CHRIS COX
Diary & News.
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News Update 12 June 2009:
Chris is just 3 days away from his first preview, but you can now buy tickets for the Edinburgh run. Here are the details
5th to 31st August 2009
Pleasance Dome. King Dome
8.30pm (1 hour)
Book now at edfringe.com or pleasance.co.uk
News Update 16th May 2009:
Chris Cox: Mind Over Patter
Well that's the name of the new show. Chris will be performing at 8.30pm from the 5th to 31st August 2009 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He'll be in the 180 seater King Dome which is part of the Pleasance Dome. That's an awful lot of seats, so please come along and bring all your friends, family, acquaintances and random people you've met. It'll be good. Honest. You can read all about it here.
If you want to see it in a raw form and have some actual input to the final show then why not come along to a preview? They're always good fun and a great chance to see the show up close. Chris will be previewing in June & July at the Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice London.
2009 Previews
The Canal Cafe Theatre, Little Venice, London
www.canalcafetheatre.com
020 7289 6056
15th June 9.30pm
1, 7, 20, 27 July 9.30pm
31 July 7.30pm
News Update 18th April 2009:
Apologies for the lack of news, Chris has been very busy performing in Los Angeles, writing his new show for the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and developing some fancy TV things. We'll give you all the exclusive info soon, or you can follow Chris on twitter for updates as he writes.
There are two final Control Freak shows coming up if you've not had a chance to catch them yet.
Friday 24th April: Uppingham Arts Theatre
http://www.uppthearts.co.uk
Saturday 23rd May: Folkestone Comedy Festival. More info here
News Update : 20 December 2008.
So the tour is now over and the West End show at the Southbank Centre went down a treat, over 4000 people now have I Love Cox badges! Chris is now having a little rest before starting to write a new show for 2009. Follow his progress as he tweets at www.twitter.com/bigcox
Excitingly Chris also currently graces the cover of Magicseen Magazine with a big interview with him inside.
News Update: 31 October 2008.
Chris is still touring round the UK with Control Freak. He's just announced a show at the South Bank Centre in London on the 17th December. Click here for more details.
Chris is currently appearing on All New Generation Sex on Fiver on TV in the UK. It's not too embarrasing and he's occasionally funny on it.
Chris is defining words on wordia.com check out some of his attempts at it here.
Finally Chris did some filming when on tour in Swindon. Check him out here.
Phil McIntyre Entertainments in arrangement with Karushi Management presents
Chris Cox: Control Freak - The UK TOUR
2 acts of mind-reading, magic, psychology and Cox!
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 Noveber | 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.
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"One of the most exciting entertainers in Britain." The Guardian
"Does tricks that would make Jesus proud. Very funny." Time Out
"He has taken mind magic to new levels...You'll laugh
your head off while still being blown away" Metro
