Practical Paranormal Performance: Revised Edition

“Practical Paranormal Performance belongs in the library of every mentalist, bizarrist, and mystery performer. Highly recommended.” - Neal Scryer“Practical Paranormal Performance perfectly fulfills the promise of its title. Anyone who wants to learn about paranormal performance, or who wants to do it, needs to read this book.” Larry Hass, Dean of McBride's Magic & Mystery School.In Practical Paranormal Performance, Anthony Heads condenses over 15 years of stage experience and knowledge into one book. This work is aimed at performing mentalists, magicians, story tellers and even the bizarrist hoping to branch out into realistic paranormal performance; be it amateur/hobbyist or full-time performer.This book is a guide to how the Paranormalist must think, act and behave when creating and performing realistic Paranormal entertainment for paying audiences. This is not spooky or Halloween magic to be crowbarred into a magic show. This is an entire different form of show or performance which must be approached with a whole new mindset when scripting, blocking, building and performing.Filled with real, practical advice learned from years of experience, this book contains hints, tips and insights which will save the reader years of trial and error. Practical Paranormal Performance is the culmination of hundreds of live stage shows in front of thousands of spectators. This book is not armchair theory - it is real world knowledge from over a decade of planning, preparing and performing realistic paranormal shows and covers not only stagecraft but also gives honest, realistic insights on how to achieve financial success when working as a solo performer.It covers sections on audience expectation, morality, scripting, movement, timing and pace, acting and stage persona as well as how to create "The Bubble" and the suspension of disbelief. However, it doesn't just focus on performance. It also includes information on pricing models, contracts, creating technical riders and lots of other practical knowledge and skills which normally take years of expensive trail and error to find out.This book is not for the layman and is not filled from cover to cover with effects. Do not buy this book if you are just looking for magic tricks. It is filled with information much more valuable than packet tricks, reputation makers or "magician foolers". It is about becoming the material and the subject. It is about realising that paranormal entertainment is a totally different beast to other forms of mentalism or magic. It is about becoming a Paranormalist.ABOUT THE AUTHORAnthony Charles Heads has now worked in the Swedish entertainment industry for over 20 years both as a script and screenwriter, mentalist, paranormalist and mentalism/magic consultant.Magic and psychology have always been two of Anthony's interests and as a natural consequence of his curiosity and love of supernatural things, he has established himself within the unique and mysterious art form of Mentalism. He has positioned himself as a Paranormalist, with the vast majority of his shows focusing on the paranormal or supernatural genre.Between 2009 and 2021, he performed his shows for corporate groups and on annual self-produced tours of Southern Sweden. In 2022 he embarked on his first sold-out national tour with his hit supernatural show "The Spirit in the Glass”. During 2023 he toured nationally again, this time with a new show based around CIA mind experiments called "Project: Mind Control”. Autumn 2024 saw him on another sold-out national tour, this time with a new show called “PARANORMAL” and Autumn 2025 will see the premier of his latest creation: The Red Show - a red light seance.In addition to performing, he is also a consultant to other entertainers and mentalists as well as theatre, TV och online productions. Read more