Real Magic creates a world of absurd disconnection, struggle and comical repetition. To the sound of looped applause and canned laughter, three performers take part in an impossible illusion –part mind-reading feat, part cabaret act, often an after midnight nightmare which they are called to revisit for more moments of hope and defeat.

Caught in a world of second-chances, final knowledge, changes and transformations, Real Magic takes the audience on a hallucinatory journey creating a performance that bends over large systems, small traps and the desire for change.

Real Magic sees regular Forced Entertainment Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall joined by Jerry Killick who has worked with the group on numerous projects and has performed on many international stages.

Conceived and devised by the company
Director Tim Etchells
Devised with and performed by Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall
Created with input from Robin Arthur and Cathy Naden
Lighting Design Jim Harrison
Design Richard Lowdon
Production Management Jim Harrison
Sound Technicians Greg Akehurst, Doug Currie
Project Assistant Anna Krauss
Music Electronics & Sound Editing John Avery
Loops Tim Etchells
‘Grave’, from Telemann Fantasia Number 1 in B-Flat Major Aisha Orazbayeva

In cooperation with Thessaloniki Concert Hall