THERE is still time to
catch a couple of time-travelling magicians at the Udderbelly
festival before they head off to another time and space.
Victorian magic duo
Morgan & West will unload another boxful of bafflement and
impossibility at their Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show - For
Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!).
Shows will take place
on Saturday, may 16 and May 23 and audiences will get to witness a
mountain of mysterious magic, a hatful of hyper-reality, and of
course a truck full of tricks and tea.
Mixing brain busting
illusion and good old fashioned tom-foolery, Morgan & West
present a show for all the family, where magic and silliness abound.
"It's a brand new
show we've developed specifically for kids," says Rhys West.
"They are a very intriguing audience - they always tell you what
they think and aren't afraid to tell you how things should be done.
"Also everything
has to be robust and has to work! But it's great fun and they are the
best audience so we decided that we should do something specially for
them so here it is."
However, what the show
will actually feature Rhys wants to keep top secret - to add to the
mystery and intrigue.
What he will say is
that the characters of Morgan & West are from 1888 and thanks to
their time machine they land in early 21st century.
"It's a bit like
Dr Who," laughs Rhys. "We travel all over time and all over
the world and have settled down in the present day.
"The premis is
that Mr West hates kids but doesn't realise he's playing to a bunch
of kids.
"There is a lot of
visual magic and with lots of twists and turns in the tricks plus
plenty of classic ones.
"It's very silly
and very funny - although we don't tell jokes as we are not good at
that. But we are good at magic and so we try and bring the humour in
that way.
"Other than that
it's a bit difficult to explain what's going to happen as I don't
want to give away the punchline!
"Everyone will
enjoy it though - even the grown ups!" he promises.
The pair met at
university where they were both doing science degrees.
"I was doing Maths
and Rob did Chemistry and we were both intent on being teachers,"
says Rhys.
"I was really into
Derren Brown and Rob was into poker and after we met we did our first
show in 2009 and that was that."
Since then they have
been wowing audiences with their surreal blend of magic and wit and
say they are excited about their forthcoming visits to the South
Bank's purple cow.
"Now we are really
excited to be bringing this show to the Udderbelly festival. It has a
really great variety of performers so it's fantastic to be there
amongst them," he adds.
"We've not done
Udderbelly before but it's a great venue, very silly and so perfect
for our show."
Morgan & West's
Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show - For Kids (and Childish
Grown-ups!) takes place on Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 23.
Visit
www.udderbelly.co.uk for listings.
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