A huge set piece was displayed and he was summarily locked in the chair, covered with a cloth and vanished only to reappear from the back of the theatre.Īfter changing costume in front of the audience (he really does have very excited fans!) he and a number of very randomly selected audience volunteers created a series of conditions that resulted in a very nice and entertaining piece of mentalism (and I'm not going to ruin the surprise for you here you'll just have to go see it!) Cos, through dance, told the story of a thief who was sentenced to death by electric chair. The second half began with a very nicely executed execution.
#COSENTINO SCHOOL OF MAGIC FULL#
Cos did the escape in full view and the audience were on the edge of their seats. The magicians in the audience were waiting for a cover to go up, or for the perspex to become opaque, but no such thing. Above him was a grid of very real spikes and the rope holding them was set on fire. He was tied into a straitjacket, and placed inside a padded cell (with perspex front) and his legs were chained to the floor and the door locked shut. I really don't think anyone without the physique he has could get away with this, but the audience was very impressed and convinced it was not a trick!Ī feature escape closed the first half.
Very impressive and a nice change of pace.įrom here (and I apologise if I've left anything out or I've got things in the wrong order, there just wasn't time to take notes) he presented a unique version of the chair suspension. He and an audience volunteer sat at a table and he performed a card revelation, spoon and key bending, and finished with a bending wine glass. Next was an interesting Skeleton chest illusion where he split his brother in two like a zipper.Īfter the mask came off Cos introduced his "co-star" the bunny, Mr Snuggles, who performed a mind reading card effect where he chewed a card's identity into a piece of paper.Ĭos performed some of his original dance moves in an impressive floating microphone routine (no other magician moves as gracefully or as effortlessly as he does, some of his dancing looks like magic itself!) And he went into a long section of close up magic projected onto a big screen. The high energy, colour and lighting guaranteed he had the audience in the palm of his hand from the word go. The 500 seat theatre was full and, though it was great to see such a mix of ages in the crowd, it was disappointing to see that only a few magicians had turned up to support the show. We had great seats in the dress circle, but every seat in this theatre is good.Ĭos began with "three blind men" coming onto the stage and examining a large platform from which he suddenly appeared in a colorful Willy-Wonka-meets-The-Mask costume and began with a series of no-silk dove productions and flash effects including producing his brother AC. Last night we popped in to the Clocktower Centre in Essendon (VIC) to see Cosentino's new show 'Threshold'.
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