Jamy Ian Swiss LIVE (Penguin LIVE)

Experience highly effective routines that seamlessly blend technique, timing, psychology, and skill.

“A remarkable performer and the epitome of skill…” — Dai Vernon

“I never saw anything like that! That was a sick trick!” — Annie Duke, World Champion Poker Player

“You’re freakin’ me out.” — Matt Lauer, The Today Show

“I like him! I like him a lot!” — Craig Fergusson, The Late, Late Show

What Will He Teach?

This lecture by Jamy Ian Swiss dives into the world of close-up sleight-of-hand magic. Packed with incredible card tricks, it features original plots like card-in-impossible locations and a fresh take on the Card on Ceiling. You’ll also learn routines that showcase extraordinary skill without requiring excessive effort, along with a captivating memorized deck routine.

Beyond card magic, the lecture includes an impromptu cup-and-ball routine with a stunning climax, a practical mentalism routine that transforms any peek into an engaging four-effect sequence, and coin magic that emphasizes misdirection, culminating in a remarkable no-gaff vanish of four coins.

A Peculiarly Strong Card Trick: A classic where a signed card is discovered folded inside a breath mint container, ending cleanly and unexpectedly.

Self-Contained Card on Ceiling: A practical approach for performing one of the strongest card tricks effortlessly.

SandSwitch: A two-phase “isolated sandwich” routine where the first selection appears between two queens, and then the sandwiched card transforms into the second selection from a distance.

Stabbed in the Sandwich: A card thrown into the air lands between two selections, with the skill demonstrated again using a tabled deck.

Premonition Redux: A clever blend of mind and moves, revealing a named card that is initially missing from the deck, only to be found in the card case.

Me-Fly: A no-gimmick version of hand-to-hand coins that relies on expertly timed misdirection, concluding cleanly.

Two Empty Hands: A stunning one-at-a-time vanish and reappearance of four coins.

Free Association: A psychological game leading to the revelation of two geometric shapes and two words.

Solid Glass: An innovative cup-and-ball routine featuring an extraordinary new climax.

Who Is He?

Penn & Teller describe Jamy Ian Swiss as “James Bond with a deck of cards for a pistol!” He has performed internationally for audiences ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the Smithsonian Institution. His television appearances include CBS “48 Hours,” PBS “Nova,” “The Today Show,” and multiple features on “The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”

Renowned for his close-up magic, Swiss has showcased his mind-reading and mentalism stage show, “Heavy Mental,” to thousands across the U.S. He has spoken on creativity, risk management, and user experience for various companies, including Adobe and Electronic Arts, and serves as an on-stage host for numerous business conferences.

For 18 years, Swiss was the book reviewer for “Genii” magazine and authored several works, including “The Art of Magic,” companion to the PBS documentary, and collections of essays like “Devious Standards.” He has produced and written for television, including Penn & Teller’s “Sin City Spectacular,” and co-produces New York’s longest-running Off-Broadway magic show, “Monday Night Magic.”

A regular performer at the Magic Castle since 1987, Swiss has lectured to magicians in over 30 states and 13 countries. A dedicated skeptic and pro-science advocate, he co-founded the National Capital Area Skeptics and the New York City Skeptics, and has served as a Fellow of the James Randi Educational Foundation. He is also a co-producer and host of the annual New England Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City.

In a detailed profile, “New Yorker” magazine stated, “Swiss is widely thought to have one of the most masterly sleight-of-hand techniques in the world today!”