Magic Matt and the Naked Assistant

‘Matt and the naked assistant’ is a generous, hour-long, adult magic show presented nightly at 6.30, in the Treasury Building Cabaret Room, between Hay Street and St George’s Terrace, Perth. Tonight, the 14^th February, is the final show.

 

       Matt Penny has been presenting magic for years, and has a huge cult following, however this is the first time I have seen his ‘adults only’ show. With the style of Tommy Cooper he blunders his way through a myriad of very different styles of tricks, and always comes out the other end leaving the audience open mouthed.

      He peppers the show with jokes that will make you cringe, but roar with laughter. I have seen Matt’s show several times before, and each time the tricks are new and mindboggling.

      This time we were promised a naked assistant, many suspected it would be his male assistant, but no, he presented the genuinely beautiful ‘Megan’. Very quickly it became obvious that she wasn’t a bimbo that simply points as the illusions take place, she acted as stage manager, and appeared well versed in the magic routine. She then carried out, for the first time in Australia, the Ursula Martinez striptease trick. The little red handkerchief vanished and reappeared with astonishing ease considering that she was wearing only her birthday suit. Megan then carried on to perform several other tricks most competently. Her magic was so good that it was easy to forget that she was nude. At one stage the sparks started to fly – but I won’t say from where! As the ovation told her, Megan can be proud of her performance at all levels.

The act finished with a duet, and wild applause. A great night of fun from two entertaining magicians.