A group of world class illusionists are popping up in DeKalb this Thursday, during their North American Tour.
This is the Champions of Magic’s first live show since the onset of the pandemic.
Sam Strange, an illusionist with the group, said those attending the show will be charmed.
“So, it arrives on two trucks. It comes with a number of large-scale illusions that are framed with pyrotechnics,” he explained. “It is a real spectacle. And on top of that, you've also got five different performers doing different styles of magic. So, you've got some mind reading, you've got some escapology, or dangerous escapes Houdini style.”
Strange will perform grand scale illusions.
He said American audiences are more in tune with these sights.
“And I don't know whether your conditioned because your sports games, or whether you sort of understand that it's magic – it’s just an entertainment form,” he said. “It's meant to be fun and engaging.”
He said the British are a little more skeptical.
“They sit there with their arms folded. They sort of see it as more of an intellectual challenge of like, ‘I don't like the idea of somebody doing something I can't understand.’”
The mystical show takes place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Egyptian Theatre. It is family friendly. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased on the theater’s website.
- Yvonne Boose is a current corps member for Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project. It's a national service program that places talented journalists in local newsrooms like WNIJ. You can learn more about Report for America at wnij.org.
