Having watched most of Shim Lim act on AGT or Penn & Teller, that did not lessen the marvel that is Shin Lim. I was curious how his close up magic would work in a large theatre and have to say was pleasantly surprised. We had row 7 seats so we could watch him without looking at the huge screen that loomed before him, but I did wonder about the people behind us. If you are just watching a big screen maybe you should save the $$ and just be at home. Well judging by the roar of the audience I would beg to differ. His opening card trick (of which I will give no hints about to save the surprise) involves the entire audience.... how he made that work is well beyond me and I am pretty good at figuring out tricks but this one is worth the price of admission alone. I still have the card I was given as a reminder of just how clever that part was.
Shim Lim's co-star, is Colin Cloud, a mind reading act that was also featured on AGT and although I am sure there were plants everywhere in the audience, his act too is very entertaining and fun to watch. He is a great boastful balance to the quiet act of Shim Lin. Colin could entertain without doing any act at all I suspect. But Shim Lim is a marvel, he says right at the start, "this is not magic, it is slight of hand", well sir I beg to differ... it certainly seemed like magic to us!