'THE Magic Boy' tells the story of Adam (Malcolm Adams), a civil servant who cares for his elderly mother. His world is transformed by a random encounter with a woman named Eve, which, like a magic trick in itself, changes what he believes to be real about himself into something else entirely.The secret, of course, is love, the ultimate sleight of hand; and in trying to explain it through his utterly compelling narrative, Adams draws the audience into the story so that we absolutely believe each twist and turn. It is this sense of constant wonder that makes this production so beguiling. It is an elegant, subtle performance from him, with all the bravura of a trickster on stage, and all the grey normality of the ordinary man hiding behind it. - Mary Coll
