Many moments
of wonder kept the audience amazed and enthralled. (Review by Keith Millar)
Magic is
possibly the most universal and versatile form of entertainment there is in the
world. It is performed by everybody from a clown at a kiddie’s party to the
likes of David Copperfield on a stage in Las Vegas. It appeals to people of all
ages and is the perfect family entertainment.
Judging
by the overall profile of the audience at Mo Magic’s show, Moments of Magic, last night this is exactly the market he is
aiming for - and certainly the many family groups present where very happy with
the entertainment on offer.
Mo Magic
comes across as an elegant, affable and laid-back character. His show reflects
these characteristics perfectly.
Possibly
lacking some of the pizazz a night-club type audience would want, he ambles amiably
through his tricks and illusions with plenty of homespun humour and character.
The show
is very interactive and his relationship with his audience is easy-going and
jovial. He chooses mostly children and young adults to assist with his tricks
and he puts them at ease on stage with flair.
The show
starts with an exhibition of aerial hoop gymnastics by Amy White. She also
appears later in the show to sing the song Pure
Imagination.
Mo
offered many of the standard type of tricks and illusions one has become used
to seeing on stage and TV shows these days.
For
example, he makes an audience members marked R100 note disappear in a puff of
smoke and then finds it later in the show embedded in a lemon he cuts open.
At the
request of an audience members he makes a bunny appear – a vegetarian Bunny
Chow no less. He then producers a helper dressed in a bunny suite from a box.
He gets
a young audience member to colour is a picture of a Unicorn and then opens a
sealed envelope in which there is another unicorn in the same colours.
He
smashes audience members’ cellphones only for them to re-appear later in the
show.
These
along with many other Moments of Wonder
kept the audience amazed and enthralled.
Mo is
assisted in his show by Rick McNamee and Melissa Ellis.
The
performer was suffering from a bad chest infection last night. But true to the
tradition that the show must go on, he soldiered his way through.
Unfortunately, this led to his performance being slow-moving and hesitant. I am
sure that this problem will be remedied for future performances.
Moments of Wonder will run from March 9 to12 at
the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the UKZN Howard College campus, then moves to
the Hexagon Theatre on the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus from March 30 to April
1.
Tickets
prices start from R100 and are available at www.computicket.com / 0861 915 8000
/ Shoprite Checkers Money Market Counters. For more information visit
www.momagic.co.za; Facebook: Mo Magic www.facebook.com/momagicfanpage1;
Twitter: Mo Magic www.twitter.com/momagic or Instagram: momagicsa www.instagram.com/momagicsa -
Keith Millar
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