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Marc Oberon Lecture - Northern Magic Circle
Convention
April 2011
Spa Complex, Scarborough
Reviewed by Roger Woods
Marc Oberon is a multi-award winning British
magician and a FISM Champion. His lecture on Saturday morning offered a variety
of items. Marc opened with his floating silver wand which offers more handling capacity than the standard floating cane set up. Then
“Clean Connection” a linking cards effect where the secret is removed enabling
the cards to be examined. “Off key” involves a key linking on and off a chain.
Work with the Jardine Ellis ring in a ring and rope routine followed.
“Master Deck” is one of Marc’s signature effects where any card named can be
readily found. There were some variations of this deck. In “Named Deck” a card
can been be called out which matches the volunteer’s name. Another deck enables
the performer to cut to any number of cards called for.
Marc then showed a very effective book test with a dictionary. Another of his
well known effects is “Odd Ball” where the colour of the odd black ball taken
from a bag is instantly known to the performer.
Time was pressing so Marc was not able to show everything he had including a
chair prediction and his version of “Mental Epic”. However, lecture notes were
available containing much information about all the various effects and
psychological forces utilised. This was a versatile lecture from a great
performer, his contributions to the close up and Gala shows during the weekend
were superb.
© Roger Woods, May 2011.