Pete Firman’s years and years of
conjuring experience reflected in last night’s polished performance – he literally
could have done the whole show in his sleep!
He has recently been on ITV's 'Tonight At The London Palladium' and 'The Next Great Magician', BBC's 'The
Magicians', 'The John Bishop Show' and 'The Sarah Millican
Television Programme'.
Firman is one of the UK's most famous magicians and he's touring a new
flabbergasting magic show. His distinctive style blends comedy and magic
together right before your very eyes. This
is a show which packs small but plays big. It’s a mind blowing performance,
which will make you have cards levitating out of your brain, just like on the
poster.
We launched straight into the performance with a gripping game of
persuasion. One audience member was given the chance to win a prize: a
massive bottle of whisky. Unfortunately of course, he lost and instead won a
very small bottle of whisky. It was immediately clear that this magic show was
more for older children and grown-ups.
There was an entertainingly wide variety of magic tricks performed for us.
The types of magic included: sponge ball, mind reading, prediction, balloon,
classic, contemporary, Rubix cube, rope, bizarre, parlour, mathematical, close
up, and stage.
It wasn’t a case of one style being performed better than another, all of
the tricks were consistently strong and baffling. Occasionally, there were a
few intentionally below par tricks; very much in the comedy spirit of Tommy
Cooper.
The Middlesborough-born performer completely radiated Northern humour and
charm. His performance style conjured up a lot of adjectives from thin air:
cheeky, sarcastic, sharp, quick, energetic, smart, charismatic, playful, funny,
jolly, hyperbolic, crazy, and quirky.
Even when the comedy was dark or he 'had a bit of a go' at the audience for
doing something wrong, you couldn’t help but smile and laugh with him. Firman
had the audience in the palm of his hand, which possessed the power to
transform and surprise them. He had a brilliant ability to make the audience question
everything they saw and understood to be true.
The only minor point I wish to raise was overall the show felt like a
demonstration of tricks. While each individual performance of a trick was
top-notch in terms of his magical skills, performance, and the story/patter
surrounding it, I was left asking how do they all connect? It can’t just be
that all of his tricks were marvels? Yes, they were astonishing and wonderful
tricks to be witnessed, but it felt like a layer of the show was missing.
All things considered, this was not detrimental to my enjoyment of
watching it. Firman is amazing at what he does. If I knew him, I would
constantly be asking him to show me a magic trick. His extraordinary magical
powers have to be seen to be believed.
Reviewer – Sam Lowe
On – 30/9/18
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