So, there I was doing my usual close-up set in a restaurant last night, you know the trick where a magician sticks a pen through a borrowed bank note? I've performed this loads of times but nothing prepared me for what happened next.
I actually ripped the borrowed £5 clean into two that a lady had just lent me! She did not seem at all impressed but her daughter seemed to have more faith in me magic than I did - she re-assured her mother telling her it was "only a trick and not to worry".
I'll admit now, this was not a trick! Further more I haven't learn torn and restored bank note yet - there I was with each side of the ladies note in either hand, for real!
I casually folded it up and placed into my pocket and moved onto another trick, the lady had a genuine concern for her £5 (as I did too!!) - without giving too much away, for the first time in my career, it was time to perform the impromptu 'Torn and Restored Bank Note'; I'm not sure if such a version exists, but it does now.
Luckily it worked, I managed to complete the set with sticking the pen through the £5 and restoring it again for the 2nd time that evening. I gave the lady back her £5, who was gobsmacked.... so was I!
