After giving it some serious thought, I'm putting my idea for the wizardly show I talked about in my previous thread on the backburner for now. In it's place, I'm bringing back two of my older ideas that I want to see if I can finally bring to fruition.

The first is a Christmas show. I'm not a Christian so I didn't want to talk about Jesus. And Santa has a place in my walk-around, but I'd prefer to try something different. So I hit upon the idea of doing a magical parlor show illustrating the story of "A Christmas Carol".

I'm working on really choosing appropriate visual effects. I'm trying to develop a gimmick to give myself a halo for the Ghost of Christmas Past for example. To represent Marley's flight I'll be using the Skywalker levitation. There are a few stick points however that I'd like to work on in making the routine flow smoothly. If anyone has any advice for me in terms of theatricality, storytelling, etc. I would appreciate it.

Another thing is that I plan to have a stooge in the audience to accomplish a couple effects and this is the first time I've tried this. Advice would be much-appreciated.

The set-up I had in mind was to dress myself in a costume of a Victorian gentleman with my hair tied back in a ponytail by a silk ribbon. I would spend most of the performance seated at a table with a white cloth. Most of my props would be carried in my pockets or laid out on the table. The audience would be seated around me in a semi-circle. Would this arrangement be practical, or should I consider something else?

I'm aware that it's much too late to perform this for the 2008 holiday season. But I would like to make it a reality for 2009.