Magic Tricks

I think I want to use every single effect that Looch shared. Half an hour into the lecture it was already the best one I'd ever seen. The ideas were so practical with minimal handling. Things that you knew could work in the real world.

I've seen two other lectures on mentalism and left both feeling disappointed. Their teachings felt very vague like, 'pay attention to things you notice', 'be nice to the audience' and very basic cold reading things with no chance for a real 'hit'.

And the style of pretending to genuinely mind read has always left me a bit cold whenever it seems contrived. I've often been left with the feeling that many performers actually have no idea how they're being received by the audience.

But Looch's style was so down to earth. He framed his presentations as memory game, body language etc. but in ways that were so totally believable and credible - which makes the out of the blue punchlines hit so much harder. His style is something I think I have a lot to learn from.

If you like Derren Brown, you will love Looch's work.

With so much mentalism the methods seem so painfully obvious that I almost feel embarrassed for the performer.

Looch's performances have a style of leading you down the garden path and just when you think he's let you in on something . . . boom. He fools you.

I can't wait to rewatch this and buy everything he puts out.