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Marvellous magic...venue looked wicked with shiny
red curtains, pulled back by glamorous assistants to reveal musical acts
aplenty, including an appearance by the Ukelele Orchestra of Wales, and close-up
magicians performing to the tables during the interval.
Highlights had to be
Madame Pyro's riotous display of glitter, tinsel and balloons; a woman being
sawn in half by Becky Hillam; and Fionnuala Dorrity's maniacal performance of 'I've
Put A Spell on You' complete with flaming finger tips. Peter Moser's Chilean
Bird Man of Death helped save the day after Mark Hill's musical hoover act had
tripped all the fuses throughout the ship, leaving an acoustic set the only
option: the House Band's guitarist and drummer took up the rhythm that the Bird
Man laid down and the night took an altogether different twist...with Tony
Cairns' Ballad of Newgate Gaol performed beautifully as an acoustic number.
Less
people than usual made for a gentler end to the evening, and everyone went away
with ideas for their masks for next month's theatrical Masked Ball, curated by
Patrick Dineen. (16th May)