The Mark Leveridge Magic Podcast

The Dec 2025/Jan 2026 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• the difficulties presented by illness when you are a performer
• the Leveridge Legacy Collection
• the value of misdirection
• the evolution of magic lecturing
• Now You See Me 3 returns to using 'real' magic
• is performance video necessary on your website?
• booker expectations can affect how successful your show quotes are
• E-Club Pro Select new additions
• when having tricks that need a re-set is OK at commercial close up gigs

The Oct/Nov 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• Stuart Bowie's magic project
• creativity is not a linear process
• understanding how spectators feel when a magician approaches
• do you absorb magic passively or analytically?
• info on the latest E-Club Pro Select new releases
• the inspiration afforded by spending time with Jay Fortune
• the power, yet danger, of motor memory
• keeping performance mistakes in proportion : the tale of the frisky rabbit!

The Aug/Sept 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• Wayne Dobson - an inspiration
• are there too many standing ovations?
• the impossible gig
• the magic of Jonathan Creek
• why multiple endings to tricks may be confusing to lay people
• how to prevent bookers from feeling short changed with your performance time
• is your magic performed at an intellectual or emotional level?
• why your success can often be measured by the expectations of the spectators
• defining clearly exactly what the trick is

The June/July 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• 4Fs 2025 reflections
• why you don’t need to worry about getting a refusal at a table
• the British Ring convention 2025 is going ahead!
• the advantages of having a measured performance pace
• sticky palms
• using self-deprecating humour
• Simplex ACAAN and ESPeriment join E-Club Pro Select
• how do you decide which spectator to use as a helper in your show?
• Advice Centre question on knowing which tables you’ve done
• not everyone loves magic

The Apr/May 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• FISM's new competition initiative
• the three main triggers for creativity
• Advice Centre question on dealing with children at weddings
• is magic held in low esteem by other art forms?
• the value of keeping ideas notebooks
• info on the latest E-Club Pro Select routines
• using spectators out of the audience
• buying magic has changed so much over the last 40 years
• the benefits of widening your interest in magic

The Feb/Mar 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• the rise of the intimate performance space for commercial close up
• The Session - virtual registration v live attendance
• making show fees sound appealing
• Angelo Carbone's fascinating animated classic magic posters
• news of E-Club Pro Select new releases
• becoming the local expert to promote your magic skills
• when pragmatism decides the tricks you do
• table hoppers and strolling magicians are often a sort of side show
• the importance of a marketing strategy and budget for show promotion

The Dec 2024/Jan 2025 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• the gradual demise of the British Ring Convention considered*
• the elements that go to make up a show fee level
• should you only perform tricks that you like?
• the benefits of both live and Zoom lectures
• details of the latest E-Club Pro Select releases
• the day I met Tommy Cooper
• why it's difficult to do more than just fool spectators with magic
• how to encourage bookings from businesses

*Since publishing this podcast it has been brought to my attention that the British Ring will be having a convention in 2025, details of which will be released when finalised. It is likely to be a one day event. I would like to apologise to the British Ring committee and members for inadvertently misleading listeners, my information having come from a trusted source

The Oct/Nov 2024 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• Why it's OK to be a hobbyist magician
• defining magic the Dan Harlan way
• distractions are the enemy of magical progress
• if it can go wrong, it will!
• the variety of magic offered by E-Club Pro Select
• making sense of magic props
• memories of Junior Showtime from 1969
• where to get access to some interesting blog newsletters
• assessing the best way to learn magic

The Aug/Sept 2024 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• Should a performer ever offer a fee refund?
• Wayne Slater's book Staged is worth a read
• how to increase your magical creativity
• the day only four people turned up at a strolling gig
• how having your act on YouTube can be detrimental for live work
• three common table hopping mistakes
• the mystery of how spectators view us as performers
• why do magicians have to prove themselves?
• understanding how to take the 'sting' out of magic

The June/July 2024 Mark Leveridge Podcast

• discussing just what magic really is
• the allure and draw of 4Fs in the United States
• how social media can make huge money for some magicians
• the importance of using spectators' names
• introducing the E-Club Pro Gold Pass
• adapting to your changing magical needs and aims
• the trust issues inherent in trick review comments
• the reduction in attendance numbers at many live magic events is a concern
• the art of keeping the attention of distracted spectators