Review Centre: Comedians

"Todd is a wonderful, gifted performer. You can’t go wrong booking him at your events. He can perform corporate clean, but still leave the audience in stitches. Todd is easy to work with and a consummate professional. On time, well dressed and is great with an audience or one-on-one."

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"Very easy to work with. Perfect performance for 200+ high school seniors and chaperones. Would definitely work with him again."

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"Thought I caught on to him at Texas Roadhouse until he upped the intensity. Left me confused and befuddled. Great show!!!"

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"We booked Chris for a Halloween family day in October 2022. He was absolutely amazing! Such a wonderful person and a natural entertainer, we highly recommend as we will be booking him again."

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"Denny More recently performed at my home, and I can't say enough about how incredible the experience was! From the moment he arrived, he brought a warm and engaging energy that instantly connected with everyone in the room. His blend of magic and mentalism left us all spellbound and questioning reality. The show was a perfect mix of astonishing tricks, humor, and personal touches, making it feel like the performance was tailored just for us. Denny went above and beyond to ensure everyone, regardless of age, was entertained and engaged. The mind-reading tricks were particularly mind-blowing, guests are still talking about it! If you're looking for entertainment that combines excitement, mystery, and a truly personal touch, I highly recommend inviting Denny for an unforgettable experience. We will be talking about this show for a long time!"

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"We had the pleasure of seeing Chris P Tee yesterday at a park fun day - he ran two separate shows and my 4 year old was completely transfixed through both. I’ve never seen him sit so still and be so engaged. He loved cheeky chops the puppet and the magic. Would definitely recommend Chris and would love to hire him for a kids party some day if I could. Thanks Chris!!"

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"Serendipity is what you’re aiming for in Edinburgh: a happy discovery out of the blue. Yes, it sounds like a paradox, like “expect the unexpected”. But up here, you must not just expect it, but welcome it. So if you hear, for instance (in a genu-ine example from a few years ago), of a 15-minute musical about a stewardess called The Jolly Folly Of Polly The Scottish Trolley Dolly playing in a minor venue towards the bottom of the Royal Mile, well, it’s not much time or money, so you’ve nothing to lose by taking a punt on it. And if you’re staggering across the Royal Mile in the small hours and meet a crowd of drunken loud¬mouths, wait for a couple of minutes before writing them off: it could be comedian Arthur Smith’s legendary Alternative Walking Tour. This event, though, is now in semi-retirement following an incident in 2000 when the reeling mob was mistaken for a bunch of nocturnal anti-Ann Widdecombe protesters (no, honestly), which led to the arrest of comic Simon Munnery for assaulting a police offi¬cer . . . “assaulting” in the sense of getting in the way of the cop’s body- charge. (Munnery’s tried and acquittal were amusing, too, but took place outside Festival season.) The true Edinburgh expe-rience is being knocked side-ways by a show, trying to explain it to others and real-ising that there’s no way you can do so and still sound remotely compos mentis, such as the piece about 10 years ago which consisted of a Hungarian woman in a sealed Perspex tank, per¬forming a dance routine whose duration and moves were limited by the available air in the box. If I were to say that last week I was affected beyond words by a Polish theatre company singing the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh in the strange polyphonic harmonies of southern Albania, you’d no doubt wonder whether I’ve been getting enough sleep lately. Yet Chronicles: A Lamenta-tion by the Piesn Kozla com-pany is a remarkable piece admirable and impressive, though hardly shattering. And then, walking away from the venue a few min¬utes after it was over, I had to stop in my tracks: I was fighting back tears, for no reason I could identify. Somehow the piece had bypassed the conscious areas of my mind and tapped into the well of basic emotion. Harrowing stuff. But the main discovery of the month so far is altogether more joy-ous: a bunch of Ukrainian paper-tearing clowns: Around 1990, Italian “ori¬gami impressionist” Ennio Marchetto was the hit of the Fringe, performing a series of mime impersonations while wearing amazingly intricate costumes he had constructed out of card¬board. Marchetto returns this weekend for the first time in several years, but he may find his thunder already stolen by the Mim-I- Richi company and their show Paper World. Not that their show is as painstakingly designed . . . dean me, no. They sim¬ply tear loads of plain paper up and play with it. And I mean loads: possibly around an acre of the stuff per show. You walk into the theatre, see a huge paper backdrop and think, “Ah, that’ll be the climax of the show.” Not a bit of it: it’s already in shreds after half an hour, and the fun keeps coming. Mim-I-Richi’s discovery is a simple one: tear paper, crumple it up, and you can pretend it’s just about any-thing: a football, a baby, a maneating monster, what¬ever. It’s the same sort of aesthetic which has informed many of designer Julian Crouch’s projects in the UK with Improbable Theatre, but more endear¬ingly ramshackle. Also like Improbable, Mim-I-Richi relishes the spontaneous and unexpected; it’s that shared delight in the moment which is at the heart of the best clowning. The players go to great lengths to involve the audience in their show, and are happy to take ideas and run with them, even when the “idea” is an uncontroRa- ble little boy in the front row who won’t stop flinging balls of paper back at them. For this isn’t enforced audience participation of the “let’s pretend we’re having fun” kind. The four perform-ers manage to get hundreds of people in the Pod Deco’s main space all pratting about gleefully like kids in a playground; they create an atmosphere of free play that is intensely liberating, and make sure that every single person in the house is car¬ried along. All that without a single word of dialogue. People by the hundred are discovering Mim-I-Richi up here, but that doesn’t make the joy of serendipity any less when you find them yourself."

