Isabel Fay

Magic Steve Press Release

"I'm Annette Cadabra - Magic Steve's lovely assistant! He let me write this cos I'm like the new Debbie McGee, only better c0z I can write press releasers."

Annette Cadabra is the perfect magician’s assistant – young, glamorous, naïve and bendy. After sheltered upbringing in sleepy old Wiltshire, the show with Magic Steve is her big show biz break. Annette is extremely excited about the glitz and glamour of the Edinburgh Fringe - she’s got a new spangly costume and everything.

As soon as Magic Steve turns up they can get on with the show. He’d better turn up soon, mind, or lovely Annette is going to be left not only with the body, but the knives too…

Annette would be thrilled to be centre stage at last. Hyperpathetically, if she did have to cover for Steve it would launch her into the big time, wouldn’t it? Yes it probably would. But that pesky Frank, Magic Steve’s arch nemesis, is using his hypnotic powers of persuasion over the hapless Annette. So she’s going to find out that not everyone can be sawn in half and survive. has found a new way into the popular mainstream with David Blaine holding his breath and not. And Magician’s assistants don’t begin and end with the lovely Debbie McGee – Page stunner Linda Lusardi and Faye Tozer from Steps have both been assistants. Scarlet Johansson playing a Magician’s Assistant in forthcoming film The Prestige. And the odd Supermodel has fallen the spell of a Magician’s charms. It’s not all getting into tiny boxes and being Miss Lovely Legs, though that’s a big part of the job...

Steve’s Disappearing Act is the gloriously funny creation of Isabel Fay. Isabel is a Fringe Stalwart; her prior appearances include Arthur Smith’s Swan Lake (2005) Shakespeare for Breakfast, sell out kiddie shows Bagpuss, The Little Mermaid, and of course Dude! Where’s My Teddy 2006 sees Isabel’s debut as a solo writer performer in her sharply observed character piece, which she’s been learning a few tricks of her own.

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