The final component of Magic Immersive is the live stage show. VIP and premier audience members sit in long banks facing each other, with other audience members milling about below on the floor. At each end of the performance venue are two large stages where magicians perform an array of big-scale stage illusions. Over the 45-minute performance, new illusions are performed alongside historic tricks like the bullet catch, levitation, and a water escape just feet away from audience members. If you’re on the opposite side from where the action happens to be occurring, large television screens ensure that you have a front-row seat to each trick.
Lighthouse Immersive Presents a Sample Platter of Illusions
Lighthouse Immersive has crammed a broad array of illusions, history, and tricks into its fast-moving hour-and-a-half long experience. At its heart, the experience is more akin to a sample platter of various styles and types of magic, rather than a full-course meal. To this reviewer, the array translated to a sometimes-disjointed experience, even if the illusions on display were both exciting and mesmerizing. However, for families with kids with shorter attention spans who’d rather experience more breadth than depth, Magic Immersive could be just the ticket. As an immersive foray into magic’s rich history, this sample platter is a worthy appetizer before graduating to shows at Chicago Magic Lounge or the Palmer House Hotel.
