Dynamite in a Small Package is Doc Dixon’s 60+ page book featuring a complete 25-minute stage magic act using only a deck of cards and a marker!
The book teaches five routines designed to create powerful audience interactions, focusing on entertainment through performer-audience relationships.
Key highlights include:
• Minimal props (just a deck of cards and marker)
• Five complete stage routines
• Emphasis on audience engagement
• Techniques for creating memorable performance moments
The book aims to help you create a high-impact show with minimal equipment, proving that powerful performances come in small packages.
Table of Contents
Rules & Goals
The (Real) Methods
The Act & Routines
The Non-Pre-Show
Faster Than the World’s Fastest Trick
A lightning-fast opener with high visibility, ending on a big laugh.
Seeing Right Through You
A hilarious lie detector routine featuring 3 spectators, pseudo-X-rays, and a logical yet over-the-top finish that sets the stage for comedy gold.
Trying Desperately Hard to Find a Four of a Kind
A comedic journey to cut to four of a kind, with repeat “failures” that entertain even the back row.
A Trip with a Signed Card
A signed card vanishes, reappears in unexpected places, and climaxes with multiple cards ending up in your mouth.
Cards Across with Selections
Two spectators make three selected cards invisibly travel between them—no duplicates required.
Extras
Tips to enhance the routines and make them play even bigger on stage.