Newcastle Theatre Royal – 17 February 2023
5*****
After his success at the Disasters in Magic Charity Fundraiser, the Mind Mangler (Henry Lewis) returns with his new show – The Mind Mangler – Member of the Tragic Circle
With help from the audience including Brian, Paul and Clive (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. But there’s a lot of heart and poignant moments in the midst of the hilarity
Ben Hart acted as magic consultant to the show, you know that it’s going to be good and the act carries on from Magic Goes Wrong which was written by Penn and Teller, alongside the genius of Mischief – Henry Lewis, Henry Shields and Jonathan Sayer.
I’m lucky that I saw Magic Goes Wrong on tour and the one hour taster of The Mind Mangler at the Edinburgh Fringe. Now running at two hours with an interval, the show has grown to total brilliance. Yes, I am a fan of Mischief, but I think with The Mind Mangler they have reached their zenith. With the chaos, unpredictability and so much laughter I genuinely think that The Mind Mangler might be my favourite Mischief show of the lot
On tour around the UK – dates, venues and tickets here