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Vincent Gambini, “Out Of Thin Air” – Wonder & Co. Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s only Magic shop, Wonder & Co, near Haymarket Station, hosts Vincent Gambini in a spell-binding show of close magic which will take your breath away, as part of Edinburgh Magicfest 2023, now in its 14th year.

Gambini’s ability to weave a wonderful story around his magic set-pieces makes this as much a theatrical event as a simple magic show. Poetic, magical, lyrical and mystical, and short, this brief 30-minute monologue doesn’t put a single foot wrong. Gambini is as careful in his script and his delivery as he is in his manual dexterity – this is the full deck folks!

Including the trick ‘disappearing aces’ and the ‘conundrum of black and red’ on a simple black cloth table, with the audience leaning in only a few feet away from the sleeveless Gambini, this is surely one for the purists, who provided rapturous applause during and after this performance.

A strangely low key spectacle, but jaw-droppingly good. Catch it while you can.

Reviewer: Greg Holstead

Reviewed: 29th December 2023

North West End UK Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Greg Holstead

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