shoved into the box, yet no screams are heard from within. The magician removes the umbrellas (and opens a few to show that they are real). The box is opened and his assistant steps out unharmed!

Is it a feat of teleportation? Is the assistant a contortionist? Are sinister forces at work? Find out for yourself!

Designed to be built in under 30 minutes for less than 30 bucks, the Voodoo Box is a full scale stage illusion that packs flat and travels easily. The effect can be performed surrounded and everything can be inspected afterwards.

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Convince your friends and audiences that you can instantly memorize a shuffled deck of cards!

This easy to perform magic trick doesn't require any special memorization. Uses any deck of cards.

Andrew Mayne presents his revolutionary design for the Sword Basket illusion: Compact, lightweight and easy to build.

This digital download includes:
+ PDF booklet with precise measurements
+ Printer-friendly blueprints
+ Instructions on how to build Andrew's large stage swords
+ 14-minute video explaining how to assemble and perform one of the world's most popular illusions.

Total cost to build is under $50.

16-page PDF booklet / Printer-friendly diagrams in PDF form / 14-minute video in MP4 format

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Andrew Mayne presents his revolutionary design for the Sword Basket illusion: Compact, lightweight and easy to build.

Includes:
+ Precise measurements
+ Blueprints
+ Instructions on how to build Andrew's large stage swords
+ Download link for a 14-minute video explaining how to assemble and perform one of the world's most popular illusions.

Total cost to build is under $50.

16-page 8.5 x 11 booklet / Printer-friendly diagrams / Link to 14-minute video in MP4 format

Shipping June 25th

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Andrew Mayne presents seven incredible, easy-to-build, inexpensive stage illusions for the beginner and the pro.

Make motorcycles appear, move through human beings, build a Shadow Box illusion for under $50 and more!

Based upon his experience performing around the world in resorts, showrooms and cruise ships, Andrew Mayne presents practical illusions that can be put together very quickly for very little money.

Minimoto – Make a mini-motorcycle appear in a fraction of a second
5th Dimension – Walk through a volunteer from the audience
Banished – Vanish a nuisance helper instantly
Transformer – Change places in the blink of an eye
The Wall – Move through a solid object like a brick wall
Shadows – Build a pack-flat shadow box for under $50
Enlarger – Make objects grow to several times their size

+ 7 illusions
+ Video running time 65 minutes
+ Shot in widescreen 16:9 format

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Andrew Mayne, creator of Illusion EFX and Gut Buster, presents a video dedicated to the art of levitation.

Including five levitations for the stage and street; Andrew teaches practical methods for defying gravity that will leave your audiences spellbound. The levitations featured on the video include:

[Levitator] Stand on a chair and float several feet off the floor, to the side and then glide gently to the ground. Based on the original Pocket Levitator and Sooper Looy by Looy Simonoff and Paul Harris (with permission).

[UP] A baffling effect where you float up to a chair and back down making the audience wonder if you levitated or slowed down time. Makes a great emcee bit.

[Flight] Put on a cape and float in the air like a superhero.

[The Anti-Gravity Machine] An impromptu effect using a sheet of newspaper you can perform at a party to convince your friends you know an arcane science secret that allows you to defy gravity.

[Ultimate Levitation] An easy to build stage illusion that allows you to openly levitate without any cover.

In this video Andrew shows his favorite methods for levitating in a variety of situations from the street to the stage and everywhere in between.

Video running time 43 minutes
310 MB

A borrowed bill becomes a close-up illusion...

Borrow a bill from a spectator and instantly and openly transform it into an origami butterfly. You place it on your shoulder and then snatch several more from thin air producing a swarm of butterflies!

The spectator gets to keep their butterfly and everything can be inspected.

The Butterfly Effect is a magical transformation and production routine that can be done up close or on stage. Use it as a killer opener or a unforgettable closer.

This visual close-up illusion and variations are taught in a detailed 25-minute instructional video. You’ll learn how to use the effect as quick attention-getter, a full routine and even as an interactive stage effect.