Brynolf & Ljung i New York-debut med föreställningen Stalker, producerad av Penn & Teller

De svenska trollkarlarna Peter Brynolf och Jonas Ljung var bland de första någonsin att lyckas lura legendariska Penn & Teller i första säsongen av programmet ”Penn & Teller: Fool Us!”. Nu producerar Penn & Teller Brynolf & Ljungs New York-debut: ”Stalker”. Med regi av succéregissören Edward Af Sillén har ”Stalker” premiär den 1 april på New World Stages – ett stenkast från Times Square i New York. 

“Brynolf & Ljung had us at ‘hallå’ with their mind-bending magic on our TV show,” säger Penn & Teller. ”Now, we’re joining forces with them to unleash Stalker in New York City. We’re truly excited to join the producing team of this spellbinding spectacle.” 

I föreställningen ”Stalker” tar Brynolf & Ljung sig längre in i publikens medvetande än någonsin tidigare. Med hjälp av fingerfärdighet, illusioner och psykologi flyttas gränsen för vad som är möjligt och vad som borde vara omöjligt. Tillsammans med stjärnregissören Edward af Sillén tar Brynolf & Ljung i sin nya föreställning med publiken på en upplevelse där ingen sitter helt säker. Hur långt är vi människor beredda att gå i jakten på att bli sedda? I dagens övervakningssamhälle är alla stalkade och alla har blivit stalkers. Följ Brynolf & Ljung. De följer redan dig.

Brynolf & Ljung fick sitt internationella genombrott i ”Britain’s Got talent” inför 11 miljoner tittare. För den svenska publiken är de kända från tre säsonger av sitt tv-program ”Brynolf & Ljung – Street Magic” på TV4 och sverigeturnéerna ”Hokuspokus Motherf*ckers” (2016-2017), ”Cirkeln” (2018-2020) och den ursprungliga produktionen av ”Stalker” (2021-2022), med mer än 150 000 sålda biljetter. Nu intar de, tillsammans med Lifeline Entertainment och barndomsidolerna Penn & Teller som producenter, New York.

Ljusdesign: Jamie Roderick

Ljuddesign: Drew Levy

General Manager: KGM Theatrical

Production Management: Tinc Productions

”Stalker” produceras av Lifeline Entertainment och Penn & Teller. Co-producers: Pernilla & Niclas Nyrensten samt All Things Live.

Penn & Teller (Producers). From humble beginnings busking on the streets of Philadelphia to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway to the longest-running, and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo continues to defy labels—and at times physics and good taste — by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy. Their record-breaking Las Vegas show at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has an amazing nine wins as “Las Vegas Magicians of the Year” and was called “The single best show in Vegas,” by the Los Angeles Times. The current hit series “Penn & Teller: Fool Us!” for The CW Network, on which up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn & Teller for a chance to star in the pair’s hit Las Vegas stage show, was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award and returned for a 10th season in 2023. Hundreds of outrageous appearances on everything from “Fallon” to “Friends,” “The Simpsons” to “Colbert,” “Modern Family” to “Big Bang Theory,” plus their own specials for NBC, ABC, PBS and Comedy Central have garnered them an Emmy, a Writers Guild Award and their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The controversial Showtime series, “Penn & Teller: BS!” was nominated for 13 Emmys and was the longest-running series in the history of the network. The show highlighted the pair’s ardent skepticism by tackling the fakes and frauds behind such topics as alien abduction, psychics and bottled water. In recent years they’ve become acclaimed documentarians with the BAFTA-nominated Sony Pictures Classic release, Tim’s Vermeer, which follows Texas-based inventor Tim Jenison on his quest to discover the methods used by Dutch Master painter Johannes Vermeer. Their other films, the critically lauded feature The Aristocrats and the Showtime short The Gambler’s Ballad, were met with wide praise. The Olivier-nominated Magic Goes Wrong, written and created in collaboration with Mischief Theatre (creators of the Tony-nominated The Play That Goes Wrong), played at London’s West End Vaudeville Theatre, setting a box office pre-sale record. The Daily Mail hailed it as a “spellbinding romp,” while The Sun theater critic raved, “I’ll be laughing into next week.” As individuals, they are just as prolific. Teller directed versions of Macbeth and The Tempest that toured to raves from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, co-wrote and directed the Off-Broadway thriller Play Dead and has written two books. Penn has written five books, including the New York Times Best Sellers, God No! and Presto. He hosted the NBC game show “Identity” and donned his ballroom shoes for ABC’s hit “Dancing With The Stars.” Last season, together, Penn & Teller were unmasked after several spirited performances on “The Masked Singer.” In 2023, Penn & Teller celebrated 48 years of professional partnership.

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