Illusion
Dream Team Set To Thrill Auckland
We
hear magicians from all over New Zealand are planning to
come to Auckland to see one of the biggest selling magic
shows on earth today.
22th
May - 2nd June | The Civic, Auckland
Tickets: www.buytickets.co.nz
Or 0800 Buytickets
Performance
Times
Wed to Sat 7.30pm, Saturdays 2pm,
Sundays, 11am & 3pm. Tues 28 May, 6.30pm
If you are planning to see this fabulous magic show make
sure you also attend the Kevin James Auckland only lecture
on Monday 27th May.
The Illusionists:
* The Anti-Conjurer aka Dan Sperry - Shock illusions
* The Enchantress aka Jinger Leigh - Skills of grace
and gravity defiance
* The Escapologist aka Andrew Basso - Death defying
escapes
* The Gentleman aka Mark Kalin - Classic magic reimagined
* The Inventor aka Kevin James - Magic inventions
and ground breaking illusions
* The Mentalist aka Philip Escoffey - Master of the
unexplained
* The Trickster aka Jeff Hobson - Comedy magic
The
biggest selling magic show on earth will appear on The Civic
stage in May for a two week season featuring seven world
grand master magicians in The Illusionists: Witness the
Impossible.
The Illusionists: Witness the Impossible launched
in January 2012 with a sell-out season at Sydney Opera House
reaching an audience of 31,000 in nine days, followed by
a Mexico City eight-day season with an audience of 42,000.
More recently the show packed out Adelaide Festival Centre
and Queensland Performing Arts Centre, and will
visit Auckland before a launching world tour from Londons
West End.
The hand-picked cast of internationally renowned illusionists
together create a blockbuster stage show featuring a stunning
mix of their most outrageous and unbelievable optical illusions
including nail-biting Russian roulette, jaw-dropping acts
of levitation, mind-reading, disappearance and escapes.
This show sees the magicians take their cue from the showmanship
of the great illusionists of the past such as Houdini
- and combine it with contemporary sets, costume design,
technology and live band Z, best known as touring band for
Hip Hop legend NaS, to create a spell-binding family-friendly
blockbuster.
Creative
Producer Simon Painter says the show is a world first, with
each of the seven
international illusionists the best in their niche and together
creating a 21st century stage spectacular that will leave
audiences spellbound.
From Dan Sperrys shock illusions to comedy magician
Jeff Hobson to Escapologist Andrew Basso who performs the
Houdini inspired underwater escape live on stage, there
is no other group of magicians who can deliver the mind-blowing
entertainment that
The Illusionists do at every show.
Kevin James, The Inventor, is the man who created
most of the famous illusions and tricks that youll
see performed anywhere in the world by top magicians, and
we have him bringing his favourite illusions to life as
part of the show. Robbie Macrae, Director of THE EDGE
Performing Arts Centre says that The Illusionists is a magic
show like never before seen in New Zealand and another major
stage show for Auckland and the rest of New Zealand to enjoy.
Were incredibly excited to have secured The
Illusionists for a season at The Civic.
We havent had a blockbuster magic show of this kind
in Auckland before and we know that the theatricality and
artistry of the show will completely astonish our audiences.
To
book or for more information go to:
http://www.the-edge.co.nz/illusionists.aspx
Youtube
clip - The Illusionists - Witness the Impossible http://youtu.be/nAqq_OCC-3Y