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Fringe Review: Soaring Above Reality


SOARING ABOVE REALITY

George Ignatieff Theatre

Rating: NNN

See show inform here

This magic show is a fine introduction to the form for youngsters, with acts that includes floating tables, levitating boxes, invisible rope and, in a strong finale, Guinness World Record holder Lucas Wilson’s escaping from a locked trunk and a straitjacket.

Kelly Defilla, usually the assistant, has an engaging solo encounter with some tangled coat hangers and a hacksaw. The expressive-faced and presumably rubber-limbed performer is the more appealing of the pair, in fact, since Wilson delivers his unexciting patter flatly and in a perfunctory fashion.

Less hawking of merchandise, available after the show, would also be welcome. Sell us on the art, please, not the box of tricks and magic wand.

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