Magicians will celebrate a century of sawing people in half with an online event looking at the history of the trick.
This weekend will mark 100 years since PT Selbit completed the trick at the Finsbury Park Empire – it has been a mainstay of the magic scene ever since.
Charlie Burgess, an amateur magician from the Magic Circle, will be part of an online event hosted by the group to celebrate the milestone on Sunday.
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“We got together some historians to talk about the effect and it’s place and history,” Mr Burgess told the PA news agency. “(We will) also be showing some of those different effects that have been used over the years.