Joliet’s Rialto hosts The Illusionists’ vacation present

The magic of the vacations involves life when The Illusionists involves Joliet.

“The Illusionists — Magic of the Holidays” will likely be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 on the Rialto Sq. Theatre in Joliet. The options 5 magicians performing an array of magic in a fast-paced, entertaining combine.

“The Illusionists is type of like a league of extraordinary gents or X-Males or a superhero group,” stated magician Paul Dabek, who performs The Trickster within the present. “Every of our star magicians makes a speciality of a unique style of magic.

“We’ve bought mind-reading, we’ve bought harmful magic, we’ve bought sleight of hand magic, comedy magic and every of us — with out blowing my very own trumpet — are consultants in that discipline. It’s like a range present and every act makes use of magic as a car however there are additionally some totally different parts introduced into it. This yr, with it being through the vacation season, we’ve bought an actual festive, vacation spin on the present.”

Individuals will depart the present feeling heat and fuzzy and stuffed with festive cheer, he stated.

“Magic makes folks really feel like a child once more. We dwell on this world the place the solutions to all the pieces are solely a faucet on our telephone away … however there’s nonetheless a fundamental have to really feel like a child once more, to really feel marvel,” he stated. “Not solely will they get that feeling of magic and that feeling of feeling like a child once more however anybody who has spent the vacations with a younger youngster will know the way pleasing it’s to see them expertise that magical time of the yr.”

With out giving up an excessive amount of of the present’s surprises, Dabek stated that every one the performers get pleasure from developing with new results and illusions and have been working laborious on new items for the vacation present.

“I can undoubtedly say there’s going to be a finale within the present that’s going to make everybody really feel very festive and within the vacation spirit,” he stated.

The Illusionists embrace James Extra, The Deceptionist, who does bodily phantasm and harmful magic; Chris Cox, The Mentalist; Pablo Cánovas, The Unforgettable, who has a novel fashion of magic; and Hyunjoon Kim, The Manipulator, who does sleight of hand.

Dabek grew up in a small farming city in the UK however now lives in Las Vegas.

“I used to be an expert consideration seeker first. I used to be into theater, the humanities, music, musical theater and placing on performs and puppetry and comedy. I grew up loving comedy of all kinds. I used to be a large Robin Williams fan,” he stated.

“We had a man on TV each week doing magic within the UK and I might spend the remainder of the week type of emulating him. I used to seize the blanket off the again of the sofa and tie it round me like a cape and faux to be a magician and promote my dad and mom tickets to my magic present. I don’t assume I had a number of fantastic materials on the time however they sat by way of the exhibits.”

His exhibits improved and he began performing professionally at birthday events and native occasions.

“I’ve by no means had an actual job. I’m like Peter Pan; I don’t assume I ever grew up, actually.”

He says that as The Trickster, his contribution to the present could be very comedy-based. “I’m the host and I wish to name myself the top of mischief. I’m type of emceeing and I introduce different performers and my co-stars. I’m concerned in fairly a little bit of the viewers participation within the present.”

He’s been influenced by magicians like Penn and Teller and David Copperfield; and in the UK, Paul Daniels and Wayne Dobson; in addition to musical theater and puppetry.

“Magic was my foremost focus, however I’ve borrowed from different genres as I’ve gone alongside,” he stated.

The present is geared to folks of all ages, he stated.

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“It’s a fast-moving present,” he stated. “You’re going to have the ability to escape the skin world for some time and revel in being fooled, which is a uncommon incidence at the present time.”

The Illusionists — Magic of the Holidays

When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29

The place: Rialto Sq. Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet

Tickets: $43.50-$93.50

Info: 815-726-6600; rialtosquare.com

Annie Alleman is a contract reporter for the Day by day Southtown.