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February 2015
Mario's Tales from the Street The streets always have some great lessons to teach any aspiring or any established acts that care to continue growing. Never mind how good you are, the number one thing that can make your hat fat (or a decent payment) is your finale. A...
U.S. Tour 2014 pt 1 Las Vegas
The first leg of USA tour has been awesome! First stop Las Vegas with shows and teaching at the Focus on Street Magic scheduled for that very weekend we arrive. We are picked up by our good friend Jeff McBride who sweeps us off to the Magic and Mystery School - the...
Buskers, Festivals and Contracts Part 2 – To Sign or Not to Sign!!
Be very cautious of a contract a resort may ask you to sign. First of and most if importantly it is a legal document is it legally binding. A basic contract should be signed by at the least two parties and It should outlay the benefits of all parties - if it has a...
Buskers Festivals and Contracts
(Part 1 of 10 Top Tips) So, you have developed a street show with the purpose of busking, a passport to the world, performing your show where ever you choose. I mean this is the romantic notion that so many young buskers aspire to. The old school buskers of the...
The School of Busking Website Update
After a busy summer with festivals and busking then the Focus on Street Magic Class in Las Vegas with Mario and Jeff McBride, followed by a road trip exploring some of the mid-the Western States - we arrived back in the UK. This is just a little blog from me -...
Part Two Putting a Street Show Together – The Opener
Part one Putting a Show Together can be found in previous blog here. In previous posts I have covered creative thinking, character, developing material, routines, practice, rehearsal and dress rehearsal. All of these finer points will serve you to putting a show...
Busking a legal human right, Freedom verses Regulations
Thank you for visiting my blog, If you have come here expecting to read ‘Putting a Show Together part 2’ then I have postponed it until next week. Right now friends in Vancouver are having their livelihoods threatened and that has pressed upon me to write of my...
Let your imagination run wild
If you have not watched the British Arts Council funded movie "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" I can highly recommend it. Heath Ledger - in his last role - Tom Waits is the Devil and they perform alongside a great cast of actors! The movie begins showing an out...
Who are you?
When you are on the path of creating a show - playing is a great start. I have found myself asking where does one begin? A grand question. A bit like asking what came first - the chicken or the egg. What I suggest is you don't allow yourself to be to distracted by...
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