Magic & Mystery; Seeing is Believing
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Magicopolis is the place to experience mystery, grand-scale illusions and awe-inspiring magic. You'll see people dissolve in one place and reappear somewhere else and someone can read your thoughts. Objects move and change guided by the power of the mind. Reality is the eyes of the beholder. In the lobby, visitors encounter the hand and footprints of magicians Penn & Teller, who helped inaugurate this theater of illusion back in 1998. This is the home of the legendary stained glass windows created 30 years ago for Merlin McFly's bar, representing posters of classic magicians like Houdini, Thurston, Kellar, Alexander and Blackstone. Humans float in mid-air and octopuses appear from nowhere. An attempt is made to escape from locks, chains and handcuffs in time to avoid the free fall of 28 sharpened steel spikes. Again and again you are witness to impossible happenings. Sometimes you even become part of one.
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Reviewed by: michael from minneapolis, mn, USA on Jun 18, 2009
POOF
Classic magic at it’s best as well as tricks I have not seen before. All routines are original. The show is very upbeat, witty and engaging, this show had me laughing and amazed. I also liked the free late night show with guest magicians and comics.
Would you recommend this to a friend?
Yes
Why? / Why Not?
Unique and memorable
Reviewed by: sandy from los angeles, ca, USA on Feb 5, 2009
you've got to see this!!
I wandered by this place with my girlfriends, and I didn't know what it was. Christi wanted to go see a magic show, and I was down with that. We wandered in and this place is the bomb! There's this dude who does a big magic show in the back. We saw it and it was awesome. I liked it when he made his assistant float. I remember seeing some magician do it when I was a kid, and it was so cool seeing it again. You guys have got to see this show. Seriously, go see it. Go see it now.
Would you recommend this to a friend?
Don't Know
Why? / Why Not?
tons of fun for people of all ages!!
Reviewed by: Shawn from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Jan 2, 2009
it's magic
How often do we parents get to turn to our kid and gasp, “How the squid did he do that?” With Santa Monica’s Magicopolis offering a family-friendly version of its popular “Escape Reality” show on weekend afternoons, the answer is twice a weekend. No offense to those eager, multi-tasking birthday party clowns and their not-so-sleight-of-hand, but the tricks at Magicopolis are popcorn-droppingly amazing. Many are familiar – from handkerchief illusions to sawing a woman in half – but professional wow-ist Steve Spill has concocted clever skits, often with his beguiling assistant Eleanora, that add to the drama. “Impossible!” exclaims Nipper as three rings collected from audience members are linked – for real! – and then somehow unconnected by Mr. Spill. And when Eleanora elegantly rises and floats midair above a couch, we’re all believers. Seeing a good magician pull a quarter from a kid’s ear has endured because, if you’re willing to give in to the wonder, even grown-ups can feel like a kid.
Would you recommend this to a friend?
Yes
Why? / Why Not?
It was a fantastic show, and priced just right.
