by Antonio Casonato
Technique: actor’s theater with clowning and micro-magic
duration: 40 minutes
Recommended age from 6 to 10 years
Set up: alternative spaces in direct contact with the public.
Audio system provided by the company
The stage space used is about 3mX3m
Set up time: one hour
An elegant character presents his Magic show, but right from the sung theme song accompanied by the ‘okulele we can sense that no matter how hard he tries to maintain a demeanor the magician appears more funny than elegant. He will enlist the help of one or more assistants chosen by the audience to perform his magic, thus we will see the little spectators engaged in making handkerchiefs, clocks, bottles, beans drawings on magic books disappear and appear at the mere touch of the magic wand well guarded in the hands of the child assistant Magician. After all, this is the real magic that is created, that of involving the child by establishing in an instant a relationship of trust that allows him to stand in front of the audience without inhibitions in the role of ‘assistant participating in a skillfully guided improvisation that develops to such an extent that the child seems to be the real protagonist of the show. His effort and courage will finally be rewarded not only by the applause of the audience but also by a small recognition from the Magician Clown …a beautiful balloonc….ops flew away.
Well too bad but now everyone posing for the souvenir photo. cheese flash boom.