At a festival that celebrates all kinds of theatre and entertainment, magic is a staple; a popular choice and a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

Magician Magical Bones rose to fame in 2020 after reaching the finals of Britain’s Got Talent and this year, he presents Magical Bones: Soulful Magic Volume Two at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Having paved his career in dance and street magic, Magical Bones combines the two in a magic show with style, whereby he charms the audience with his impressive people skills.

Sleight of hand is his show piece here, transforming items before your very eyes with tricks being met with many a gasp and exclamations of amazement.

Each magician has their own style and Magical Bone’s taste for the informal is on show here. He is chatty, comical and entertaining - a showman. That being said, at times when the build up is longer than the tricks themselves, it feels like a little bit of storytelling to link it all together would be beneficial.

Magical Bones is a magician with flair but perhaps as a soloist with only a few props and a single close up camera, he becomes a little lost in the rather vast space. He is true to his street magician roots, nonetheless, and the tricks that inspire him.

*** Three stars

Reviewed by: Rebecca Wallis

Magical Bones: Soulful Magic - Volume Two plays in the Cowbarn at Underbelly Bristo Square until 26 August.