Master Magician Reveals How Much Money Magicians Get Paid
Magicians, when talking amongst themselves about the size of the fees they receive for their various acts and performances, rarely tell the exact truth. Quite a few of them exaggerate and a large number deliberately lie in their teeth!
How To Book A Magician
Booking a magician for your event has never been easier and here’s a guide and checklist for you to make sure you are choosing the right magician for your guests.
How Mahdi Gilbert’s Magic was First Aired on Television
I never wanted the video to be published online but it ended up online and went viral. Before I knew it ended up on this Right This Minute and was technically the first time my magic was seen on television.
What is Hidden Leaves?
I wanted to design a deck that was mysterious and filled with secrets, secrets that had to be earned through time, practice, and study. The name of the deck itself eludes to this. Throughout history a sheet a paper was referred to as a leaf of paper.
The First Time The World Saw Mahdi’s Slight of Hand
No one knew about him or his magic since he was not performing professionally back then and had no social media footprint. A few magicians asked Mahdi if he could film some of his sleight of hand to share with the magic community. Mahdi obliged and filmed a few of these techniques on video.
Mahdi Gilbert By John Lovick
The first thing they notice about him is that he is very short, about four-feet-six inches, and yet very imposing. He has dark, curly, hair, a beard, strong features, and an elegant bespoke tailored suit. And as they assessed the diminutive performer, a realization explodes in their brains, when they notice that he has no hands; then they remember the host’s comments, and the introduction start to make sense.
Secrets of Street Magic Revealed by a Street Magician
On my first day I was armed with a repertoire of card tricks and set up waiting for someone to stop and see some magic. The first person who came around was a security guard…
Juan Tamariz on Mahdi Gilbert
Mahdi Gilbert is a very, very special magician and even though I only have known Mahdi for 5 years it feels like I have known him for 50 years and he is a very good friend. I believe that Mahdi will be remembered in history as one of the great magicians.
Why Magicians Perform The Same Tricks
If you were to see two different magic shows you will see some of the same tricks in both shows. Were you to watch five different magic shows you will definitely see some of the same tricks multiple times. Then you would ask yourself the obvious question, why do magicians perform the same magic tricks in their shows?
Magician With No Hands Shows Off His Incredible Skills In Video
Based in Toronto, Magician Mahdi Gilbert has been performing magic for a number of years with an obvious disability that could have held him back.
Ricky Jay’s ‘Matthias Buchinger’
Ricky Jay cites a present-day performer who gives us some sense of how Buchinger might have worked as a magician. The 26-year-old Canadian Mahdi Gilbert is limbed much as Buchinger and does exquisite card magic using techniques of his own invention that baffle even other magicians.
Mahdi The Magician Performs at Wondershow NYC
Mahdi performs his close-up card magic show at Wondershow NYC. 44 minutes of live & uncut entertainment.