Ava Beaux — The Witching Hour 4**** - One4Review
one4review | On 27, Aug 2026
The self-proclaimed witch of West London is back with a new hour of mystery, mischief and magic, inviting us into her slightly skewed world of sleight of hand, disappearing audience possessions, card and rope tricks, and a surprising number of eggs left to her by a great aunt.
Beaux is an engaging guide through it all, performing with a mesmerising ingenuity that has you wondering, despite yourself, whether some of this stuff might actually be possible. There’s also beautifully phrased reading of a classic gothic piece, and a devilish 80s toy deception.
And then there’s the silliness. Because really, who doesn’t want to see a painted egg flying around as if it has been training for this moment its entire life?
But the real joy isn’t the tricks, good though they are; it’s the charismatic Beaux herself. She’s playful, mischievous and slightly unearthly, like Glinda from The Wizard of Oz after taking a wrong turn and wandering into an alternate dimension where the laws of physics are more of a loose suggestion.
It’s a great, thoroughly charming hour, full of wit, warmth and wonderfully odd ideas, performed by someone who clearly loves what she does.
4 stars ****
Reviewed by Steve H.
Speakeasy at PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
Until 30th August
16:50 – 17:50

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