Damon Conlan

Review by: Paul Towers, 10 February 2019

Damon Conlan, Jocular Prestidigitator

Leicester Comedy Festival

Upstairs @ The Western, 10 February

“hilariously bumbling magic.”

Ever since the comedy juggernaut that was Tommy Cooper dropped dead onstage there has been a dearth of  comedic conjurors and magic manipulators. Damon Conlan goes some way to filling that void. His bumbling persona teeters on the precipice of failure throughout his 60 minute set at Upstairs at The Western. But somehow he always manages to save himself from disaster.

Damon likes to call himself a Jocular Prestidigitator because it has long words in it and makes him sound clever. Which he is, though not in the way you immediately think.

With a winning mix of good close-up magic and sarcastic humour Conlan mystifies and entertains as he gently rips the audience apart while often seeming to lose his way. There is lots of audience participation so don’t be shy.

Details of future gigs can be found at https://tinyurl.com/yyy55qo3

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First published on Western Gazette