Guy Hollingworth

A magic classic finally gets its next chapter and the creator is as thoughtful as you’d hope. We’re joined by magical royalty, Guy Hollingworth to talk about More Drawing Room Deceptions, the highly anticipated follow-up to his legendary Drawing Room Deceptions, plus the re-release of the original book with a new chapter that shows how his routines have evolved through real performance. If you care about strong plots, clean handling and material that lasts beyond the hype cycle, this conversation is packed with gold.

We also invite Guy onto the Alakazam island and talk about his eight essential pieces of magic, one book, one banishment, and one everyday item he’d still use for deception. Along the way we dig into The Reformation (his signature torn-and-restored signed card), why slowing down can make an effect feel more impossible and how he designs methods like puzzles when there are no obvious “building blocks.” Expect practical talk on cups and balls, coins across, Professor’s Nightmare rope magic, stage manipulation, linking rings, gypsy thread, and even a modern phone-light miracle.

You’ll hear behind-the-scenes stories from the Magic Circle, what Guy looks for before he’ll perform someone else’s creation and where to find the Drawing Room Grand Tour details through the publishers at Vanishing Inc and Mike Caveney’s Magic Words. If you enjoy the show, subscribe, share it with a magician friend, and leave a review so more people can find it.

Guy Hollingworth’s Desert Island Tricks 

Welcome package. The Reformation 

1. Cups and Balls 
2. Half Crowns & Shell 
3. Professors Nightmare 
4. Billiard Balls 
5. Linking Rings 
6. Gypsy Thread 
7. Silhouette 
8. Luc Apers’ Chinese Silver

Banishment.Mutilated Parasol

Book. Expert Card Technique 

Item. Jacket 

Check out all of the details regarding his new book ‘More Drawing Room Deceptions’ here: 

https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-conventions/drawing-room-grand-tour/

Find out more about the creators of this Podcast at www.alakazam.co.uk