by This Is Cabaret | Jul 24, 2015 | Magic, News
“Pick a card. Any card. Look at it. Remember what it says. Don’t tell me what it is. It says ‘when did magic become safe and boring?’. Am I right?” Magic is not safe and boring, at least not in the right hands. Our shores boasts some...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 1, 2014 | Magic, Musical Comedy, News, Variety
Held in the Vaults under Waterloo station, this year’s Mimetic Festival has seen an eclectic collection of shows spread out over a fortnight. Ex-London Cabaret Award judge Klare Wilkinson and This Is Cabaret’s Franco Milazzo saw over twenty shows covering...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 10, 2014 | Magic, Reviews
Ben Hart is as clever as he is cute – and he is very cute, with his bright eyes and cheeky sideways smile. As a magician, he is a dextrous prestidigitator, adept at misdirection, presenting his illusions with a sense of childlike wonder, rightfully proud of his...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 6, 2014 | Magic, News
Very few performers around the world can respectfully be spoken of in the same sentence as American escapologist Harry Houdini. Born a month after the maestro died, the London-born Alan Alan who died this weekend is one of them. A measure of his skill and luck is...
by Laura Cress | Jul 3, 2014 | Magic, Reviews
Corny jokes, slick tricks and even free slices of cake are the order of the day at the jam packed 5th birthday of the magic showcase Conjuring At The Court. Whilst some segments of the night can be ever so slightly hit and miss, the sheer number and variety of acts on...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 24, 2014 | Magic, Video
We’ve all been there: the close-up magician picks up some small object, turns it this way and that and then, kazam, the object disappears. Only to re-appear behind their ear. So far, so whatever. But what happens when that same trick is bravely applied to...
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