The new crop of gritty, dark and yet funny magicians is discussed in an article from Metro.co.uk which profiles Barry And Stuart (above); Pete Firman (above right); Jerry Sadowitz (below right). "Magic, once the home of cheese and shazam, is cool again. It's also dark, dirty and disturbing. Jesus might have been a kick-ass magician, but this latest crop of thaumaturgists are the devil's work," says Mickey Noonan.  'I guess it's the closest comparison to what we do,' affirms MacLeod. 'It's a throwback to vaudeville but with a dark edge, and that notion of subverting a trick by making it bloody really appeals to us.'