what would be some close -up effects, that could also be stage illusions.

for example, the pencil thru glass trick to interlude(where a assistant crawls thru the magician.)

Any Ideas?

maybe hippity hop rabbits

linking rings

I do many close-up effects on stage BUT you need to understand the focus is different and you do require a very strong presence with exceptional stage personality to keep it strong as wel as entertaining. The focus when doing a close-up effect on stage is on the participants reactions (facial and body language as well as what they say) and there needs to be more of a commanding personality describing what is going on in order to have the rest of the audience understand what is going on.

PSIncerely Yours,
Paul Alberstat

never mind.