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"Thank you Ken Margoe for an incredible night of comedy magic. You were an absolute delight to work with and produced a high caliber and interactive show that engaged the audience. "

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"Dylan was really funny, he did a great show, was very responsive to emails. He made doing a virtual show look like a breeze and had everyone laughing. I’ve got so much positive feedback from the show and look forward to booking him again, and recommending him to everyone!"

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"We had about 60 of our closest friends in the apartments great room for a triple Birthday party. Ages 18-30 and MerMan killed it! We had so much fun and he even received a standing Ovation when he was done. He blew us all away with his magic and one of my friends said she laughed so hard she thought she might have peed a little bit. We had such a great time. Hiring MerMan was the best decision we could have made. DO yourself a favor and hIre him right now!!!!!!!!!!"

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"When I was a student in high school, Denny used to perform his hypnotist show for us and it was so funny and memorable that now as a high school staff member, I couldn't wait to bring him back for my students. His show was hilarious and lived up to every expectation. It was exactly the mental health break and senior celebration we needed, and the students loved it. I have never seen 400 students so captivated in an assembly. I hope to have him back - highly recommend!"

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"Completely smooth collaboration with a show in Miami! Speedy replies made for an easy show confirmation. And best of all a satisfied customer!"

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"MimiRichi-Paper World in Beijing will be held at Beijing Youth Theatre. Before their appearance on the world scene, the MimiRichi toured the territory of the Soviet Union. Victories and prizes gained at different festivals and competitions have brought a huge popularity to actors. They were granted the status of professional Theatre in the 1989. In 1991 they were included into the World Clown Association in Bognor Regis (Great Britain).The professionalism of the Theatre has been confirmed by the Gold Prize obtaining at the 1-st International Contest of Actors of a Variety show in Stuttgart. This event influenced the direction of their creative work. Later there were other countries and the competitions, new awards and the achievements, memorable meetings and joint performances with “Mini-Max”, Dimitri, Olli, Hardy Hatter, Jango Edwards, “Kolombaoni”, Polunin, “Licedei” and many other stars of the present. The MimiRichi name means a rich mimicry and plastic, they help actors not only to attract attention but also to be various in their shows in any country of the world, irrespective of an age category. The MimiRichi theatre of a plastic comedy has already obtained world recognition, touring and continuing to give concerts in the Europe, South America, Japan, Germany and other countries. A white sheet of paper is always considered a symbol of endless creative abilities, which gives an incredible freedom to the imagination. Many works of art begin with a clean sheet of paper. Mimirichi theatre proves that a sheet of paper conceals no fewer opportunities for the theatre. In their production Paper World it is transformed into a great source of acting and improvisation. That simply delights in being able to create their paradoxical images almost out of nothing."

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"We are most grateful to you for putting in your time to come into our Library to entertain and amaze so many of our children! Without you, the day would have been so much less successful! We had the biggest Saturday crowd we have ever seen in the library: 855 people, on the day. From our viewpoint, having you there on the day made it an exciting and interactive day, and your enthusiasm and willingness to come was a real tonic to our efforts. We truly hope that the great relationship between Blaze Magic and the Nerang Library will continue into future events."

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"Johnny G performed at my sons 7th birthday party this weekend. My son absolutely LOVED all of the acts, magic, balloons and dancing! All the children loved it and were entertained by Johnny for a solid hour and a half. Johnny was hilarious, entertaining and a great performer! Everyone had a fantastic time kids and adults! Thanks again for making his birthday party a good one!!"

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