Hampstead theatre, LondonAlexis Michalik's time-hopping French hit about the history of stage magic is a diverting jeu d'esprit but there isn't much to see once you look past the misdirection A matter of weeks after being delighted and confounded by Derren Brown, I'm very much here for a theatrical deep-dive into the history of illusion that takes in the "Mechanical Turk", the magic pioneer Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PM on January 4, 2023