This was not so much a show as a guy performing magic at a kid’s birthday party. Brett Oddly hangs his performance on the a story about Houdini’s Canadian tour in 1923, but it’s not well told, nor researched from what I could tell. The illusions were fine, but not necessarily engaging.

You can often tell how a performer is connecting (or not) with their audience when they call for volunteers. In Oddly’s case, he had a tough time finding anyone willing to participate from a sold-out house.

All in all, it wasn’t a great show, but some of the tricks were fun.