Greycloud Studios -- Magician Show Page

Sean Miller, The Magician in the Corner began in magic at a young age and at the time was only interested in the technical end of things. All that changed in the mid-1980's when he walked into The Old Towne Magic Shop in Kissimmee, Florida. It was there that he met an old bar magician named Don Arthur who took him under his wing and opened up a new horizon for him. Sean was at an age where he enjoyed the bar scene and having a skill that allowed him to stand out was a good thing.

It was while he was using his skills to meet people that he found out that there was a market for what he was doing for fun. This fact was made known to him when a bar owner saw what he was doing and offered him a regular night with which to entertain the bar's patrons. Sean has never looked back since working his way up and down the Eastern Coast of the United States from New England to Key West..

Below is a description of the normal routine Sean follows while he works. However, calling this his normal routine may not be the best answer. Why, because Sean is a professional entertainer, and as such he is always working to better his craft so that he can bring a better show to those he works for and performers for. Therefore, from time to time, he'll bring out a new effect or bring back an old favorite that has dropped by the wayside for one reason or another.

All in all, it makes for a truly interesting evening from Sean Miller, The Magician in the Corner.

Sean Miller, The Magician in the Corner, presents a highly interactive and entertaining show during which he draws his audience out of their world and into his for a time.

He normally begins by taking three shot glasses and setting them between him and his audience. As he is setting up the shot glasses, he makes certain that everyone is on the same page as to what type of glasses are being used and goes on to explain how he learned this particular effect in a bar in Orlando, Florida. Then, he turns over two glasses at a time making three turns and when he is done all three glasses are face up. However, try as they might his audience can not duplicate what he just did. After allowing this to go on for a few minutes, Sean lets his audience in on the effect and teaches them how it's done.

Having broken the ice and getting the audience on his side, he takes out a deck of playing cards. Then, combining his skills as a storyteller and a magician, he begins to work through a series of card effects. Each effect is related to and builds upon the last until he closes this section with a rendition of Frank Everhart's "Sam the Bellhop" that he learned from Frank's son, Frank Everhart Jr. at the Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West, Florida.

Keeping with the time frame and theme, he reaches for a High Ball Glass and pulls forth a Damon Runyon Bar Bet which leads him into a series of effects using common bar implements and finishing off with a follow me effect using two tubes and two beer bottles. In this effect, all the audience member must do is keep up and keep his beer bottle point the same direction as Sean's. A feat, which can barely be done, especially when Sean reveals a bottle bearing the name of a completely different brand of beer at the end of the effect.

At this point, Sean steps over into the realm of dating for a bit of humour and helps one of his audience find the perfect mate by introducing everyone to the Acme Photo Dating Club of Walla Walla, Washington. Staying with romance, Sean continues on through several effects dealing with soul mates and making that connection to someone else.

Sean closes out his set with a bit of the Great American Working Side-Show. True, it's a bit on the Gross and Disgusting side when he takes a hand drill and drills it into the center of a human head, but it's a great closer and it always leaves his audience wanting more.

Additionally, in between sets and sometimes during the set, he is often known to add things here and there.

You might see him having two of the members of his audience playing a game wherein he ties their wrists together with two pieces of cord. The object of the game is for the players to free themselves from each other with removing the cords or damaging them.

Of course, you must remember that he is a storyteller of some skill and has been known to tell more than one tale while working in the corner. These tales range from folklore to history to poetry, whatever the mood and the audience call for.