The Cirque Du Magi (circus of magic) show occupied the second half of the entertainment at the opera house this evening. Following on from the Intercontinental Championships. Compered excellently by Tony Stevens, it was a great show.

First up was The Amazing Kaplan, David Kaplan again providing great solid comedy and juggling entertainment, with a very young helper from the audience it picked up the pace from the first half with humor and a polished performance.

Following on from Kaplan was Clive Webb and Danny Adams, when a large tarp was rolled out to cover the stage, and covers were put over pretty much everything on stage, it was clear that this was going to be messy. What followed was hilarious slapstick comedy, under the guise of decorators attempting to repaint the opera house.

Paint covered the stage, the performers, most of the first three rows in some genius comedy timing and clowning, it was a joy to watch and had the audience roaring with both laughter and horror as the all important guests at the front of the theatre ducked behind anything to avoid the goo. With all credit to those in the firing line, it seemed to be taken in the way it was delivered, with a smile.

Next up was Banachek, who didn’t slow the pace with his mentalism. He delivered extremely fast and hard hitting mind reading, a quick book test, deviation of a telephone number from a directory, and ending with a fast paced Question and Answer set, in which names, questions, thoughts and personal details were revealed about audience members throughout the theatre.

David Williamson had the audience, as always in stitches. starting with a needle swallowing routine, a card in mouth, and ending on this classic Rocky Raccoon routine with children from the audience. In the way only David Williamson can deliver, he extracted every ouch of comedy and entertainment value from the kids on stage, and oozed energy and entertainment.

David and Dania closed the show with their stunning quick change routine. Fast, tight and eye deceiving costume changes draw a thunderous applause from the audience.

An excellent show to close Saturday Evening.