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HOLMES & WATSON: The Curious Case of the Masked Magician

  • 11-13 Bell Street, SP7 8AR Shaftesbury, United Kingdom · Shaftesbury
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HOLMES & WATSON: The Curious Case of the Masked Magician
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"TELL ME EVERYTHING, HOLMES"
1t’s 1906 - the Golden Age of Magic.
The Masked Magician bestrides London’s world of Magic like a colossus, UNTIL...one night, in mid-performance, the Magician vanishes.
Dead? Kidnapped? In hiding?
After a month Scotland Yard is baffled (obviously) and call in Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery of the Masked Magician’s disappearance. Holmes (with an excitable Watson in tow) plunges into the secret world of Edwardian Magic only to find that the Masked Magician’s identity is Magic's best kept secret.
As they question the Magician‘s peers (seeing a lot of Magic), the mystery of his fate deepens. As they unravel clue after clue, Holmes comes to share Watson’s wonder and discovers that it can sit alongside his logical outlook.
When Holmes finally uncovers the startling and surprising secrets of the Masked Magician he, Watson and the audience have to decide......are some mysteries best left as...mysteries!
Sherlock Holmes – Peter Clifford
Dr. Watson – The Great Baldini
Director – John Nicholson
Designer – Fi Russell
Written by – Peter Clifford and The Great Baldini
Peter Clifford:
Peter is a Bristol-based actor, writer and magical advisor for
theatre and television.
He was part of Derren Brown’s creative team on his early
television shows and as well as co-creating and co-directing Derren Brown’s first
live tour and West End run.
He worked with David Blaine for the Television
special “Beyond Magic”(2016) and as a co-creator and co-director for “David Blaine: Live” in 2017 and the UK tour in 2019. He also worked on David’s recent Las Vegas residency.
Theatre credits include twelve productions with the highly
acclaimed Bristol based Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory (National Tour),
Twelfth Night (Bath Theatre Royal) “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, “The Life of
Galileo”, “Hamlet”, “Alice” (Library Theatre Manchester)
"One of my favourite magicians."
Derren Brown
“Peter Clifford’s love of the art resonates throughout the field of magic
bringing life and hope to us all.”
David Blaine
“Peter Clifford is a constant delight.”
Time Out, London.
“A Peter Clifford magic show never fails to astound.”
Bristol Culture.
The Great Baldini is known throughout creation as ‘The Maharajah of Mystery’. He is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls, a theatrical performer of the old school. He has appeared on stages large and small throughout the kingdom to
ecstatic reviews.
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