It’s a Kind of Magic ... Would you like to see a magic trick? Well, because our team is in for anything, we didn’t say no. But genuinely the image of magicians is not really sexy or appealing. An old guy comes to mind, who’s wearing white gloves and will attempt to pull a rabbit out of his top hat. The image of magicians is old fashioned, childish even, and not something you would think of when you are planning a nice night out in the city. But the Amsterdam Magic Show was something new to try. This is the only magic show in the city, and it has nothing to do with the ‘magic truffles’ or, as turned out, the boring old fashioned magicians we thought. A fine start The Amsterdam Magic Show is an initiative of two magicians, just to see if magic would be up for a bigger crowd than just their niche. And it turned out, it was! So there we went, to the heart of the Red Light district where a charming and intimate theater hosted the Amsterdam Magic Show: the “Paleis van de Weemoed”. This is Dutch for something like “Melancholiac Palace”, which seemed kind of suiting, for perhaps the glory days of the magicians were in the past. After a complementary glass of bubbles and some curious glancing, the show started. The small theater was full. At least 60 people from all nationalities sat waiting for the show to start. What magic are we talking about? I know nothing about magic tricks, I was never particularly interested in Dereck Ogilvie or Uri Geller and am generally easy to fool. I did study Social History and was very interested in the history of magic. I never connected the historical concept of magic with magic
It’s a Kind of Magic … Would you like to see a magic trick? Well, because our team is in for anything, we didn’t say no. But genuinely the image of magicians is not really sexy or appealing. An old guy comes to mind, who’s wearing white gloves and will attempt to pull a rabbit
