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Leaving My Show…

One thing that’s great about my show is that I can fly with it. However right now my show is in the trunk of my car at the airport in Sacramento, I flew home during a gap between gigs in California. This summer I’m driving to all of my shows, this is due to rental cars being expensive right now and all of the reports I’ve been seeing about people with rental car reservations being denied a car because the rental car company over booked and there are no cars to rent.

Leaving my show in my car always causes me a little bit of stress. When I left the car I locked up my show case:

In my street show I do a chain escape, so my case is locked to my suitcase and they are both locked to my car by about 75 feet of chain! What that means is that if someone wants to steal my case, they can, it’s just going to be a pain in the butt! It’s not a quick smash and grab.

This gives me a little bit of peace of mind leaving it in another state.

Unusual Challenges…

If you are a professional performer, you will run it to all sorts of unanticipated challenge in your career.  For 10 days this month I’m performing at the airport in Seattle.  One of the unusual challenges is getting my props past security, and since I’m there to 10 days, being able to do any repairs … Continue reading “Unusual Challenges…”

If you are a professional performer, you will run it to all sorts of unanticipated challenge in your career.  For 10 days this month I’m performing at the airport in Seattle. 



One of the unusual challenges is getting my props past security, and since I’m there to 10 days, being able to do any repairs on the spot.  The big challenge is that I can’t really bring tools or anything sharp past the security check points…and all of my props needed to be approved and cleared by security. 





Once my gear goes past security, it lives there for the whole run.   That means I can’t use any of the props for shows outside of the airport.  That was an important consideration when pitching what material I was going to do.  If my main show was stuck at the airport, I’d need a back up set of props to use.  I do have a back up set of my main show (mostly), and it has come in handy many times.  


Be ready and most importantly, be flexible with the challenges that come with performing in different venues!