This lecture ranks up there with the best I've seen at Penguin - and I've seen some good ones. David
Parr is a thinking mans' magician and shared really well crafted routines honed over years of
performance.
His Swindled routine was one of the highlights of his lecture and perfectly
illustrates how a routine evolves over time in a working performer's hands.
The origami
bird and Dinner with the Borgias are brilliant stand-up routines that look very commercial - and I
could imagine them playing extremely well for real audiences.
Parr's lecture delivered
complete routines with fully fleshed-out presentations. You can certainly tell the difference
between prepared performers,experienced lecturers and performers with less "stage time".
Awesome lecture: a pleasure to watch ... entertaining and enlightening.