Fascinating Lies

bespoke theatre company and magic consultancy

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Coming to the Adelaide Fringe in 2016, the WORLD PREMIERE of, Reading Minds and Other Fascinating Lies, the magic show with no lame card tricks. Will take audiences on a mesmerising journey of mind reading, trickery and illusion, opening their minds to the world of magic, prompting them to question what things in our universe they can really control…

Featuring a world-class demonstration of card manipulation and deceit at the card table. Join Jden Redden on a 60-minute journey uncovering the dirty-work of the gambling elite. Armed with only 52 playing cards and two hands — this crash course in card cheating will open your mind and dazzle your eyes with exotic card flourishes and cardistry.

Not all heroes wear capes — some read minds. Do you believe in superpowers? Some people claim to have superhuman abilities like; telekinesis, psychokinesis, mind-reading, superhuman strength, and remote viewing. Watch Jden Redden demonstrate these skills live on stage in a new modern setting. Open your eyes — because not everything is as it seems.

This is not your average magic show. SUBCONSCIOUS is a narrative driven performance that melds the language of traditional magic with a meaningful and personal sentiment. The production is provocative, captivating, and unsettling all at once. Nothing is sacred as jden redden and Andrew Lymn-Penning explore what it is to be human.

Back from a sold-out season and rave reviews in 2017, jden redden returns for a 60-minute journey uncovering the dirty-work of the gambling elite. Armed with only 52 playing cards and two hands — this crash course in card cheating is a world-class demonstration of card manipulation and deceit at the card table.

The Adelaide University French Club is proud to present its 2018 production, L’Importance d’être Constant, a French adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic ‘The Importance of Being Earnest: a trivial comedy for serious people’. Amid a flurry of witty banter and cucumber sandwiches, Algernon and Jack must grapple with the consequences of their deceptions as well as with the wrath of formidable Lady Bracknell.

A new bilingual adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic The Importance of Being Earnest. Experience the wit of Oscar Wilde’s wordplay in a menagerie of French and English — extending his whimsical farce of quips and puns across two languages simultaneously. The comedy of Wilde’s social commentary on the Victorian aristocracy and its trivialities will unfold in a bilingual spectacle, adding even more layers to each double entendre.

This is your exclusive invitation to experience some of the world’s best magicians in one place. A cast of international and local magicians sit down to show off some devastatingly good intimate close-up magic. Stay for one show - or stay the whole night. Pull up a stool, grab a Butterbeer and enjoy a magical night. Tickets are very limited.

After sell-out shows and a BankSA Best Magic Weekly Award this critically acclaimed show is back. Join jden redden as he takes you back to the rail-yards of 1902 Chicago to uncover the dirty-work of the gambling elite through the eyes of S. W. Erdnase — the anonymous and legendary author of the titular seminal gambling and magic book: The Expert at the Card Table.

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