I didn't know what to expect when I went to see the Illusionist Arturo Brachetti in his show Change, and I was in for quite a surprise. The show isn't anything I have seen before. As the curtains opened, the slightly built Arturo Brachetti came onto the stage sizzling with energy, dressed in a business suit - nothing unusual in that, but within in few seconds he had changed his costume completely - and he was Johnny Rotten and then the Queen. There were so many costume changes in just a few minutes that I couldn't believe what was happening in front of my eyes.

How can this man change completely from head to toe - wigs, shoes, trousers, tops - the lot, in a spin of a turn? The longest his quick-fire change took was 15 seconds and the quickest was three, I know, I counted. One moment he was standing centre stage in a black suit then with a puff of smoke or a sprinkling of confetti falling to the ground and masking him, he has morphed into another character. As his quick change became more and more unbelievable, I could hear quiet murmurs of 'how did he do that?' ripple through the auditorium Arturo Brachetti is the best illusionist I have seen.

The show, written and directed by Sean Foley (The Play What I Wrote) is jaw-dropping stuff, quite literally. The 51 year-old illusionist from Italy grips his audience so that there is never a dull moment. And when you think one change was unbelievable he tops it with something else. In one sketch he goes through a repertoire of classic movie characters - changing from Carmen Miranda, Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music, Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain.

His act stems from the music hall and good traditional vaudeville acts. Even his less complicated traditional routines where he changes into 20 characters in two minutes by just using a hat, is equally entertaining . Some of his acts he informs the audience date back to the 17th Century. And the shadow puppetry sequence where he animates dogs, cats and elephants with his hands proves that the old fashioned simple art of trickery can be just as entertaining as high tech stunts.

Arturo Brachetti Change is a wonderful family show that would suite anyone from eight to 80.

Garrick Theatre until January 3