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IBM British Ring Convention 2009 – Southport – The Thursday Night Show

September 25th, 2009 by Richard Morrell

The Thursday Night show certainly saw a more responsive audience. Yet still the Theatre seem to have awful trouble lighting the acts. Tony Stevens compered with his usual fast wit, and stories about his time on the cruise ships along with a few topical convention gags.

He brought on John Lenahan who practically worked in the dark. He performed a book test, his Slim-Slide cards across and a Hat Tear. Sadly there was more light on Dave Cass and the bust of Bill Stickland than there was John.

Tony Parx act is a blend of manipulation and patter. He started off with some very slick card manipulation, and then started to talk to the audience, with a version of the Sucker Colour-Changing Silk, a Rope Through the Body and a chosen card ending up in a giant see-through bottle after being fired from a gun.

John Kimmons is a Children’s Entertainer as both a Magician and Ventriloquist. Tonight he was in the latter role, as he introduced us to Charlie his little boy doll, and a very funny scripted piece followed. Finally John got an assistant up to help and put a fake mouth on him to present a human vent act, that ended with the volunteer singing ‘I’m a Little Teapot’ complete with actions!

Guy Barrett closed the show and he certainly packed lots of illusions into his spot, Girls vanished, appeared from nowhere, and got squashed, crushed and pulled apart, a little too many boxes and dancing around for this box-jumper phobic reviewer.