Tim Licata: Close-Up & Personal
Close-Up & Personal blends tricks and illusions with colourful storytelling as Chicago born sleight-of-hand artist Tim Licata reveals his personal journey into the conjuror’s craft.
About Tim Licata: Close-Up & Personal
A tale of magic, the mafia and delightful deception!
A variety of characters inspire Tim along the way: The famous magician Harry Blackstone Jr; Tim’s skilled and secretive Uncle Sal; and a Mafia assassin known only as ‘The Knife’.
Audiences are treated to laughter, amazement and, at times, edge-of-your-seat anticipation, during an excellent hour of theatre and magic with one of Scotland’s most entertaining magicians.
Edinburgh’s hit man of magic is not to be missed.
Age 12+
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