| Oct ’09 |
| 18 |
| 5:30 pm |
201 SW Jefferson Ave
Peoria, IL 61602
October 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm and 7:30pm
David Copperfield will bring "An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion" to the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Sunday, October 18, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $36.50 and $46.50 and go on sale Monday, June 29, 2009, at 10 a.m. at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com.
"For magic to be relevant," explains Copperfield, "it has to evolve so it keeps up with, or even surpasses, the best film and theater. I want to base my work on what people really dream about. Most of us don't dream of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. But what affects people is realizing personal dreams, dreams almost everyone shares, that they thought were impossible. In the cinema the audience watches the characters' dreams come true."
Copperfield adds, "Grand Illusion" was partly inspired by an unfulfilled wish of my grandfather's that a lot of people share: winning the lottery and finally owning that one special thing you always dreamed of. We call it an ‘intimate' evening of grand illusion partly because it's interactive. In one of the pieces, for example, the audience discovers how to predict lottery numbers that will come up that night. They get to participate in illusions that blur the line between magic and reality."
