Steve Short is a professional magician and raconteur. His vehicle for his amusing talk was the life and times of Morecambe and Wise. Right from the beginning he was telling jokes, demonstrating his magic and generally keeping the audience amused.
He talked us through how they got together, the influences on their act (Abbot and Costello) and their rise to fame with the inevitable failures on the way. With such well-loved characters who became a part of the national psyche and who we invited into our homes on a regular basis during the 60s, 70s and 80s there was bound to be the sadness of Eric’s death at the age of 58 in 1984.
There was audience participation with simple but impressive tricks – how did he produce that tissue paper hat after tearing up two pieces of tissue paper?
The whole event was presented extremely well with Steve measuring the humour, comedy and magic with a deft lightness that left the audience uplifted and singing “Bring me Sunshine” as we left the Festival Hall.
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