What We Talk About When We Talk About Magic
Friday 15 May 18:00 until 19:30
University of Sussex Campus : Jane Attenborough Studio, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Speaker: Vincent Gambini (Augusto Corrieri)
Part of the series: Festival of Ideas
A unique performance sharing and audience Q&A.
What do we mean when we say that something magical happened in our lives? Are magicians really doing magic, or is it something else?
Join critically acclaimed sleight-of hand artist Vincent Gambini for an unmissable chance to peek behind the wizard's curtain. You are invited to discover how a magician goes about developing a new theatre show, and to offer your own take on magic and illusion. Premiering at the Brighton festival, Gambini will be performing new material from his current project on theatre and magic. Expect astonishing card tricks, baffling poetic incantations, and a story about a talking pigeon.
The event will feature a special Q&A hosted by award- winning performance maker Ocean Hester Stefan Chillingworth: together with the audience, we will delve deeper and try and answer the question: what do we talk about when we talk about magic?
Vincent Gambini is a pseudonym of Augusto Corrieri, Associate Professor in Theatre at the University of Sussex"
By: Taylor Elizabeth Lodge
Last updated: Wednesday, 18 February 2026

