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The world renown Champions of Magic show is at the Roper

Performing Arts Center through Sunday March 19th, Magicians

Hollie England and Alex McAleer talk about the show

InterviewByYiorgo

They have sold out shows throughout the world, they have been the feature act on every major US TV network and have over50,000,000viewsonline Theyarethe worldfamousChampionsofMagicandthey havebeensellingoutshowshereattheTCC

Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts CenterinNorfolk,Virginianightafternight, after night With only a few shows left up until this Sunday March 19th, you can not afford to miss these spectacular illusions thatafteryouseethem,youstillcan’tbelieve youreyes NBCcallstheChampionsofMagic,“The most incredible show” with Access Hollywood Live declaring, “You have to check them out. FOX has praised them as “A one of a kind show” and Broadway World said the Champions of Magic are, “5 of the world’sfinestmagicians.”

We, in the Hampton Roads area, are very fortunate indeed because Champions of Magic have brought to the Roper, their arenascalespectacleofashow.Sitbackand be enchanted with an evening of impossible illusions and spectacular special effects such as Houdini’s water torture cell, levitation high above the stage and a mind-blowingpredictionthatwillleaveyouspeechless andwantingmorejusttomentionafew.

For tickets, remaining dates and times and more, go to https://tickets.championsofmagic.co.uk/

Yiorgo:With us today are Alex McAleer, Mind Reader and Mentalist extraordinaire and Hollie England whose artistic style of magichasbeensettingtheworldonfire.Can you tell us why people should come to the Champions of Magic show? What will they see and experience live, that’s not the same asonTV?

Hollie England: It is a magic show that you can bring everyone to There are five different illusionists: two of them are a doubleactbuteachoftheactsdoesadifferentstyleofmagic.ThereisFernandowhois an escapologist, he does the escapes Then wehaveAlexwhoisamindreader,amental- ist.Idoanartisticstyleofmagicandwehave Young and Strange who do a comedy style, grand illusions Also along with performing our individual acts and what is different perhaps from some other magic shows is that we also perform magic acts together asagroup.That’showwegotthenickname as the Avengers of Magic I think Working together on some acts but also showcasing eachindividuallytoo.

Alex McAleer: Most people have seen magiconTVorYouTubeandyoudon’treally knowifthereissometypeofasetuporafix or clever camera tricks But when you see magiclive,youknowit’shappeninginfront ofyouintheveryroom,soseeingmagiclive isthebestwaytoseemagicperformed.

Y: How did Champions of Magic originate,howdiditallcometogether?

AM: It all got started in 2013 and I along with Youngand Strange who are also in the show this week, we three were there from the beginning Back home in England, I got an email out of the blue about putting together an ensemble magic show, because beforethat,theproducerwasdoingcomedy shows, basically having a group of comedians putting on a show. So he took the same concept only now with magicians We started small, the next year we did 10 shows,theyearafterthatwedidevenmore shows In 2017, we came over to the US and westartedtouringhereaswellasinCanada and back home in the UK And now we are thishugebehemothshowthattoursallover theplace Youknow,thisisthelongestshow I’veeverhad.

HE: I have been involved with different magic shows, not as the magician but in other various roles. I had seen Champions of Magic when I lived in LA Magician Fay Presto was in the show then and funny enough Kayla Drescher who kind of took over from Fay was in the audience with me at the time In that particular show there were three magicians who wound up being intheshoweventually,allthoughwedidnot know that at the time I had contacted Alex