Whta illusions might you recommend for performing under extreme conditions (close up and/or surrounded, etc.)? ... Wellington sawing in half, Kanundrum Cube, Broom Suspension, Losander Table, Voodoo Box, Blaney 3001 .. Might these fit? What else am I not thinking of?

Thanks,
Dan.

Zig-Zag Illusion is one.

Ron

Zig-Zag Illusion is one.

Ron

So is the Konundrum kube, it can be done surrounded, close up, indoors, outdoors on a platform, stage , with a backdrop, or without one its what I call a perfect illusion

Chalet Subtrunk.

Chalet Mini-Kub-Zag

Temple of Benares, Ligth bulb cabinent, sub trunk, Jam Box or Planiquin, zig zag, Modern art.

Realize that though the angles for performance may be ok, you are going to have to be turning the prop a lot to show it 360 degrees. I worked a gymnastics show in college in the middle of a gym floor. It was no problem with the angles on the temple but it clearly was best played to three sides.

Richard

Neon, from Jim Steinmeyer's _Device and Illusion_. He designed the illusion to be performed surrounded in the center of a circus ring.

Konundrum Cube must be one of the illsuions that can be done surrounded the closest by the audience.

Yes, one Konundrum Kube client say he performed it THREE feet from the front row!! I'm happy to say all of the buyers have had great praise for the item as well as the reaction to the effect.
90% of the prop is aluminum w/laminate for color. The Tube, legs, and piano hinges are all powder coated NOT paint. It features my "no-bolt" assembly process, and will troup well. One owner just reported here his KK rolled off the stage because he forgot to set the locking casters, and it fell four feet to the ground with very little damage. He performed it 20 minutes later.
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Jack

It depends on how close you are going to be.

Crystal Casket can be done surrounded - I have one avialable for sale at http://www.jeffyancey.com/casket.htm

The Losander floating table you mentioned can be done surrounded however,
there is a bit of dirty work that needs to be done just before the table
starts to float and unless you angle your body correctly, it may not be
very good for surrounded although you certainly could do so.

A prediction is good surrounded. I'm liquidating a magic show right now
and you could pick up a cassette prediction cheap. Here's the thread:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......79&0

-Jeff

As far as the Konundrum Kube goes Jack of Dream-Illusions is right , we have done it as close as 3 feet. Its what I call the perfect illusion! Any one in the midwest Kansas City area who are going to the Magicque in Horton Ks. will get a good view of it there as we will be perfoming it there this Labor Day . Jack did such a killer job in designing it even at 3 feet away they will swear there is no way the assistant can still be in it. In fact we had to change our stage show lighting after the first show we did with it to having full stage light as we didn't want people to think the assistant snuck out of it. So now we do it in full lighting and any out door venue is perfect to run it.