NEWS
SHIN LIM
BEST AGT PERFORMANCE
VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE was proud to be the first magazine to feature the
incredible Shin Lim, who has yet again proven he is in a league all by himself
when it comes to bringing art to magic and creating the impossible. He has
taken card magic to a level that nobody has even done before. His woven story
as a card changes, vanishes and changes places is something to behold.
Magician Shin Lim appears during the America’s Got Talent season premiere —
which showcases one of his incredible tricks.
Seen below in the video, Lim does close-up magic with host Tyra Banks. After having
her sign a card, he proceeds to have the card disappear and reappear in different
places. Tyra and the four AGT judges were shocked and the audience continuously
gasped as he controlled the stage with his act.
The last time we spoke to him, a few months ago for VANISH he mentioned he was
looking at appearing on this years AGT, however what he didn't tell us was just how
incredible his new routine was.
How Lim got into doing card tricks as actually a good advertisement for YouTube. He
explained that he used to spend a lot of time self-learning how to do tricks by watch-
ing the videos. His brother gets some of the credit after showing Lim a trick back in
the day, before telling him to figure out how it worked by watching YouTube videos.
Lim actually calls himself a “Sleight of Hand Artist” and prefers not to be labeled as a
magician. His website calls what he does “the art of illusion”.
While what Lim does on stage may appear to be magic, he explains it as carefully
choreographed routines. No matter what it’s called, Lim has become very good at
what he does on the stage and The Huffington Post call him the number one magi-
cian in the world. After seeing this performance on AGT we have to agree with them.
MARTY PUTZ
SHOWING THE UK HIS FUNNY BONES
In this business there are a very small handful
of people who are what I call 'funny bones.'
David Williamson is one and Marty Putz is
another. On the recent Britian's Got Talent
Marty was able to show UK audiences just
why he is one of the most original and
creative comedy performers in the world.
Readers of VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE will of
course know of Marty as he was on a cover
last year and we also reviewed a variety show
he was in with him stealing the show.
If you have the opportunity to see Marty live
then run don't walk to his show. You'll be glad
you did.
Be sure to check back to our SHIN LIM edition with our exclusive world first interview
that we did.
Congratulations to Matt Johnson who did
incredibly well with his two escapes on
the latest BGT. Matthew is one of the few
performers I've seen who actually make
escapes look real and breathtaking. I know we
will be hearing a lot more about him and his
amazing journey. He has an incredible story
to tell and VANISH looks forward to sharing
it with you. It's an inspirational journey and
proves that you shouldn't give up on your
dreams and hard work does pay off.
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