Magic show brought innovative tricks and a stellar soundtrack

The children who attended the Outerbridge Magic Moments in Time show on Friday night were by far the most enthusiastic ­members of the audience.

Their little arms were stretched as high as they would go, as they tried to get picked to be on stage.

Husband and wife Ted and Marion Outerbridge had the little ones ­completely in awe.

Indeed, the ample ­audience participation was one of the most amusing parts of the night’s entertainment as children and adults alike marvelled at the array of tricks being performed before them.

There was a profound air when the show opened with recorded quotations about time — the theme of the show.

“Time is of the essence,” called a deep male voice in the darkened theatre.

“We are running out of time!” a young lady giggled.

“Time is a great healer. Time at the bar!” continued a variety of other voices. 

The music tied in with the theme and what an ­excellent sound track it was. Pink Floyd’s Time, Coldplay’s Clocks and The Propellerheads History ­Repeating were all included.

The tricks themselves did not take a rocket scientist to figure out but they were excellently executed.

The one that left me scratching my head was when Marion disappeared inside a television screen — not even contortionism seemed to explain away the trick.

And the age-old illusion of cutting a woman in half was doubly impressive than usual as two audience members had hold of ­Marion’s head and feet.

During one skit the ­couple travel back in time where Ted impersonates a sixties game show host.

He came on stage with the most dazzling jacket covered with over a ­thousand individual glitter ball mirrors — every move he made was mirrored by a thousand lights throughout the theatre.

The couple’s newest trick,  The Time Capsule — where Ted was to predict the contents of a Bermuda Time capsule that the audience would fill that evening, had always sounded a little dubious but the circumstances on the night made it even more so.

Random audience ­members had to come up with a band name, a street name and an activity to put in the capsule.

A little girl was saying “Monkey Hall Lane” for the street name but Ted had to ask her to repeat it three or four times which ruined the trick — of course, had he already predicted the street name he would have had no trouble understanding what she was saying.

It was also a shame that we didn’t get to see Ted ­levitate his wife, which he was pictured doing on the beach the day before to give a taste of the show.

But the pure energy of both Ted and Marion, along with a wide variety of innovative tricks made the experience well worthwhile.