My mother saw an advertisement for this show and was excited to take me. I am a fan of magic shows and dance, this seemed like a exciting combination of the two. The house lights dimmed and the violinist appeared in a long sequined gown, followed thereafter by the first dancers. This opening sequence had a lot of action but we missed half of it because the ushers were bringing in several groups of latercomers who walked along the seats in front of us. Most theatre events I attend require latecomers to wait for a scene change before being seated.
What followed was mostly Celtic dancing, with the men in trashy costume vests and no shirts, the women all in traditional gender roles of long hair and short skirts. I get it, they dance with their legs, and they sweat while dancing so maybe they save on laundry by not wearing shirts. Except for the two scenes near the end where the male dancer had a shirt on, but unbuttoned the whole way. Why? Just why?
The illusions were consistently disappointing, with the exception of one little fountain of confettti. Yep.
It began with the stage hand who plain as day wheeled out a "magic shrouded cage" in his denim jeans and T-shirt, not something he could have worn theatrical-all-black for, or perhaps this could have been choreographed for the dancers to do.
The "magician" made a "beautiful woman" appear from this cage, when with a flourish she simply stood up inside it.
Later in the show this magic cage made another appearance, with the magician stepping inside, the shroud dropping, the stage lights from behind illuminating the shadow of him swapping places with another dancer, and then the big reveal of the curtain drop to see a different person! How did they make this happen?!?
I think there was one or two more "illusions", definitely not worth describing.
What really made this disappointing was the strong representation of traditional gender roles. The men had two numbers with strong bold music and costuming, ultra masculine, whereas the women's scenes were them flitting about like fairies, oh so delicate in tiny leotards. How about the ment wear the sparkly booty shorts and the women get the long trench coats?
10 out of 10 would not recommend, unless you're really into Celtic dance and the tropes that go along with it. I thought this would be a modern reinvention of a classic dance form.