Seeing Is Believing Tour

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Dynamo Seeing Is Believing
CompanyInner Circle Films
Phil Mcintrye Productions
Frontier Touring
Mushroom Group
Genre Magic
LocationWorldwide
Creative team
DirectorTom Caruso
Creative ProducerDan Albion
Frontier Touring DirectorMichael Harrison
Mushroom Group, CEOMichael Gudinski
DesignerRic Lipson
Creative Consultants Paul Kieve
Luke Jermay
Harry De Cruz
Rory Adams
Tom Elderfield
Robert Pound
Lighting DesignerTim Lutkin
Video Creative DirectorMark Hough
Video ProducerSam Pattinson
Sound DesignerRory Madden
Music DesignerNick Phillips
Production ManagerMatt Towell
Video Content and DirectionAlex Hartman
Amer Iqbal
Tour PhotographerAndrew Timms
Other information
Tour ManagerGordon Issacs (UK)
Adam Painter (Aus)
Production ManagerAndy Gibbs
Stage ManagementStuart Tucker (UK)
Adam Painter
Kelly Butterfield (UK)
Gary Young (UK)
Darren Davidson (Aus)
Clare Hill (Aus)
Rosie Gilbert (Aus)
Anneka Baughan (Aus)
Personal AssistantCharis Platford
Sarah Nicholls

Seeing Is Believing was a live tour by English magician Dynamo. The tour was initially billed as a run of UK dates in late 2015, beginning at the O2 Apollo, Manchester, visiting London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Birmingham and Leeds. [1]

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Frayne's ambitions for the show were high, commenting to the press that “[he was] hoping that like [he] did for magic on TV, [he could] reinvent the live magic show and produce something fans [had] never seen before.” [2]

Following high demand for tickets, the tour was extended to a three years and 145 dates across 3 continents, where he sold over 750,000 tickets and filled arenas across the UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. [3] [4]

As part of the tour, Dynamo became the first magician in history to headline The O2, London. [5] [6]

Dynamo Live at the O2

In March 2016, Dynamo played three sold-out shows at The O2, London. [7] In doing so, he became the first magician to headline the venue. [6] To mark the occasion, Dynamo worked with TV channel Watch, with whom he had created his TV show Dynamo: Magician Impossible, to bring his live show to TV screens across the United Kingdom. [8]

Dynamo Live at The O2 followed Frayne as he embarked on the biggest live magic performance in British history. The show was broadcast live across the UK on Watch.

Tour

2015

UK

DateVenueCity
6 October – 18 October O2 Apollo Manchester, England
22 October – 8 November Eventim Apollo London
19 November – 22 November SECC Clyde Auditorium Glasgow, Scotland
25 November – 29 November Playhouse Edinburgh, Scotland
2 December – 6 December Capital FM Arena Nottingham, England
9 December – 13 December Barclaycard Arena Birmingham, England
16 December – 20 December First Direct Arena Leeds, England

2016

UK

DateVenueCity
27 January – 31 January Brighton Centre Brighton, England
3 February – 7 February Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales
10 February – 14 February Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth, England
18 February – 21 February Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, England
24 February – 28 February Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, England
2 March – 6 March Echo Arena Liverpool, England
9 March – 13 March The SSE Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland
16 March – 20 March 3Arena Dublin, Ireland
23 March – 24 March First Direct Arena Leeds, England
26 March – 27 March Barclaycard Arena Birmingham, England
29 March – 30 March The O2 London
1 April – 2 April Manchester Arena Manchester, England

Australia

DateVenueCity
5 November – 6 November Qudos Bank Arena Sydney, Australia
8 November – 9 November Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia
12 November – 13 November Rod Laver Arena Melbourne
16 November – 17 November Entertainment Centre Adelaide, Australia
21 November – 24 November Perth Arena Perth, Australia

2018

South Africa

DateVenueCity
11 May – 13 MaySun Arena Pretoria
18 May – 19 MayGrandWest Grand Arena Cape Town

New Zealand

DateVenueCity
20 July – 21 July Horncastle Arena Christchurch
23 July - 24 July TSB Arena Wellington
26 July – 29 July Spark Arena Auckland

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