Tag: magic

Lawrence Leung’s Very Strange Things

Do you consider yourself a Moulder or a Scully? Do you want to believe or are you a stone cold skeptic? Lawrence Leung’s Very Strange Things is a hilarious combination of both wonder and logic, and it’s showing between 11-15…

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Melbourne Magic Festival Close Up Gala Show

The Melbourne Magic Festival Close Up Gala Show was massive, with two performances occurring simultaneously on the two main theatres of the venue. Nicholas J Johnson opened proceedings for those of us in Studio 2 by encouraging us to clap…

MagicSports Melbourne Magic Festival

MagicSports at Melbourne Magic Festival 2017

MagicSports is a wonderful opportunity for magicians to show their comedic side. It’s TheatreSports, but using magicians instead of actors and with magical objectives as well as theatrical ones. The end result is entertainment unlike anything you’ve ever seen before….

The Confidence Artist at Melbourne Magic Festival 2017

The Confidence Artist promises to help us discover such skills as the secret of telling a good lie and how to cheat at cards without getting caught. In typical magician style, Nicholas J. Johnson doesn’t really teach us those things….

Joshua Jay at Melbourne Magic Festival 2017

I remember the time when I was 14 years old and my parents, back in Germany, surprised me with tickets to a David Copperfield show. This was my first experience of world-class magic and I will never forget the sense…

Top Hat Tuesday Melbourne Magic Festival

Top Hat Tuesdays at Melbourne Magic Festival 2017

The Melbourne Magic Festival is a bit of an institution and is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To honour this occasion, regular magic event Top Hat Tuesdays put on a special showcase at 86 Cabaret Bar in Fitzroy with snippets of…

‘Illusionaire’: a remarkable evening of magic at a unique location

Sam Angelico and Rosanna Maccarron have been performing magic for over 20 years, enthralling audiences on cruise ships, at cabaret and variety shows, and corporate events. Now is your chance to see their latest show, Illusionaire, at the Mission to Seafarers…

Gentlemen of Deceit: Three Times the Magic

Whoever said three is a crowd might need to reconsider their words after seeing Gentlemen of Deceit: Three Times the Magic. Luke Hocking, Alex de la Rambelje and Vyom Sharma are the gentlemen in question who in a previous life…