Paul Gordon Lecture
South Downs Magicians
July 2024
Reviewed by Paul Sturgess


Paul’s reputation as a magician who, first and foremost, entertains, did not disappoint us at his recent lecture for South Downs Magicians.

He commenced with his well renowned "Head to Head Poker" from a perfectly freely shuffled pack of cards. The technique of achieving this was just as entertaining as the effect itself, and introduced us to the "I wasn’t expecting that!!" credo that Paul tries to inspire into all his magic. This led to a very interesting discussion about how to achieve this in all our magic.

Performances of his own Killer OMG; Mixing Drinks and Darned Pain in The Neck continued the lecture and this led us into a very entertaining discussion around both Body Language and also making the spectator feel like the focus of the magician was on them.

Paul’s Collendon Aces routine provided great amazement and was a stunning Ace production piece using the Glide and Asciano Spread.

Paul then reminisced with amusing tales of foreign travel and Bernard Manning before finishing the evening with his world-famous Corner of Piccadilly.

Paul received long applause at the end of his act and several members purchased some of his routines at a discounted rate.

All-in-all a thoroughly entertaining evening from a highly skilled close-up magician.

© Paul Sturgess, President, South Downs Magicians, July 2024

 

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