ED2011 2/5 Reviews ED2011 Comedy Reviews

Mogic (Hiatus Theatre in association with the Scat Pack)

By | Published on Tuesday 9 August 2011

This show’s listing says it all: comedy first, then magic. We learn the secrets of our blundering magicians’ tricks at the same time as them, so intentionally or not, the ‘mail-order’ set had a few wobbles and curtain-twitches which let seasoned magic fans know precisely how a trick was done. But, why so serious? This is comedy-magic, and the characters’ relationships made for a show which can appeal to younger magic fans, but the rest of us were left hanging when these personalities were abandoned in lieu of another bodged illusion. Though a couple of impressive card tricks nudged up the wow factor, it was barely a distraction from the MDF set or the multicoloured handkerchiefs hidden up a sleeve.

C Soco, 3 – 29 Aug (not 16), 5:10pm (6:05pm), £4.50 – £9.50, fpp120
tw rating 2/5
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