The Trick review – a magic show with nothing up its sleeve

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Eve Leigh’s new play – about grief and old age – is overbearing in its manipulative attempts to make us feel sad

Almost interesting ... Lachele Carl, David Verrey and Sharlene Whyte in The Trick at Bush theatre, London. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardiant is billed as a magic show about grief but The Trick has nothing up its sleeve. Eve Leigh’s new play, about the struggles of old age and mourning, falls into the trap of emotionally manipulative music and sentimentality without so much as a cup-and-ball sleight of hand to misdirect us.

 

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