INTERVIEW
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By David PE
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24
A
fter seeing the
show last
Our tour starts
night, it’s now
in his office whi
early morning
ch is
designed to look
and I Uber my
way over to
like a magic sh
op.
Criss Angel Stud
ios. A ten-foot
high wall surrou
Criss:
nds the entire
facility,
comprising of
I went to my fir
60,000 square fo
st magic shop
ot of
operation spac
, which
was in Hicksvi
e. I press for ac
lle
, and it was ca
ce
ss and
I’m buzzed in by
lled
Th
e Magic Shop,
security. I’m then
owned by two
met
by a member of
men
na
med Phil and H
Criss’ team who
owie. I’ll never
asks
me to sign a no
fo
rget the feelin
n-disclosure ag
g when I first w
reement, insi
and I am remin
alked
de. I was ench
ded that I am ab
anted. To the le
ou
t to
get a level of ac
ft of
th
e door were al
cess that no m
l these antique
agazine
or interviewer
sm
er
allpieces of mag
has been given
ic, and I remem
before.
What follows is
ber
seeing them, bu
a selection of qu
t they weren’t
estions
and responses
for sale.
I went there fir
that I was able
st
when I was ab
to
th
at Criss whilst he
row
out 10
or
11 years old …
gave me a guid
then fast-forw
ed tour two
of his incredibly
ard
or three years
facility.
ago when unfo
nately bricks an
rtud mortar style
shops