NEXT Thursday Runcorn is set to play host to what is being dubbed as “The World’s Most Dangerous Magic Show”.

X-Treme Magic features a cast of the world’s most renowned illusionists and magicians, with the event at The Brindley Theatre being headlined by ‘The Sooty Show’ performer and Master Illusionist Richard Cadell.

The thrilling show will feature motorcycles appearing from thin air, straightjacket escape attempts while hung from a burning rope, and Russian Roulette being played with sticks of dynamite.

Cadell, a Gold Star Member of the Inner Magic Circle, says that the show is “thrilling magic, the scale of which has never been seen in the UK before.” X-Treme Magic, which was created in Las Vegas and rehearsed over a two-year period, combines circus skills with dangerous stunts to create edge-of-your-seat illusions and magic.

Joining Cadell in the supporting cast is Richard Jones, the only magician to have ever won ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. As well as this, the show features ‘Penn & Teller’s ‘Fool Us’’ star John Archer, the international award-winning quick-change artiste Solange Kardinaly, and Arkadio José, an acclaimed manipulator making his first ever UK debut on this tour.

Producer James Shone said that the show “promises to be one of the finest productions there is” with “leading magicians and illusionists in the industry who have helped to create a remarkable production”.

Tickets for X-Treme Magic on October 20 are on sale now at the Brindley Theatre in Runcorn