Highly acclaimed and ever inventive show-woman Marisa Carnesky presents Magic War, a new late-night show for Halloween at Soho Theatre from 30 October to 10 November. A secret society is in session and Soho's late-night revellers are invited to witness the bizzare ritual.
The burlesquing of violent battles initiates them into a dark and deceptive new world order in Marisa Carnesky's strange and spectacular realm of nightmarish tricks.
Combining thrilling illusions and gory humour, Magic War brings to life the golden age of magic shows whilst holding a cracked mirror up to the audience's most sacred beliefs and survival strategies.
Marisa uses magic to manipulate audiences to the point that they question not only her stunning visual tricks but their own complicity in a contemporary culture of violence. They are dared to risk their extremities in guillotines, to be sawn in two, and to do deals to save their loved ones.
Marisa Carnesky has been making inter-disciplinary performance work since 1993. Her work also includes Carnesky's Ghost Train (at Old Truman Brewery, UK and European tour), and her solo show Jewess Tattooess. She has also created work extensively with legendary performance collective Duckie, including the Olivier Award winning C'est Barbican. Originally trained as a dancer and choreographer, she works with theatre, dance and circus companies.
Magic War is devised in collaboration with Lois Weaver and Flick Ferdinando, with costume and sets made in collaboration with Mark Copeland and Sarah Munro from the Insect Circus. -- www.sohotheatre.com
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#1 Magic Bore
I just came back from the show ... have you ever come out of a show in silence? Well, this was us, the whole audience, we had nothing to say not because of astonishment but because we couldn't believe we actually wasted an hour of hour life right there. The show was boring, no great tricks you and you could tell how she did them, too much talking which was not actually inspiring or relevant for the next act, and when she asked 'shall we cut her head so that she tell us where she put the bomb?' although the intention was valid, to make us think if violence is reasonable and can be justified, people just took it as funny and shouted yes! Pushing the audience to the limit? No way... The show finished and we were wondering... that's it?! I have been to several performances that explore dark and alternative styles of performance such as Faust from Punchdrunk. Magic War apart from not performing the act shown in the advertising, is just not worth the GBP10 we paid... So I warn you, you take the risk!
#2 Totally agreed. I came back
Totally agreed. I came back from it and was stunned at how utterly crap it was.
#3 Save your money
Spend your £10 on mouldy bread, you'll enjoy it more than this show.