VETERAN comedian André the Hilarious Hypnotist will bring his latest eye-popping audience interactive comedy-hypnosis show, Sleep! to the Boardwalk Amphitheatre from March 4 to 7.
This production has particular sentimental value as ‘Sleep!’ comes to Port Elizabeth some 25 years after André Grove and Centrestage’s Gary Hemmings first packed the Opera House together.
This run has been dubbed his Farewell Tour and marks the last time that the Eastern Cape will see André in his famous multicoloured cape before he crosses to the UK to practise his hypnosis on other willing participants towards the end of the year.
Falling under the spell of a comedian with hypnotic powers often evokes excitement, apprehension and curiosity in audiences and volunteers alike, but André blends his talent for persuasion with wacky comedy, a sense of the unexpected and a gentle likeability, leaving his audience truly entertained.
When in full swing, it can seem as if André has his subjects controlled on strings as he convinces them to abandon their inhibitions by impersonating sprinklers, speaking foreign languages, turning into dinosaurs or even becoming fluent in Moon-speak.
“In reality, people actually hypnotise themselves,” he said. “All I do is offer up crazy suggestions – then logic and self-consciousness fly out the window as they convince themselves of the craziest notions – and the show is on!”
Catch the final performances of Sleep! at the Boardwalk Amphitheatre from March 4 to 7, starting at 19:30 each evening.
On weekdays, tickets are R120 per adults and R90 for students and children under 18, and R130 per adult and R100 per student and child on the weekends.
Bookings can be made with Wendy at 082 661 6921 or through Computicket.
