By Umer Nangiana
A world class act, Alfonso Rios, is coming to Doha. Watch out for his mind-blowing acts of magic and illusion at the Souq Waqif festival starting today.
Rios is a professional illusionist with international recognition and is the winner of multiple international awards.
Besides his signature standup comedy magic, Rios will be performing highly skilful Manipulation, Visual Magic, Comedy, Audience Participation, Mind Reading, Escapology, Illusions, and even Live Music.
And he has some exclusive acts up his sleeve, which, he guarantees, you would have never seen before in Qatar. It is a series of exciting and original winning acts that include his Musical Telepathy, Crossbow Blind Folded Shooting, Expression of Love and much more.
Alfonso’s exciting fusion of different elements and his impressive range mean he is always in demand whether it is Blue Chip firms needing personalised acts for events as diverse as product launches, trade shows, corporate events and seminars or the ones where you are looking for the intimacy of close-up magic, the grandeur and thrill of stage and illusion show. Alfonso claims he will amaze you.
His unique style has been thrilling and baffling audiences all over the world from Japan, London’s West End theatres to the prestigious Magic Castle in Hollywood. Shows featuring world class sleight of hand prestidigitation, mental magic, illusions, escapology audience participation, visual magic and lots of comedy.
He is known for creating a visual spectacular finale for any event with his ‘Expression of Love’ act, which is a part of his many awards winning acts. “Close up magic will amaze audience right in front of their eyes using everyday objects,” says Alfonso.
Confident, stylish, entertaining and memorable, he can perform his shows in five different languages. Traditionally when performing close up magic, Alfonso will mix and mingle effortlessly with the audience, amazing, amusing and astounding them at every opportunity generating spontaneous applause and laughter throughout the venue.
His stand-up comedy magic act — a 30-minute performance that features interaction with the audience — is loaded with comedy and strong magic at the end guarantees a memorable evening for any kind of audience.
“It is one of the most beautiful and impressive acts in the history of magic. It is a double act that was almost lost in time and one that only a few people have successfully done. Having performed this act worldwide, we bring this unique act to the Middle East for the first time,” says the magician.
He is coming to Doha after performing in United Arab Emirates where he has introduced many new surprises — his new show is packed with acts based on psychology, body language, NLP, hypnosis, control over matter and his new amazing crossbow act.
Alfonso can even include a special tailored routine around Dream Prediction, which offers the audience a unique effect each time.
His background and interests are based firmly in the entertainment world. He has studied theatre, physical theatre, ballet, jazz, contemporary dance as well as Japanese Butoh dance, music and even singing.
He knows English, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, a bit of French, a bit of Finnish and is now ready to learn Arabic as well. Some of the celebrities that Alfonso has performed for are Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Prince Charles, Prince William, Will Smith, and Real Madrid player Raul.
CLASSIC: Alfonso performing his famous blindfolded crossbow act.
