Magician tours Asia after 4 months of shows in town

Luís de Matos performing in Macau

Portuguese magician Luís de Matos is ready to return to Asia in April and May.
The illusionist, who recently left the territory after his feature in the “House of Magic” in Studio City – where he performed 395 shows over four months for around 60,000 people – is now set for a new journey in Asia. His planned tour, “The Illusionists – Live from Broadway” includes shows in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore and features prominent illusionists such as Charlie Frye, Thommy Ten, Sam Powers, Krendl and Hyunjoon Kim, among others.
Speaking to Lusa news agency about the shows in Macau, de Matos said “the reaction of the people was absolutely amazing” and “magic is a universal language” that can reach the public anywhere in the world.
For his performances in Macau, de Matos has chosen “acts that do not make use [of] words, since most of the local public does not have good English language skills.”
About the audience, the illusionist added, “the Chinese public is contained [in expressing their feelings], but they like to watch shows.”
He recalls the experience as an “overdose of emotions and surprise that, fortunately, [met with] great acceptance among the thousands of people who watched the show.”
This was the magician’s second tour of the territory, after a set of four shows at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) in 1999 to celebrate the SAR’s administrative handover.
Luís de Matos has accumulated several awards over the course of his 28-year career, including one from “The Magic Circle” in the UK, one of the most prestigious clubs in the field.  RM