Magician Mark Mitton Performs “Deception / Perception” in Princeton

Master magician Mark Mitton wants to WOW! you — not just with his amazing skills of sleight-of-hand — but with the wonder of playing at the limits of your own brain. In the course of the show “Deception / Perception,” audience members will learn three magic tricks that reveal the inner workings of the brain, they’ll get what they need to share the tricks with friends, and they’ll also take away a better understanding of what makes you say “WOW!”

For the past twenty-five years, Mark Mitton has been dazzling audiences around the world with his unique magic-comedy performances combining mind-boggling sleight-of-hand, uncanny stunts, and a keen interest in neuroscience. Mark’s real-time versatility and charming improvisational style put him in high demand for VIP gatherings of celebrities, business leaders, star athletes and Nobel-prize winners at both intimate and large-scale events. He regularly performs at one of the hottest (too hot to even name!) nightclubs in New York City, where he has entertained Sting, John Mayer, Beyoncé and others.

As a magic and special effects consultant, Mark has made Will Smith appear in the middle of Times Square, directed a freak-show opening act circus for Aerosmith, and taught sleight-of-hand to John Travolta, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow. He has created magic for film, TV, the Broadway stage, and the Public Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park.

Mark Mitton’s “Deception/Perception” is presented by the Princeton Theatre Experiment and the Arts Council of Princeton on Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for Arts Council members, students, and seniors. The event will take place in the Solley Theater at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ. Parking is available in the Spring and Hulfish Street Garages as well as metered parking along Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. To purchase tickets, please call (609) 924-8777 or visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), founded in 1967, is a non-profit organization with a mission of Building Community through the Arts. Housed in the landmark Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, the ACP fulfills its mission by presenting a wide range of programs including exhibitions, performances, free community cultural events, and studio-based classes and workshops in the visual, performing and literary arts. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality, engaging, affordable and accessible for the diverse population in the greater Princeton region.

For more information, please contact Todd Reichart, Artistic Director, Princeton Theatre Experiment at (609) 577-3184 or todd@toddreichart.com.