Im putting my review here because when I tried to post it in the 'reviews' section I got an error message saying only moderators can post there. Mods feel free to move this in there if you want to
The first event of the night was the tour. The building is really amazing (if difficult to find lol). It is on the first floor above and behind a shop. The entire building leans to one side which is noticable from inside. There are some amazing features here including a massive 3 panel stained glass window from the early 1900s and an ornate carved wooden chair which is said to have healing powers. You can also handle a wooden statue that apparently flew off the mantle piece and hit a Frightnights researcher on the head!
After that, there is a buffet in a small dining room. The ceiling of this room is painted, much like the style of the Cistine Chapel and is original except for the centre piece (which has a very interesting tale....) The buffet meal was good. I informed them that I am vegetarian and was well catered for
They had tea, coffe and juice on offer as well as wine, which I appreciated (as a coffee-holic )
Paul and Martin both gave tarot card readings in this room. My reading was with Paul. It was very accurate, although I wish they'd used a different room so that the sitter had more privacy.
The magic tricks Paul did were mostly classic magic effects. Im glad to see people still enjoy them. The fork bending was a suprise, given the context of the other effects and was the most amazing trick he did (according to my mum). Among the effects used were out of this world and a spectator cuts the aces (using only the black aces). There was also a routine with esp cards where the spectator picks a face down card, followed by the magician and this is repeated 5 times. When the cards are turned over each card matches the relevant card in the other pile.
The last thing on the itinery was the seance. First there were a few (successful) attempts at glass moving (like a ouija board, without the board itself). After that was a seance where all the participents held hands around a table. In the centre was a glow in the dark ball. ALthough it did't move lots of other spooky things happened
I'd give this event a definate thumbs up and I'm looking at going to another event like this at the same venue. 9/10!
