Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Pleasance Courtyard (Beyond), Venue 33 – until 28 August 2022
5*****
After his success at the Disasters in Magic Charity Fundraiser, the Mind Mangler (Henry Lewis) returns with his new show.
With help from the audience including Brian (Jonathan Sayer) who had never met the Mind Mangler before, the show included guessing deep dark secrets, predictions, and tricks.
Lewis rattled off his performance with just a touch of magic but this a show that “goes wrong” and it goes wrong in such a clever way. And the Mind Mangler soon goes from pompous to irate as the tricks go wrong and things begin to fall apart.
Ben Hart, also performing his own show at the Fringe, acted as magic consultant to the show, you know that its going to be good.
There is a lot of heart and poignant moments in the midst of the hilarity and its an hour show that flies by far too quickly. Hopefully the Mind Mangler will return again, with another show very soon, and I can’t wait to see it when he does