Channing Tatum’s ‘Magic Mike Live’ strip show is coming to Melbourne
Channing Tatum’s stripper spectacular Magic Mike Live is finally coming to Melbourne but there is a major catch to the shows that he promises will “blow our mind”. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Hollywood sex symbol Channing Tatum is bringing his male stripper spectacular Magic Mike Live to Melbourne in May.
The live strip show, based on Tatum’s hit films Magic Mike and Magic Mike XXL, will be performed in a bespoke venue, specially created for the show, at Birrarung Marr.
Tatum announced the show at a media conference at Melbourne’s Plaza Ballroom today.
“The movies did so amazingly here, we knew we had to figure out how to raise our game to do something this audience would love,” Tatum said.
“It took a few years for it to all come together but, man, did it come together. We have something planned for Australia that is going to blow your minds.”
Magic Mike Live, which has already played to sellout crowds in Las Vegas and London, with Berlin next, will also visit Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Tatum said the show is “equal parts empowering and exhilarating” and an “evening of sultry entertainment.”
He serves as the show’s producer, curator and co-director.
The world’s largest Spiegeltent, named The Arcadia, is being built for the Australian tour.
Press notes describe The Arcadia as a two-storey, 600-seat venue that has been “meticulously curated by Channing and the Magic Mike Live creative team especially for the women of Australia.”
Magic Mike Live features 20 performers, including 15 “of the most talented male dancers in the world,” the tour announcement notes added.
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“Magic Mike Live unfolds in front of, behind and above the audience, enveloping patrons in an unforgettable, 360-degree, whirlwind of dance, comedy and extraordinary acrobatics.”
The show’s co-director and choreographer Alison Faulk has worked with Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez.
The adults only show season opens in Melbourne on May 26, with 7pm shows on Tuesday and Wednesday; 7pm and 9.30pm shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and 5pm and 7.30pm shows on Sunday.
Ticket prices start at $75, and available from ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 795 267.