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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5674806" data-attributes="member: 54846">Part of the art of lying isn't just looking convincing. It's about having something to say. They should do improv, to have a quick response when they're put on the spot. Burlesque. Teach those female thieves how to be seductive and distract. Also very entertaining for the audience.Pickpocket Gauntlet. Set up a lot of dummies with bells on various places. The goal is to pick their pockets without making any bells go off. This could be "back stage", or it could be a stage demonstration - if a bell goes off,they get shot with a blunt-headed crossbow bolt (arrow lacking a pointed tip - would be like getting shot with a rubber bullet). Timed lockpicking sequences. You have to pick x locks in y time or (once more) get shot. Now combine a few things like this (pick all the pockets, unlock all the locks) on the stage at once, and have several thieves competing - sort of like that final event from American Gladiator. Winner gets something, loser gets beaten.</blockquote>