Brendan Dooley MAYHEM! and CHEEKY, QUIRKY AND CLASSY
Lake Hawea Community Centre, Wanaka
05/03/2020 - 05/03/2020
Production Details
International Comedy Magician in two fabulously funny shows:
Mayhem! – Ultimate Kids’ Show
Cheeky, Quirky and Classy – Ultimate Family Friendly Show
Brendan Dooley is fast becoming one of the world’s top young magicians, described by The Press as “…a new generation of talent already snapping the heels of established acts.”
This family show combines a unique blend of non-traditional magic, stunts, original quick-witted comedy and cheeky pick-pocketing in an unforgettable show that has made Brendan an audience favourite with thousands worldwide!
Recently Brendan was the recipient of NZ’s Top Comedy Magician Award, the youngest ever to receive it. He says that his January 2020 stint at the “World Famous Magic Castle” is leading to even more tricks up his sleeve!
Itinerary
Wednesday 4 March 7:30pm Twizel
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Twizel Events Centre
Adults $20; Student $10 Book: Twizel Info Centre
Includes complimentary nibbles, cash bar available.
Thursday 5 March 4:00pm Lake Hawea
– Mayhem!
Lake Hawea Community Centre
All tickets $10 Book: Hawea Store & Kitchen;
OCD Cafe at Wanaka Medical Centre; Door Sales
Thursday 5 March 7.30pm Lake Hawea
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Lake Hawea Community Centre
Adults $25; Children $10 Book: Hawea Store & Kitchen;
OCD Cafe at Wanaka Medical Centre; Door Sales
Friday 6 March 7:00pm Roxburgh
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Roxburgh Town Hall
$20 Book: iSite
Saturday 7 March 11:00am Cromwell
– Mayhem!
Cromwell & District Presbyterian Church
Children $5; Adult $15; Family: 2 Adults plus 3 Children $30
Book: Artscentral.co.nz; Cromwell iSite
Saturday 7 March 4:30pm Arrowtown
– Mayhem!
Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall
Child $10; Adult $15 Book: Eventbrite.co.nz
Sunday 8 March 3:00pm Alexandra
– Mayhem!
The Stadium Tavern, 143 Centennial Ave
Adults $25; Gold Card $20; Children $10
Book: Alexandra i-SITE; Cash sales at the door
Tuesday 10 March 1:30pm Stewart Island
– Mayhem!
Stewart Island Community Centre
Book: Door Sales
Tuesday 10 March 7.00pm Stewart Island
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Stewart Island Community Centre
$25 Book: Door Sales
Thursday 12 March 7:00pm Oamaru
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Oamaru Opera House
Child $10; Senior/Student $20; Adults $25 (plus fees) Book: TicketDirect
Friday 13 March 4:30pm Ashburton
– Mayhem!
Ashburton Trust Event Centre
Open Hat – No need to pre-book
Friday 13 March 6:30pm Ashburton
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Ashburton Trust Event Centre
Open Hat – No need to pre-book
Thursday 19 March 6:00pm New Plymouth
– Mayhem!
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
$15.00 Book: www.tsbshowplace.co.nz
Friday 20 March 5:30pm Whakatane
– Mayhem!
Gateway Theatre
Family $30; Children $5; Adults $15
Book: The Good Life, The Strand, Whakatane
Friday 20 March 7:30pm Whakatane
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Gateway Theatre
Adults $20; Family 30; Concessions $15
Book: The Good Life, The Strand, Whakatane
Saturday 21 March 4:30pm Opotiki
– Mayhem!
Opotiki Senior Citizens Hall
Adult $10; Child $2 Book: Opotiki Library; online at trybooking.com
Refreshments provided
Saturday 21 March 7:30pm Opotiki
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Opotiki Senior Citizens Hall
$20 Book: Opotiki Library; online at trybooking.com
Bar and nibbles provided
Tuesday 24 March 2:00pm Whitianga
– Mayhem!
Whitianga Town Hall
Free Book: Mercury Bay Pharmacy
Wednesday 25 March 6:30pm Auckland
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
UXBRIDGE Arts & Culture
Family $85 (2 adults/3 children); Adult $28; Children (9 – 16yrs) $18
Book: https://uxbridge.org.nz/theatre
Saturday 28 March 7:00pm Upper Hutt
– Cheeky, Quirky and Classy
Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre
$20 Book: www.expressions.org.nz
Arts On Tour NZ (AOTNZ) organises tours of outstanding New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres in New Zealand. The trust receives funding from Creative New Zealand as well as support from Central Lakes Trust, Community Trust of Southland, Interislander, Otago Community Trust, Rata Foundation and the Southern Trust. AOTNZ liaises with local arts councils, repertory theatres and community groups to bring the best of musical and theatrical talent to country districts. The AOTNZ programme is environmentally sustainable – artists travel to their audiences rather than the reverse.
Theatre , Magic/Illusion , Family , Comedy , Children’s ,
‘Impossible’ magic and a bit dodgy
Review by Sue Wards 06th Mar 2020
New Zealand’s youngest full-time entertainer is facing his stiffest competition (Netflix) by touring his family show Cheeky, Quirky and Classy, which a “small but mighty” audience risked leaving their TVs to attend in Lake Hawea last night (Thursday March 5).
Brendan Dooley, awarded NZ’s Top Comedy Magician in 2019, brings his “Clark Kent in reverse” stage persona to the stage backed by skill, talent, chutzpah – and of course ‘production values’ (delivered by one lighting and sound guy).
“If you guys lower your expectations you’re going to enjoy yourselves more,” he tells us, and proceeds to unfold a formula of under-delivering on a magic trick, milking the laughs, then over-delivering on expectations to gasps and applause.
As the seven-year-old in our party says, Dooley does “impossible” things. His tricks are brilliant and I won’t be the only person puzzling today over how he pulls them off.
The eighteen-year-old in our household chose Netflix over Cheeky, Quirky and Classy. The combination of comedy and magic sounds dodgy, he said. He has a point. The magic tricks are extraordinary, and Dooley is quick-witted and shameless (a useful quality in a comedian). His self-deprecation is funny but his fun-poking at participating audience members is occasionally awkward. My fifteen-year-old doesn’t approve when Dooley makes fun of the ten-year-old girl on stage.
Cheeky, Quirky and Classy is marketed as the “ultimate family friendly show” and it is mostly families (with plenty of primary school aged children) in the audience. Dooley only drops one F-bomb and many of the less wholesome jokes will have gone over the children’s heads. (Our seven-year-old asks after the show: “Why did he do a kids’ show when he hates kids?”)
In keeping with Dooley’s non-traditional approach, at the conclusion of the show he removes his glasses – and stage persona – and talks of his late mother (throwing in another joke) and tells us his ambition ias to perform exceptional magic and make people laugh harder than ever before. “Did I achieve this?” he asks. There is a moment of silence before the audience applaudes. It is unusual and affecting to see a performer unmask themselves and become vulnerable in this way.
Then Dooley dons his glasses to unveil a final, unexpected and hilarious trick, confirming that going out to watch this show was a better choice than Netflix.
Cheeky, Quirky and Classy and his ‘ultimate kid’s show’ Mayhem! are organised by Arts On Tour NZ, which takes New Zealand performers to rural and smaller centres around New Zealand, with the help of funding from Creative NZ and others.
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