Sherlock Holmes: The Best Kept Secret " review
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsThe celebrated illusionist David Devant (1868-1941) recommended stringing magical feats like beads along a thread of dramatic interest. Writer Mark Catley does just this. Helped by contemporary magician Scott Penrose, he punctuates his newly minted Sherlock story with gasp-inducing tricks. That these effects work so well is due both to their excellent execution and to the suitably spook…