I think my view on magic has changed in the last few years. Magic cannot happen, yet here it is, happening. If we’re talking about ‘performance magic’, then the word magic simply denotes an artistic medium: magic is a form of theatre, predicated on the presentation of impossible feats. What is magic to you? And has that view changed over the years? Whilst I don’t think the show had a political message of any kind, it hit a nerve within me, because of the political climate we’re living through, and the rise of the far-right in particular… A desire to appear, publicly, and to claim space, and attention. It moved me to see this courage, this fearlessness, however much ‘performed’ or staged. A kind of polite “f*** you, this is us taking a stand here!”. There was an incredible generosity on their part, in performing to strangers, and to an almost exclusively white audience (it was part of the Brighton festival). I recently watched an outdoor dance performance, with a cast of black female young adults. Twitter: something that has recently amazed you and how it made you feel. His PhD has been published as a book, entitled ‘ In Place of a show: what happens inside theatres when nothing is happening’ (Bloomsbury). Trained in contemporary theatre at Dartington College of Arts, Augusto Corrieri has worked across the fields of dance and performance art, presenting new works in venues across the UK and further afield. Vincent Gambini is the pseudonym of artist, writer and theatre lecturer Augusto Corrieri. His critically acclaimed shows include ‘ This is not a magic show’ and ‘ The Chore of Enchantment’. He approaches magic through deconstruction, irony and philosophy. Photo by Hugo Glendinning, 2016Vincent Gambini is a magician and theatre artist.
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