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Spooky Night of Illusion
31st October 2009
Reported by Zyg Jarzembowski
The
show started around 8pm Saturday as there was a slight delay with
engineering works at the local underground station Aldgate East but the
audience were not upset, as with the tickets came free mulled wine and
spooky snacks and as a consequence we got through 10 litres of mulled
wine, which put everybody in the correct ‘spirit’ for the entertainment.
Ed Francis opened with a repertoire of ‘sleights’ and included a number
of ‘mentalist’ tricks including memorizing specific words on any given
page of a novel.
Josh Maddocks followed with his clever card sleights and much audience
participation.
At the interval it became obvious that the audience were very much into
the spirit of the night fuelled on mulled wine and as a result the
second half had a lot of giggling audience participation.
The Zeppelin Shelter had encouraged participants to dress for Halloween
and presented awards to the Best dressed Male and Female as well as the
obligatory free prize draw all of which kept the momentum of the evening
up.
Joe Stone opened with numerous card sleights and ended with his ‘I
predict I will be one out’ audience participation mentalist/conjuring
trick to wild applause.
Russell Levinson (photo) finished the show with a number of conjuring
sleights, his now famous ’imaginary card’ routine, which practically
involved all of the 60 paying audience and finally a ‘magic thread’
rather than magic string that got a massive ovation.
Although the show finished around 11pm the audience were encouraged to
stay and dance the night away until the early hours.
All in all, no doubt there were several hangovers the next day.
Next event: Free 1st Tuesday, which is every 1st Tuesday of the month,
followed by a ‘Christmas Party Special’ on Saturday 12th December.
© Zyg Jarzembowski, November 2009