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I ran into Brian several times during the course of Fringe previews and knew at once that The Pizpor Show was a show I wanted to see. I caught his 4 PM performance yesterday before heading off to prep for my 7 PM show.

Are you looking for a great show? Then you're in the wrong place 'cause this one is Pizpor. Actually, that's not true, this show is wonderful! Pizpor's delightful and self-effacing banter belies the true skill behind his magic act. You'll see some classics like the rope trick and the cup and balls, plus a twist on the old "saw a person in half" trick (and this version is much funnier). We were all rolling in the aisles at this show, and the audience though small was incredibly responsive. Like myself they were all roped in from the first moment. Pizpor knows how to show the audience a good time and his sparkling performance deserves far larger audiences than it received on Sunday afternoon. A must see - 5 out of 5 stars.

Wrapping up from Saturday: After performing my own show back-to-back, I managed to make it over to Illusion Theater just in time for their 10 PM performance of The Flickering Wall, one of this year's other bring-your-own-venue (BYOV) productions.

This was one of the most unique productions I've ever seen, one which truly made the most of its site-specific nature. The show takes you through all of the back corners of the Illusion Theater (which is an amazing space) as a variety of different story threads converge around you culminating in... well I don't want to give away the ending of this truly remarkable show. In fact it's one of those shows I'd like to see a second time, as I'm sure I didn't catch everything the first time around. Definitely a must-see. 5 out of 5 stars