Author: Mallory

Interview: Grand Illusionist Cosentino

Cosentino_PBF1860hiHaving been awarded the prestigious honour of being named Magician of the Year in 2013 by the International Magicians Society, New York (the International Merlin award) and with 4 prime-time specials under his belt having aired in over 40 countries; Australia’s favourite performer Cosentino returns with his new live show Twisted Reality – which promises to deliver his signature blend of street magic, grand illusion and death-defying escapes with dance and humour.

How does your upcoming show Twisted Reality differ in relation to your previous shows?

Well, it builds on the pillars that exist – my show is made up of street magic, grand illusion and death-defying escapes. However, it’s all new material. The illusions have obviously got to become more baffling, street magic gets more tricky, and the escapes, they become more death-defying. In essence it’s Cosentino, but it’s all new. Which is great!

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An Interview with Leo Sayer

DSC08654Leo Sayer has a career that has spanned over four decades. He’s written for artists such as Roger Daltrey, Dolly Parton and Tina Turner, and had numerous classic hits such as the Grammy Award winning You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, When I Need You and More Than I Can Say. With the new tour and album Restless Years, I spoke to Leo about touring the country, competing with DJs and the importance of powerful songwriting.

Hi Leo. How’s touring going?

It’s all going really well. I’m on the Restless Years tour and this is Day 17 we’re here in Dubbo. I’m doing the New South Wales lot now then into Queensland and then finally Hobart.

This is your first solo tour in over four years; how does it feel to be back on the road?

It’s nice to do the continuity. Technically it’s really nice as well because we’ve got the same truck traveling all the way through with all of our gear everywhere we go – everywhere we go, we’ve got the same speakers, microphones, harmonicas, guitars and keyboards – so that makes it easier to perform and you can really sort of guarantee the quality of the show. It’s great and that’s very comfortable. But the trucks been everywhere! I mean, right across The Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain and then back again to do Western Australia.

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Dirty Dancing, the Musical

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I had the pleasure of attending the Opening Night of Dirty Dancing in Melbourne. This included the Media Launch (preview performance for photo/video ops, interviews etc) in the morning, followed by the Pink Carpet Arrivals that afternoon and the show that evening.

I will be doing a write up of some interesting bits and pieces from the Media Launch, but first, here is my little write up of my thoughts and feelings towards the show =D Under the cut, of course!

For more photos, please follow these links:
Show Performance Pictures || Pink Carpet Opening Night: 5th March, 2015
For my recorded videos, please go to my YouTube channel.

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An Interview With Adam Brand

55-2747333-scn040814adam_fct682x511x224.0_t620Adam Brand is one of Australia’s most loved and recognizable country music artists. The 12-time Golden Guitar winner is heading to Thredbo to headline the Snowy Mountains Country Music Festival this month.

What can people expect from your show at Snowy Mountains Country Music Festival?

It’s actually my very first time playing at Thredbo at the Snowy Mountains. I know they’ve had a lot of festivals down there before, you know [the] CMC festival?, but for some reason or another, I was always away or on tour or something when those festivals were happening. So I’m really excited about going there. My shows are always high energy. [When] we walk off the stage, there’s nothing left in the gas tank – put it that way. We’re going to give it our everything! My show is, obviously, I’ve got the new album out My Side Of The Street so there’s a few of those new songs in there but I definitely play songs ranging from my very first album, which came out in 98, and songs off every each album through the years. So what can they can expect is a pretty broad cross section of songs spanning my ten albums.

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