CHRIS COX
Control Freak
Chris's all new show for the 2008 Edinburgh Festival and UK Tour.
NOW TOURING THE UK - TOUR DATES BELOW.
Phil McIntyre Entertainments in arrangement with Karushi Management presents
Chris Cox: Control Freak - The UK TOUR
You think you have free will? You think you can decide what you choose? You think fate can't be changed? You need to think again! 24 year old Chris Cox will change the way you think! After selling out his entire run and winning the Zebra Award at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival - the mind reader who can't read minds is back reading minds with a new 18 date UK tour entitled 'Control Freak' which kick's off in Crawley on the 5th October.
'Control Freak' focuses on our ability to control those around us, through a mix of magic, psychology, neuro-linguistics programming, reading body language, subliminal messaging, influencing, devilish good looks and lying. It combines his award winning show 'Everything Happens For A Reason', with this years highly acclaimed sell out Edinburgh Fringe show 'Control Freak' in funny, entertaining, jaw-dropping and cutting edge fashion leaving you laughing, thinking and rubbing your chin in a slightly curious fashion.
Chris looks at how fate and chance are mysteries of the universe, but he's worked out that there are rules to the universe, and if you learn those rules you can control the universe. As such he'll be attempting to control the universe, (as long as the universe is an un-biased selection of people in a theatre watching him and thinking he's great!
By removing the audience's free will and controlling them without them knowing it, he attempts to prove that he can make it look like he can read their minds! Chris will be looking at the 'what if' moments in life, seeing if everything happens for a reason and trying to work out how all those little things about our lives add up to turn us into the person we are. It all comes together in a stunning finale that proves Chris has been in control throughout and will leave the audience in no-doubt that he is as much of a geek as he is a control freak.
With celebrity fans including Ricky Gervais, Dannii Minogue and Kelly Osbourne, ‘Control Freak’ is a show not to be missed! Audience participation is crucial!!!
THE CRITICS:
"Hugely entertaining' THE OBSERVER
"One of the most exciting entertainers in Britain" THE GUARDIAN
"Does tricks that would make Jesus proud. Very Funny" TIME OUT
"A show that'll change the way you think about your life… a mesmerising performance" EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS ****
"Commands his stage like an old hand... very impressive" HERALD
"Must See' THE STAGE
"Brilliant. He'll blow your mind" RICKY GERVAIS
"He has a stunning DVD finale that has other magicians scratching their heads." THE TIMES
Chris Cox : Control Freak 2008 UK Tour
| Date | City | Venue | Box Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July - 25 August | Edinburgh | Pleasance | 0131 556 6550 | Book Online with the Pleasance |
| 5 October | Crawley | Hawth | 01293 553 636 | hawth.co.uk |
| 10 October | Reading | South Street | 0118 960 6060 | readingarts.com |
| 11 October | Warwick | Arts Centre | 02476 524 524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk |
| 15 October | Bath | Rondo Theatre | 01225 463 362 | rondontheatre.co.uk |
| 16 October | Tunbridge Wells | Trinity Theatre | 01892 678 678 | trinitytheatre.net |
| 17 October | Brighton | Pavillion | 01273 709 709 | brightondome.org |
| 18 October | Maidstone | Hazlitt Theatre | 01622 758 611 | hazlitttheatre.co.uk |
| 19 October | Leeds | City Varieties | 08456 441 881 | cityvarieties.co.uk |
| 23 October | Swindon | Arts Centre | 01793 614 837 | swindon.gov.uk/artscentre |
| 24 October | Colchester | Arts Centre | 01206 500 900 | colchesterartscentre.com |
| 25 October | Fareham | Ashcroft Arts Centre | 01329 223 100 | ashcroft.org.uk |
| 31 October | Cambridge | The Junction | 01223 511 511 | junction.co.uk |
| 6 November | Norwich | Playhouse | 01603 598 598 | norwichplayhouse.co.uk |
| 7 November | High Wycombe | Town Hall | 01494 512 000 | wycombeswan.co.uk |
| 8 November | Newbury | New Greenham Arts | 01635 522 733 | cornexchangenew.com |
| 14 November | New Milton | Forest Arts Centre | 01425 612 393 | forest-arts.co.uk |
| 16 November | Brentford, London | Watermans | 0208 232 1010 | watermans.org.uk |
| 21 November | Aldershot | West End Centre | 01252 330 030 | westendcentre.co.uk |
| 22 November | Maidenhead | Norden Farm | 01628 788 997 | nordenfarm.org |
| 28 November | Cardiff | Wales Millennium Centre | 08700 402 000 | wmg.org.uk |
| 17 December | London | Southbank Centre | 0871 663 2500 | southbankcentre.co.uk |
Control Freak is supported by the follwing companies: Television thanks to LG Electronics, mobile phones thanks to 3 and van hire thanks to Renault.
Click here for 2008 Reviews.
2nd August 2008 - Chortle
"Properly impressive...You'll be gobsmacked."
"Astonishing"
"His demonstrations are so remarkable you are left thinking he couldn't possibly have done them. You don't have to be able to see into the future to predict a good future for him"
3rd August 2008 - The Observer
"If you fancy a change from the usual stand-up fare, book up quickly for Chris Cox's hugely entertaining Control Freak - last year he sold out early on."
"You will spend the rest of the festival trying to work out how he did it."
11th August 2008 - The Times
'Stunning... has other magicians scratching their heads'
