About this episode

Oscar Leonard discusses the realities of performing magic on a cruise ship and the lessons learned about commercial magic.

A cruise ship theatre looks glamorous from the outside but the work is brutally practical: your show has to reset fast, pack down smaller than you want and still hit like a full-scale stage production. We sit down with Oscar Leonard, resident magician on Virgin Voyages for the past three years and newly named an Associate Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star, to unpack what that reality teaches you about building commercial magic and mentalism that actually lands. Os...

People in this episode

Host: Alakazam Magic

Guest: Oscar Leonard

Topics covered

• cruise ship theatre
• commercial magic
• mentalism
• performance
• show production

Keywords

• cruise ship
• theatre
• magic
• mentalism
• performance
• Inner Magic Circle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Virgin Voyages, Inner Magic Circle

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