THEATRE-MAGIC Magicians seek to amaze with tricks at London "Impossible" show

Record ID: 145951

  • Title: THEATRE-MAGIC Magicians seek to amaze with tricks at London "Impossible" show
  • Date: 28th July 2015
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (JULY 28, 2015 ) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAREDEVIL, ESCAPOLOGIST AND MAGICIAN, ALI COOK, SAYING: "One of the rare things that magic can do that theatre or comedy can't do is make you go 'wow'. You actually feel amazed. I mean that's its number one job at some point to make you go 'oh my god'. And you don't really get that in a play necessarily. You obviously don't get it in a comedy club. So I think that's why people are really seeking it out again."
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2015 13:00
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  • Story Text: Magicians seek to amaze with tricks at London "Impossible" show.
    Grand illusions, mind readings and death-defying escapology come to London this summer in a magic show billed as "the biggest in decades" in the British capital.
    Running for five weeks, "Impossible" will seek to wow audiences with its line-up of magicians, tricksters and daredevil performers at its West End venue, close to where escape artist Harry Houdini once performed for London crowds.
    "My job can be very dangerous ... In 'Impossible' I'm completely on fire, I shoot cross-bows on the stage," daredevil stunt performer Jonathan Goodwin told Reuters.
    "The audience are going to be in for a big surprise ... There hasn't been a stage show like this in London for a very long time."
    His co-star Ali Cook follows in Houdini's footsteps in the show by freeing himself from handcuffs and a neck brace while in a water tank.
    "For some reason (magic) is back. It's really popular not just here but around the world. There's a lot of big magic shows just touring the whole world at the moment" Cook said.
    "No one has seen (magic) for a long time so it's like it's new again ... One of the rare things that magic can do is make ... you feel amazed ... I think that's why people are seeking that out again."
    "Impossible" runs at the Noel Coward Theatre until August 29.
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