Arts diary: Magicians enjoy a spell together while sharing secrets of the prestidigital age
It runs throughout this week, and concludes with a gala grand finale at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on Sunday.
The comedy magician John Archer kicked off the proceedings at the Scottish Book Trust on the Royal Mile by swallowing a sausage balloon, while "human lie detector" Drew McAdam patrolled the crowd, bending spoons and minds by predicting with impossible accuracy the numbers you were thinking of. McAdam learned his formidable skills interrogating people for British Military Intelligence, he disclosed, and has been described by Uri Geller as "the next Uri Geller".
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