Presented by MindBlown
Reviewed 23 February 2017
Matt Tarrant is an Adelaide success story. He’s performing the big venues, his magic shows are touring the international circuits and he recently appeared on our TV screens as a competitor on Australian Survivor.
Tarrant is back in Adelaide for the Fringe and on arrival at his performance patrons are handed a flyer, a message from Tarrant thanking them for coming and explaining that the show is entirerly written, produced and directed by Tarrant and his best friend Beau. It’s humble and it’s endearing and that is how Honestly Dishonest continues.
The performance itself is fairly casual and not overly dramatized, like some magic shows. It includes a number of close-up card tricks and mentalism, tricks that are getting more and more difficult to perform as the internet reveals every magicians secrets, Tarrant explains. Still Tarrant’s tricks are unique and inexplicable and the audience seem suitably impressed. Tarrant also has a unique way of choosing people to participate from the audience, you don’t get the opportunity to volunteer, or not to volunteer, instead participants are chosen at random by a flying soft toy.
The performance is billed as being family friendly, however people bringing children should be aware that the F bomb is dropped a couple of times and there are also some graphic videos shown of people receiving horrific and obviously very painful injuries from failed magic tricks, which may be traumatic to some.
It’s not all bad for the kids though, at the end of the show Tarrant invites one lucky youngster up to perform a magic trick that will close the show.
With Honestly Dishonest Mindblown presents a great night of magic and mentalism without the over-the-top Copperfield theatrics.
Reviewed by Ceri Hutton
Twitter: @Ceri_Hutton
Rating out of 5: 4
Venue: The Peacock Gluttony, The Octagon at Gluttony and Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
Season: Until March 19
Duration: 50mins
Tickets: $20-$40
Bookings: www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/matt-tarrant-honestly-dishonest
https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au
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