Sorcerer’s Apprentice Episode Five
"some people are just not cut out to be magicians"
Episode five brings us to the final days of the first week, and the toughest test yet for the sorcerees. They are summoned to the theatre by Sorcerer Max Somerset and told that “the next 24 hours will be the most defining time of their stay in the school. Tomorrow each of you will perform against each other in front of a live audience.”. They can choose to perform any of the tricks they have been previously taught. He points out that from this day on it is every sorceree for them self, rather than boys vs girls.
In true reality show fashion they all have to pack up their belongings into bags, as any of them could be asked to leave. After this, the rest of the day is spent choosing the effect they are going to perform and practicing on stage to Mr Knight. While deciding their ‘look’ on stage Mehmet decides upon a red mask and cape. Shortly after Sam is seen to be wearing a rather similar mask and cape presumably after copying Mehmet. Miss Evans is far from impressed by the rehearsal but hopes that the old adage “Bad rehearsal, good show” holds true.
During lunch Max announces that the audience will be made up of the sorcerees’ families and he brings out a bag full of numbered balls and each of the sorcerees draw from it to determine their order on stage for the performance. No one wants to be first on stage, and when Rebecca finally draws number one it brings her to tears (again). They are given the advice of “don’t let the audience faze you”.
And so we move on to the live performance. It begins with a magical introduction by Max who explains to the parents that the students have been shown vanishing and reappearance, illustrated by vanishing a cane that reappears in Miss Evans’ hand. Penetration was demonstrated with linking rings, and transformation by turning fire into potatoes by virtue of a dove-pan. The students then take the stage beginning with Rebecca demonstrating the limes and lemons trick using the theme of eating 5 fruit or vegetables a day. Mehmet gets a laugh coming onto stage wearing an enormous turban, and calling himself Small-dini. Ellie uses the magic command “cheezy-wheezy, easy peasy” to perform her trick, and then Harvey takes the stage to perform the silk into an egg trick. He manages to drop his fake egg onto the floor, and we wonder if we are going to see a repeat of the previous day’s storming off stage. He decides the show must go on, and finishes his trick. The drama continues when Megan, performing the eggs into balloons trick, forgets to bring her pin on stage to pop them at the end. She manages to keep the audience entertained, rushes off-stage to get a pin, and returns to complete the trick.
After the performances the Sorcerer, Mr Knight and Miss Evans retire to decide who stays and who goes, while the kids are briefly reunited with their families. With Max Somerset exclaiming “some people are just not cut out to be magicians” they return with the results. The four sorcerees who have to leave are to be Harvey, Rebecca (the one we haven’t seen much of), Sam and Ceanne. The other ten return to the school to continue into the second week.
Technorati: Magic max somerset, sophie evans, sorcerers apprentice, tariq knight, television
