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Parlour Tricks by Morgan & West is a deep dive into the mechanics of putting together a parlor magic show. This acclaimed duo has performed all over the world and their personas are that of time-traveling Victorian magicians. They are among the most unique acts in the industry, and for the first time ever, they explain not only their full show, but also how they approach assembling a magic show.

In 356 full-color pages, you'll learn a dozen routines and host of new theories. They also provide their complete annotated scripts so that you can understand why they say what they say, and how the words mesh with the mechanics of a show. You'll learn about sequencing a show and how Morgan & West go about material selection.

You'll learn signature effects like "Ring on Ribbon," "Thought-of Cards Across," and a book test without a book, plus much more! While Morgan & West perform as a duo, ALL of this material is easily adapted for solo performers, and all of the advice and theory is applicable to solo magicians.

BONUS: To help ensure the best learning experience, we're also including the full show performance by Morgan & West so that you can enjoy and appreciate the contents of the book live and in action.

Hardbound. Full color. 356 pages. 206 photographs.

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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 2nd, 2020
I am a huge fan of M&W's work and the opportunity to see their thought processes in a show is a real treat. You are given access to an entire show on video so you can watch them work, then the book goes into a detailed explanation on each effect, with essays on thinking behind certain things in their show that you can apply to your own. Not to mention how unbelievable the book feels! It's top-quality all the way and will look great on your bookshelf.

Obviously, some things are specifically for two-person acts, but there are ways to adapt many of them to an individual. My favorite effect in the show (and one that must remain two-person, I think) involves a spectator's signed card disappearing from a deck held in the magician's hand only to appear (deck and all) inside a closed bottle...and it can't be pulled out of the bottle! You leave the spectator an impossible object. This is an unforgettable moment in your show, though it does involve some preshow work that they say takes about three minutes.

This book is a great gift to the magic community from a pair of professionals who think outside the box. Worth every penny!
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on March 16th, 2020
What a book. This is going to become a modern classic for sure.

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this book early at a convention in the UK, and a few days after getting back I devoured the whole thing in a few sittings. It's incredible. The book is like a backstage 'making of' of their entire show. Rhys and Rob (Morgan and West) write beautifully and break down every trick in their show — but more than just explaining methods, they explain the reasoning behind why each trick goes where, their performance style, and more. These essays are definitely the best bits of the book for me. (Though their impossible object trick is so so damn good and definitely something I want to work on...)

More than that, you get a full video performance of their entire show, so you can watch each bit as you go along, or watch it all in one go.

Lastly, the production-quality of the book is beautiful. It's a big hardback that is gorgeous to look at, and makes reading it a pleasure.
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Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 25th, 2021
MORGAN AND WEST HAVE CAUSED ME TO TIME TRAVEL!! No Really. I have been in magic since 1985. I have performed in the USA, Europe, and Israel. I do mostly close up.

I think, at least for me, when you're in magic this long you can get jaded. I read a new trick, and whilst I might like it, I think blah blah blah blah blah, I've seen this before, or I know this.

I received this book yesterday and have only read the introductory material, yet I have that excited feeling that I used to get back in 1985+ when about to learn a new trick, when I was a newbie and the whole world of conjuring was at my feet. The excitement of; "what great mysteries am I about to learn"?!

Thank you Rhys and Robert for sharing your heart for magic. I can't wait to get into heart of the book and start performing it.

Tony
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on November 19th, 2020
This book goes so in depth with the tricks that these two amazing minds have thought up and give great advice on how to use your own creativity in routines you wish to create/perform. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is wanting to better their stage magic or anyone who wishes to understand magic more.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on July 8th, 2020
This was a great book, fun to read even if just for the sake of reading something fun to read.

In addition though, I found their, Morgan and West's, thinking that went into the development of effects a joy to read.

Going through their act, with the accompanying video just made the whole book feel like something of a course in the development of their act.

Entertaining and informative.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 6th, 2020
Morgan and West have written what in my opinion is the BEST book on the market on scripting a mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind magic show. Some of their opinions on magic conflict with that of the general magic community, and you're going to read some thoughts that outright contradict what has been treated as standard knowledge, and after having read Parlour Tricks, I am of the opinion that they are in the right.

The magic is also top notch, with a special note of praise towards the methodology and presentation of their take on the Impossible Bottle.

If I could give this a 6 star rating, I would. Rhys Morgan and Robert West have written what I believe will be classic magic text twenty years down the line, and I've never been more happy with a magic purchase.
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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 16th, 2020
this is amazing
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