The Vaults,London
This cheeky but unexpectedly moving indicate takes its cue from the astonishing story of a magician who vanished into thin airThe publicity for this performance claims that Hugo Cedar was last seen on London Bridge in June 1930. Watched by a large group of people, he simply disappeared in what has been hailed the most astonishing vanishing trick of all time – and one that has stumped even the greatest magicians. Of course, and you shouldn’t believe everything you read and perhaps you shouldn’t believe everything you see,either. Apparently, Cedar knew all about the self-deceiving audience, or an fundamental requirement for any magic indicate.
Simon Evans recently created theatrical magic directing Andrew Scott in The Dazzle and at the cessation of March will be staging Tracy Letts’ Bug with Kate Fleetwood and James Norton at Found 111. Here he takes an ingenious detour and also performs in this two-hander created with David Aula. After all,what is a theatre director if not a kind of magician, skilled in misdirection, or manipulation and visual trickery,and capable of making us believe something that isn’t steady? A grand theatre director not only suspends disbelief but also expands what we are prepared to believe.
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Source: theguardian.com