(Brendon
Peel)
Brendon Peel certainly delivers an
astonishing, intriguing and quite mind-blowing performance. (Review by Keith
Millar)
Along with a group of friends, all rather
cynical theatre buffs, we headed to the Rhumbelow Theatre in Umbilo last night,
to catch Brendon Peel’s show The
Trickster, wondering if we were not in for some rather old-hat
entertainment. Well, we were all very pleasantly surprised.
Brendon Peel opens his show with the
question – “Is it real or is it all an illusion” – he repeats this again at the
end.
According to my seven year old grandson,
Landon, who saw the magicians show for children, titled Alakazam, earlier this week, Peel “definitely does real magic,
otherwise he would have made us close our eyes.”
Well, with eyes closed or wide open,
Brendon Peel certainly delivers an astonishing, intriguing and quite mind-blowing
performance.
Peel, one of the leaders in his field,
describes himself as a mentalist. He is an engaging, charming young man with a
fine sense of humour and a sharp wit. A veritable boy next door. But beware –
he can read your mind.
This he proves throughout his show, setting
up almost impossible scenarios but somehow always getting the right answer in
the end.
I was quite bamboozled and bewildered as to
how he could memorise the order of an entire pack of cards, and to detect the
missing card, all in a matter of minutes, solve a Rubric Cube while blindfolded
and to identify which word had been randomly selected form the middle of a
book.
These “illusions” along with several others
are all part of this well-structured, interesting and entertaining show, which
includes quite a lot of audience participation and interaction.
To answer the question – Is it real, or is
it and illusion? Well, common sense dictates that it is all an illusion. But,
for goodness sake, how does he do it?
Get to the Rhumbelow Theatre in Umbilo
yourself and see if you can work it out. In either event you won’t be
disappointed.
The
Trickster runs from until March 31 with shows on
Fridays and Saturdays (tonight’s show – March 23, 2019, cancelled) at 20h00 and
Sundays at 14h00. The venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic dinner.
Tickets R150 (R130 pensioners, students
with a valid student card and tables of eight or more). Family Pack Pricing
(R300 for two adults and two children free)
Booking is through Computicket or contact
Roland on 082 499 8636, email roland@stansell.za.net (also for group booking
discounts of 20 or more) or visit http://events.durbantheatre.com
Take along food picnic baskets. Braais will
be available. There is limited secure parking and booking is essential. A cash
bar is available (no alcohol may be brought on to the premises). Rhumbelow
Durban is situated at 42 Cunningham Road off Bartle Road in Umbilo. – Keith Millar
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