We saw Morgan & West's show last night at Copa as part of Oxfringe and I'm sorry to say that it fell at the first. The initial trick was so lame that we stared at each other with a 'was that it' look of disbelief. This set the tone for a slow-paced series of magic tricks which were neither baffling nor interesting. Maybe it was our fault for going to anything billed as a 'family show'.
The short guy spoke too fast, stumbled over his lines and both magicians lacked energy. The whole act based on their 'murder' was ironic in that we started to wish the assassins could have struck sooner. At the end when they asked who the murderer could be we looked at each other knowingly, judging by the other furtive looks being exchanged by the achingly polite Oxford Fringe audience we were not alone in that thought.
Admittedly we had seen The Doctors of Destiny the previous night who had made us laugh hard - a very talented bunch, they had probably set the bar too high. The glowing reviews we had already read about Morgan & West's show left us baffled - maybe the real entertainers had been murdered?!
The short guy spoke too fast, stumbled over his lines and both magicians lacked energy. The whole act based on their 'murder' was ironic in that we started to wish the assassins could have struck sooner. At the end when they asked who the murderer could be we looked at each other knowingly, judging by the other furtive looks being exchanged by the achingly polite Oxford Fringe audience we were not alone in that thought.
Admittedly we had seen The Doctors of Destiny the previous night who had made us laugh hard - a very talented bunch, they had probably set the bar too high. The glowing reviews we had already read about Morgan & West's show left us baffled - maybe the real entertainers had been murdered?!