This post is continued from the Greg Frewin Las Vegas Magic Review Show – The Theatre post.
The show itself was fantastic. The night I went happened to be their slowest night in weeks, but the crowd was still very vocal. I’m sure when the theatre is packed everything seems that much better. He did several small tricks to start of the show and it seemed as if doves were appearing out of nowhere. The show consisted of mostly larger tricks, as well as several dancing numbers. In between each performance, he would come out and talk. He often would ask questions, and did involve an audience member in a couple of tricks. One of these tricks was with a girl in the audience. She had a $100 bill and he turned it into a $1 bill. After doing so he said, “Welcome to Niagara Falls!” (saying that your money will disappear here). He also made a joke that this is what happens at the casino. This trick was particularly noteworthy because someone came out with a portable video camera, and they displayed a closeup of him doing the trick up on the big screen.
The funniest trick he did was setup by him saying that he had just ordered a new trick and was learning how to do it. An instructional audio taped played in the background and he followed along. The “company” that he had bought the trick from was Acme Magic, and it had to do with a banana (or was that a bandana) disappearing.
By far the greatest number of tricks had to do with people or animals disappearing and reappearing. They were all quite impressive, but two of them stood out to me. One of them was a trick where he “escaped” from a box (he was chained up and there were spears hanging over the box). As the spears went into the box, it opened, and he was gone. He was several rows back in the theatre. Another trick was one where he and an assistant ended up switching places (I’m still baffled by that one!).
There is music throughout the show, and were three main dance numbers. The Greg Frewin Theatre Dancers do a modern dance number right near the beginning to Pink’s song Let’s get this party started, and then there was a number where the girls were dressed like Mounties (although with skimpy bottoms on) and another number where they were dressed like Las Vegas show girls. The dance numbers weren’t really something that I was interested in, but I understand there needs to be some time between tricks to get things ready.
I’m sure the performance varies from night to night. Overall I was extremely impressed. There were several instances where I thought I knew how he was doing the trick, but then something happened, and it fooled me. Some things looked amateurish, while some things were top-notch. I’m sure these things will be worked out as the show is tweaked and improved.
The show lasted about 1 hour and 20 minutes. At the end of the show he plugged the retail counter, as well as the souvenir pictures with a tiger. My wife wanted her picture taken with a tiger, so we got in the cage and had our picture taken with Jasmine. Of course there is a divider between you and the animal, but the picture hides it well. Jasmine only 8 months old and already weighs around 200 lbs. Greg said that she would gain a pound a day for the next year and a half. They use a Canon EOS 20D (a very good camera) and print the picture while you wait. They take several pictures and give you a choice of which one you want. The pictures are 5″x7″ and costs $15 plus tax.
The show is $39.95 for adults. Add $20 if you’d like dinner beforehand. Children (under 13) are $19.95 for the show only, or $28.95 with dinner.
Be sure to read the Greg Frewin Las Vegas Magic Review Show – The Magician to learn more about Greg Frewin.