Smoke and Mirrors

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Event Smoke and Mirrors
Venue Festival Club Spiegeltent, Auckland Central, Auckland, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Auckland Arts Festival 2011
First Date 2 March 2011
Opening Date 2 March 2011
Last Date 19 March 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description NZ PREMIERE.
Oozing out of the gorgeous boudoir of the Spiegeltent, a troupe of luscious burlesques and a wicked live band accompany the seductive iOTA in a sensational new show from the producers of the Festival's 2007 and 2009 sell-out La Clique and the Sydney Festival. STRONG LANGUAGE ADULT THEMES SOME CONTENT MAY OFFEND. The Festival is thrilled to present the sensational new show from Sydney Festival and the producers of the 2007 and 2009 sell-out hit La Clique. Directed by Craig Ilott and created by Craig Ilott and iOTA, Smoke & Mirrors oozes out of the utterly gorgeous boudoir of the Spiegeltent and explodes with a dazzling array of quixotic characters: Vaudevillian tap dancer, twisted chanteuse, sublime aerialist, death defying acrobats, an ooh-ahh magician - and the odd white rabbit. The talk of the 2010 festival circuit, Smoke & Mirrors, directed by Craig Ilott, stars the co-creator of the show, ringmaster extraordinaire iOTA, along with a troupe of luscious burlesques and a wicked live band. Premiering to critical acclaim and a triumphant sell out season at Sydney Festival, Smoke & Mirrors was a smash hit at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and won three prestigious Helpmann Awards for Best New Australian Work, Best Cabaret Performer - iOTA, and Best Original Score. The Guardian gave Smoke & Mirrors four stars, praising iOTA as "a remarkable presence both seductive and repellent, jaunty and regretful, malevolent and desperately sad". Craig Ilott's career highlights include Hedwig and the Angry Inch (for which he won the 2007 Green Room Award for Best Direction) and Company B's production of The Pillowman. Helpmann award-winner iOTA won a Green Room Award for his role in the Australian production of Hedwig and his strangely electrifying take on Frank N Furter in a recent production of the Rocky Horror Show brought the house down. This Festival, let the Spiegeltent - situated in the magical Festival Garden - be your portal to
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Magic
Music
Vaudeville
Burlesque
Acrobatics
Aerialism
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
iOTA Creator
Craig Ilott Creator
iOTA Director
Craig Ilott Director
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/wayback/20110323073836/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/events/smoke--mirrors.aspx
Library Collection Auckland Arts Festival 2011 website - archived by the National Library via https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/wayback/20110323070046/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/
Event Identifier 157478
Dataset AusStage