A crowd of some 30,000 braved the slate-grey skies and continual downpours over Bristol yesterday to soak up an inspiring day of music and other cultural events that combined to provide a case for wider contact with the world and greater solidarity with refugees in particular. A Team Love and Crosstown Concerts production, all acts on the main stage had been chosen personally by Massive Attack, themselves
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magician and owner of the Illusions and Smoke & Mirrors Magic Bars in Bristol. In a wide ranging conversation he tells how he first started in magic and of how he came to open his magic club.
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To say that there was audience participation would be to understate the proceedings. During the highly charged mayhem throughout, we were splattered with ‘shit’, (oh yes, the toilet scene lives up to its promise), found ourselves eye-level to exposed genitals, and in my own case, had my glasses tossed to the floor by a maddened Begbie and was later ordered to sniff ‘smack’ by Renton.
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There is a 60’s style house somewhere in Bristol that has somehow contrived to become a creative touchstone to all that live within its walls. With its large living room acting as a performance space, the inhabitants have begun to split off – musical atoms forming highly original acts of no particular genre.
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With a multitude of scenes to get through, not once did this ensemble falter with their entrances, exits or with their words. But that would be to patronise them. Never mind getting the basics right, this went way beyond – this was terrific acting and stage craft, an absolute credit to all those involved with this admirable outreach project.
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