Paul Dabek

14/07/2023

Tomorrow my "older brother" Nicky makes a return to Cirque Du Soleil's Mad Apple here in Vegas.

10/06/2023

09/06/2023

09/06/2023

Come on down to the we have 5 shows left!!! Link in bio for tickets!

28/02/2023

THE BRITS ARE BACK! Climb aboard our big red bus of mayhem and drop slap-bang into the capital for a spectacular night of magic, circus, comedy and jaw-dropping variety. Join your London tour guide; award-winning star of Broadway, Las Vegas and Adelaide Fringe favorite Paul Dabek as he introduces...

23/02/2023

London Calling

Review by That Guy In The Foyer, John Doherty

★★★★1/2

Presented by Dabek Productions!

The Vault @ Fool’s Paradise.

Victoria Square / Tarntanyangga, Grote St, Adelaide, Kaurna Country Feb 14 – March 5.

Since La Clique wowed audiences in the original Famous Spiegeltent in its first appearance in the Garden of Unearthly Delights over twenty years ago when the garden really was delightful and unearthly, I have been looking for a show to match it. Tonight, I’ve almost achieved that performance grail!

London Calling is entertaining, fast paced and tightly squeezed into its sixty- minute time slot at The Vault. I have to ask, are we Adelaidean audiences getting soft…or lazy…or tired…or cash strapped…or all four! Apart from the venues I attended, Adelaide was virtually a ghost town! And, the Fringe has barely begun! Or maybe we’re still Covid wary.

But I digress! London Calling opens with a projection and audio track cleverly and effectively taking us to the “Swinging London” of the 1960s. The 1960s red phone box helps transport us there. We hear authentic news casts about that period, as well as Brexit, and the cast enters as if at the bustling Kings Cross Station, London. MC and master magician, Paul Dabek opens the show with a great magic newspaper routine that is clever, funny and utterly impossible to figure out! How does he do it? And isn’t that, after all, what a superb magician does? Dabek transforms the mundane to the magical with ease. His schtick is quick witted and very amusing! It was obvious from here the show was going to be absolutely entrancing and extremely entertaining. Antje Pode follows with an extraordinary use of suit cases! Effectively, Icarian Games (Please look it up- mind-blowing foot- juggling of the most extraordinary kind!) with inanimate objects, Pode is incredibly poised, unbelievably skilled and utterly mesmerising with this act! Not to be outdone, the remarkable entertainer of Norwegian extraction, Captain Frodo, took to the stage with his utterly unique style of contortion implementing two ridiculously small tennis racquets! I experienced Captain Frodo’s mind-bending physically impossible act when he toured with La Clique over twenty years ago, and it has lost none of its value! Captain Frodo is the consummate physical comedian – what this guy does with his body should be impossible - and I challenge even the most earnest punter not to find a serious belly laugh with this act! Chelsea Angell’s hoop act is spectacular, slightly risqué- much to the delight of the young guy she eyeballed much of the time, and the audience witnessing it- and powerful. Swedish Magician Charlie Caper entered to find a technical cliché with his mic. Utterly undeterred and professional, Caper went on to perform one of the most remarkable, inexplicable sleight of hand conjuring acts I’ve ever seen, be it live or on TV! Caper’s take on the well worn three cup, three ball routine invigorates it to an incomprehensible level, not to mention constantly disappearing bow-ties, rosettes, lemons and melons! A young woman, Venessa, drawn from the audience, was reduced to her knees in gobsmacked disbelief with what Caper did with a bone fide glass in her hands! MC Babek takes to the stage again with a brilliant, hilarious take on a famous West End Musical utilizing nothing but the soundtrack of a very, very famous, much loved song and shadow puppets- there are some hilarious risqué moments, too-to be followed by Captain Frodo’s astonishing Trash Can counter- balance act. Again, Frodo proves to be a remarkable entertainer and exhorts us to “follow your dream!” I love this act! Shauna Johnson closes the show with a dangerous, dynamic aerial ring act which, alas, I though too brief! Johnson was incredible while she was on stage and I wanted more! "London Calling" is a great example of how Magic, Comedy, Circus and Variety can be fused to great effect! Come on Adelaide! And, of course, the show features a great soundtrack including the seminal "London Calling" by The Clash! I don’t care if it’s a “week night!” Get behind it!

Go! See it!

01/02/2023

https://www.facebook.com/londoncallingtheshow

Climb aboard our big red bus of mayhem and drop slap-bang into the capital for a spectacular night of

01/02/2023

https://www.facebook.com/ihatechildrenshowaus

Adelaide, come on down to the MEANEST magic show in town!
Cruel Comedy for Cool Kids....... and their Tipsy Parents!

Winner of best children's show is back for another year of kinder kicking comedy!

Your little monsters are the stars of this mad-cap magic show that's fun for the whole family, as every child is invited onstage to help with the magic.

11/12/2022

Awesome couple of shows in Windsor thanks Canada 🇨🇦 👏🏼

20/11/2022

The title of my next show has been decided! 📸 Snapped by

21/07/2022

Two more weeks to catch me in ....this show is an explosion of talent and I'm absolutely honoured and proud to have been part of the creation and original cast. New projects and shows on the horizon but for now come and raise a glass with me and this crazy cast of mad misfits!

20/07/2022

2 weeks left with this incredible production!
It's been a blast!

30/05/2022

I like these guys! The End.....

23/05/2022

Opening this week! what a treat you are in for Vegas!

15/04/2022

BIG NEWS FOR ME.....

When I was 17 I saw my first Cirque du Soleil show "Saltimbanco"
I was so blown away by the production that I saved my money in order to buy tickets for my family and return to the show as I just didn't know how to describe what I had seen.
I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would see the day where I would be joining that company in a production on that scale, however 18 years (and a couple of gigs) later I am delighted to announce I will be joining the cast of to open cirque's latest offering here on the strip.

I sat in on a run of the show yesterday and I can honestly say I've never had the pleasure of sharing the stage with so many performers at the top of their game.
The talent and creativity on this project is nothing less than mind blowing and I have a feeling this show is going to rock this town down to its boots.
A truly international cast and crew all of whom are working tirelessly to bring something fresh and feel-good to the strip.
For those that have missed the chance to party over the last 2 years you are about to have your minds blown 🤯

A massive thanks to the team at The Works Entertainment for believing in me and constantly encouraging me to up my game.

I can't wait to show you what this talented bunch have been dreaming up!

Cheers 🥂 🍏 🌃

18/03/2022

Two shows left folks!

17/03/2022

What a delight to revive this congratulations to my Co-winning bestie ..... and thanks to and 3 shows left come on down and play 10.10 @ Ukiyo in Gluttony.

17/03/2022

last Chance Adelaide.... lets go out with a BANG!