It's rare that a magic show gets a standing ovation, particularly from an audience of magicians, but that is the moment no one who attended MAGIC Live in 2009 will forget. The entire audience burst into applause and stood en masse to show their appreciation. It was loud and long and well deserved. The magician on the receiving end of that adulation was Guy Hollingworth, slightly apprehensive before the show and now wrapped in a smile. The reason for the ovation was his new show The Expert at the Card Table, a dramatic exploration into the mind and world of the murdering cardsharp Milton Franklin Andrews. The show lasted an hour but the work that went into creating it took twelve years. This is the remarkable story of how it all came about.
