What looks like a traditional pub from the outside has a hidden theatre around the back. Smoke and Mirrors is just metres away from the Hippodrome but being tucked away on a side street it can easily be missed.
After a night of comedy, cocktails, magic and music I vowed to return to this hidden gem offering something unique while still just as accessible as any other pub in the city. Mark Bennett was the stand-up magician performing that evening and in the 40-seater intimate mini theatre, audience participation ended up involving almost everyone in the room.
The atmosphere was far more relaxed than your usual theatre experience with everyone having their own table for food and drink. Mark Bennett will have you laughing so hard, there will be tears streaming down your face and just as you think he was simply making a joke you suddenly realise that he’s also done a trick and you're left wondering, ‘how did he do that?’
