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The Art of Illusion: (NHB Modern Plays)

The Art of Illusion: (NHB Modern Plays)


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'It's a matter of perception. The hands of time turn at the same speed for everyone. Yet a child waits what seems to be an eternity for summer, whilst an old man watches a year pass in the blinking of an eye.' It's 1984, and as France play Yugoslavia in the Euros, a man meets a woman in a Parisian café. He's returning a bag that she lost on the Métro, but he doesn't tell her he stole it... Instead, he tells her the story of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, watchmaker, inventor, and master magician of the nineteenth century. Together they set out to find a vanished theatre beneath a bank vault in the Boulevard des Italiens, to break into a museum in the Trocadero, to uncover the mystery of the Mechanical Turk, to witness the birth of the Kinetograph... and to delve ever deeper into the Art of Illusion. Le Cercle des illusionnistes by Alexis Michalik premiered in Paris in 2014 and won several Molière Awards. The Art of Illusion, Waleed Akhtar's English translation, opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in December 2022, directed by Tom Jackson Greaves. 'Ambitious, kaleidoscopic and arresting' — The Times 'Genuinely engrossing and hard to resist' — Reviews Hub 'A magical romp... inspires a childlike wonder for its subject, with plenty of laughs along the way' — London Unattached 'Old fashionedly charming... a show that pulls off several tricks of its own' — Ham & High

About the Author :
Alexis Michalik is a Franco-British actor, scriptwriter and director. His plays include Le Porteur d'histoire, Le Cercle des illusionnistes, Edmond and Intra Muros. Le Cercle des illusionnistes was staged in an English version by Waleed Akhtar, The Art of Illusion, at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2022. Waleed Akhtar is a writer and actor. His plays include: The Real Ones (Bush Theatre, London, 2024); The P Word (Bush Theatre, 2022); Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan (Brixton House, London, and tour 2022); Sholay on the Big Screen (Bush Theatre, London, 2021); and I Don't Know What To Do (VAULT Festival 2020, Evening Standard Pick of the Fest). His English translation of Alexis Michalik's play The Art of Illusion was staged at Hampstead Theatre in 2022. His short film Lost Paradise was produced by UK Film Council and he has contributed material for BBC Radio 4's Sketchtopia and Newsjack. He was named Most Promising New Playwright at the 2023 OffWestEnd Awards. Author photo by Dan Pick

Review :
'Ambitious, kaleidoscopic and arresting' 'Genuinely engrossing and hard to resist' 'A magical romp... inspires a childlike wonder for its subject, with plenty of laughs along the way' 'Old fashionedly charming... a show that pulls off several tricks of its own'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781839041488
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 104
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 183904148X
  • Publisher Date: 22 Dec 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: NHB Modern Plays
  • Weight: 172 gr


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