A Game of Life & Death by David Parr

A Game of Life & Death is a playfully macabre piece of close-up magic in which someone from the audience is invited to play a game of cards with the Grim Reaper. It’s like a little one-act play, a refreshingly different card routine that engages the audience in a fun and suspenseful narrative.

Care to join the Grim Reaper in a friendly game of Cut the Cards? Take care: the Reaper has played this game many times…

What’s this? You’ve won! A mortal has cheated Death!

But there’s a secret to reveal: the Reaper knew the outcome of the game before it even started!