One of the highlights of The Melbourne Magic Festival is the annual Close Up Magic Gala Show. Every year it sells out, and every year it gets better and better. This year Josh Staley hosted the event and Tim Ellis performed some incredible effects from his Laneway Theatre show ‘Spellbinder‘ with a committee from the audience on stage with him and everything projected to huge screens thanks to Ron Dorre.
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