Forget everything you know about magic and magicians…
Now remember it all again.

This is not a magic show is a performance of and about sleight-of-hand magic: its invisible mechanics, its clichés, and what it tells us about live theatre and make-believe. In a conversational yet crafted approach, Vincent Gambini presents astonishing close-up magic that invites us to question how enchantment and wonder are produced within a theatrical situation.

Possibly the first of its kind, Vincent Gambini’s This is not a magic show is part performance-lecture, part deconstructed showbiz, and part magic tricks that leave you, like, omg.

Vincent Gambini is an award-winning magician. Over the last 10 years his performances have taken place across Europe, the US, and South America. He combines magic with elements of theatre, performance art and spoken word, all to create new forms of deception.

When still a teen, Vincent won 1st prize at the Italian Close-up Magic competition, and 2nd prize at the International competition in London. In 2001 he gained entry to the Magic Circle by writing a thesis called ‘Deconstructing Magic’ which, as a title, does a good job at describing his show. In his spare time he writes and makes performance art under the pseudonym Augusto Corrieri.

Tickets: £8

https://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/shows/this-is-not-a-magic-show/