Rob Drummond will have been lucky to make it through every performance of Bullet Catch without lacerating his hand, such is the trust he places in his audience volunteers.

Combining theatrics, magic and mindreading, he took us on a journey of intriguing tricks and reasoning to the loose narrative of a magician who died attempting to catch a bullet between his teeth 100 years ago.

Starting with harmless psychic tricks, he built to the point of asking his nominee to choose from a series of upturned paper bags, one of which hid the shattered end of a glass bottle. He then systematically crushed all but one with the palm of his hand.

Drummond played with luck and chance like they were begging to be put through the mill – the rest of us adhere to treating these abstract terms with simple reverence.

His method – the entertainer’s way – served up a real show, even if the magic wasn’t entirely believable.

The show reached its eponymous climax when Drummond faced a handgun (again held by his volunteer) and payed homage to his character of 100 years prior.

It’s edge-of-your-seat stuff which, hopefully for him, won’t have concluded one night with a bloody ending.