Now You See Me Live: does the silly spectacle of this ridiculous film franchise work on stage?

Touring Australia and Singapore, this is a slick, high-production magic show with good tricks and lots of laughs – and little in common with the movies Torn-up playing cards keep flying through the air of the Sydney Opera House’s concert hall and hitting my face. If the heist movie franchise Now You See Me – the namesake of tonight’s live magic show performance – is to be believed (and why wouldn’t it be?), a perfectly flicked playing card from Dave Franco could knock me out. Continue reading...