Go On... Steal Yourself

James Feedman

In this fascinating book, the basic techniques of stage pick-pocketing are explained. It has been written specifically with magicians in mind and covers stage management, crowd control and misdirection etc. Every move is clearly illustrated with a detailed sequence of photographs and James Freedman’s knowledge and considerable experience in this field is easy to understand and practical to perform. If you have ever seen James’ lecture on pick-pocketing then you will know that he is one of the leading practitioners on the subject and this book is a completely revised and expanded edition of his now out-of-print lecture notes. Every section therefore is full of solid, workable ‘moves’ that have been thoroughly audience-tested.

Chapters include stealing from pockets (jackets and trousers), removing watches and ties and even stealing braces!

Of course the routines included do require considerable practice to achieve a slick entertaining performance, if you are willing to learn then this is a good place to start! Available from magictricks.com this book comes highly recommended.