Keith Barry faints!!!!!

cruhoortwunk

He fainted onstage in one of his tricks. This is cutting edge stuff and really makes me want to get a ticket to his show

Sound familiar?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=73763875

the groutch

WHO???

Jesus Wept

I really don't understand how anyone would pay money to see this guy.

Pushtrak

Apparently he is a mentalist.

Don't know why he'd be proud/get paid for that.

Pottler

Sadly, they revived him. ah well..

Immaculate Pasta

This is the worst news I've heard in five years.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I wish Keith would reveal the tricks of the trade to me personally. I fancy having his career.

some random drunk

the groutch wrote: »

WHO???

Kevin Barry, he was one of the 1916 leaders.

Pedant

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

This is cutting edge stuff and really makes me want to get a ticket to his show

That's exactly what he wants you to think. In reality it is all money making based on common mind tricks.

Caiseoipe19

some random drunk wrote: »

Kevin Barry, he was one of the 1916 leaders.

No he wasn't.

Tombo2001

how come there are so many things in ireland that are very popular but nobody will admit to liking. whats going on.....how does that work? magic trick maybe.

B.A._Baracus

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/barry-blacks-out-as-rope-stunt-goes-horribly-wrong-2844169.html (2011 article)

ILLUSIONIST Keith Barry lost consciousness when a stunt before hundreds of fans went horribly wrong.
An audience at Dublin's Olympia Theatre looked on as Barry found himself unable to breathe, tied to a chair and with no control over his hands or legs.
He admitted last night that he may have pushed things too far.
"I wouldn't say it was a near-death experience, but it certainly wasn't a good experience."
In the dangerous escape trick, which comes at the climax of his show 'Eight Deadly Sins', the Waterford-born entertainer offers €500 to two members of his audience if they can successfully tie him to a chair.
"Basically I find the two strongest guys in the audience and give them 100ft of rope. Then I tell them to tie me any way they want to a chair, pretty much with no rules, and then they wrap my head in cling film so I can't breathe at all. The idea then is that I have to get out in less time than it took them to tie me up."
But things began to go wrong last weekend when the cling film was wrapped around Barry's face too many times.
"They tied me up so tight, that I couldn't get out so I blacked out, probably for about five seconds."
Despite losing control over his arms and legs Barry explained that he knew his only chance of recovering was to remain calm.
"If fear overcomes you then you're not going to get out."
Eventually Barry recovered sufficiently to free his arms and rip the cling film from his mouth and nose.
Once free, Barry handed over the €500 reward to the two audience members as promised.
"I failed. People ask if there's a trick to this. There's no trick to this. It took me about a full minute over the time allotted so I had to pay them off on the spot, 250 quid each."
Happily, the 34-year-old only has to perform the trick two more times at his final shows at the Olympia this Friday and Saturday.

Hmmm.... can you say publicity stunt?

I mean he "faints" duing the middle of a trick. Not just whilst randomly on-stage. A trick that just so happens to offer 500 euro to people if he cant get out ... which he failed to as he "fainted" .. and it just so happened his last two shows were the following friday and saturday

omahaid

the groutch wrote: »

WHO???

KEITH BARRY

counterlock

omahaid wrote: »

KEITH BARRY

Im pretty sure he was the young fella they shot in in 1920. Is he back doing magic tricks or what?

ComfyKnickers

The guy is brilliant, so what if it's a publicity stunt, he won't be the first to use one and certainly won't be the last!!

Diabhal Beag

Some of the posts here are just awful.

counterlock

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Some of the posts here are just awful.

If you don't like it, you can always just click ;
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And if that doesn't satisfy you, you can try this one
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B.A._Baracus

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/magician-barry-loses-consciousness-after-illusion-goes-wrong-559128.html (14th July 2012 article)

Illusionist Keith Barry had a lucky escape last night when one of his stage tricks went dangerously wrong.

His new show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre had to be cut short when he fell unconscious during a performance.

The trick, in which Mr. Barry is tied to a chair with his face wrapped in cling film, involves the magician untying himself and removing the cling film before the lack of oxygen affects him.

However, at last night's show he collapsed before he could free himself and paramedics were brought onto the stage.

However, Mr Barry's manager said he regained consciousness shortly after the incident and did not require hospital treatment.

And yet again, like last year, he faints as his has only a few shows left. 2 last year and this year 4 left.

djPSB

Why ye all hate Keith Barry?

Nodster

djPSB wrote: »

Why ye all hate Keith Barry?

Exactly, he does a lot of charitable work

some random drunk

Cygnus wrote: »

No he wasn't.

Damn it, I looked it up and you're right. Serves me right for trying to be a smartarse.

girl in the striped socks

Nodster wrote: »

djPSB wrote: »

Why ye all hate Keith Barry?

Exactly, he does a lot of charitable work

So people should automatically like him because he does charitable work?

djPSB

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

So people should automatically like him because he does charitable work?

why do ye hate him?

Caiseoipe19

Someone else said the exact same thing a few weeks back on another thread so you're not the only one that thought he was! His story is quite interesting.

Micky Dolenz

He is an entertainer doing a show. An illusion show, the clue is in the name.

Celeb forum or Magic and illusion forum.

Please read their charters before posting.