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The Big Show With The Cast Of Cirque Alice! · The Hauraki Big Show

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  Speaker 1: The Hauraki Big Show with Jase, Mike and Keezy. Tune
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  Speaker 1: in weekdays at 4 on Radio Hauraki.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, indeed. Nirvana there on the Radio Hauraki Big Show
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  Speaker 2: this Wednesday evening. Now, the fellas have been waxing lyrical
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  Speaker 2: the last couple of days about a theatre show that
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  Speaker 2: they went to see.
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  Speaker 3: Cirque Alice. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And they both went to see it on a Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: Both of them gave it rave reviews. Five stars out
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  Speaker 2: of five from recollection, fellas.
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  Speaker 3: I will take it.
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  Speaker 2: We've got two of the stars from that very show,
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  Speaker 2: Cirque Alice. Dizzy and Layla, how are you going?
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  Speaker 4: We're good.
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  Speaker 3: You speak first, Layla. Yeah, I'm good.
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  Speaker 5: I'm so great to be here.
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  Speaker 4: So we've got Layla and Dizzy. So Layla, you are Alice.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Dizzy, you are the Mad Hatter.
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  Speaker 3: I am.
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  Speaker 4: First things first, Alice, magnificent voice.
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  Speaker 1: Aw, thank you.
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  Speaker 5: I really appreciate that.
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  Speaker 4: Because I've seen a Cirque du Soleil show before. It
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  Speaker 4: was one of the ones in the tent. It was
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  Speaker 4: in the round and there was no sort of singing
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  Speaker 4: and performing and stuff. And then you came out and
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  Speaker 4: had this amazing operatic voice. And I was like, holy cow.
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  Speaker 5: Awesome, thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, does it take much sort of warming up
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  Speaker 4: and things like that?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 6: It does take a lot of warming up. I think
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  Speaker 6: even this morning I was trying to get my voice
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  Speaker 6: to start happening today and it was taking like two hours.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, ah.
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  Speaker 4: What do you do for that?
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  Speaker 6: You've got to steam. Sometimes vocalists use a vocal humidifier.
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  Speaker 6: There's a vocal mist and stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Some people do straw work.
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  Speaker 6: But it's just a lot of SOVT stuff to warm
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  Speaker 6: up your voice.
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  Speaker 2: I used to do five cigarettes and a couple of whiskeys.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's pretty good too.
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  Speaker 2: And I used to find that that really loosened up
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  Speaker 2: the larynx.
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  Speaker 5: And when he sang, it sounded horrendous. So I suggest
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  Speaker 5: you don't try that. Dizzy, tell us about the show, man,
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  Speaker 5: for people that don't know anything about it. give us
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  Speaker 5: a bit of an explainer.
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  Speaker 3: So you mentioned it's uh you saw the circus slave
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  Speaker 3: version inside a tent the producers have basically done a
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  Speaker 3: runway catwalk with a big round stage on the stage
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  Speaker 3: but it's a lot smaller so it's about the size
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  Speaker 3: of this table what is this maybe 15 feet yeah
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  Speaker 3: 15 feet round and then they've got vips that sit
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  Speaker 3: on the stage.
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  Speaker 5: Wow i wasn't invited up there does he i don't
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  Speaker 5: know what they're pretty expensive seats.
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  Speaker 3: I believe but i believe they're all sold out um
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  Speaker 3: But sitting there, you're just immersed in like seeing the
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  Speaker 3: sweat and the actual, because nowadays we're watching stuff on phones.
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  Speaker 3: Is it real?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Seeing these guys.
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  Speaker 4: You're up in the action.
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  Speaker 3: You're part of it. For the producers and the directors
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  Speaker 3: pushing us to be on stage for the finale trick
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  Speaker 3: of every single act that they do, like we'll come
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  Speaker 3: out as a whole company and just stand and watch
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  Speaker 3: the finale final trick. It's death defying and we have
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  Speaker 3: to stand there with a straight face and when they
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  Speaker 3: change just a slight bit, it's just like, This is it. Like,
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  Speaker 3: you've seen some of the acts that they're doing.
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  Speaker 4: So that's the bizarre thing is you all get into
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  Speaker 4: the Civic Theatre, you're all sitting in the tiered seating,
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  Speaker 4: and then there are people that are sitting on tables
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  Speaker 4: literally one metre away from the action. There were four
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  Speaker 4: Kiwi dudes sitting to the right of stage on the
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  Speaker 4: first night, and they were on the beers, and I
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  Speaker 4: feel like they didn't realise what they were in for.
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  Speaker 4: They had the biggest eyes, the biggest expressions. It was incredible.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And you guys are up on stage feet away from
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  Speaker 4: these people doing the most bizarre stuff. Like, tell me.
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  Speaker 3: I think I remember these guys and they were asked
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  Speaker 3: to keep their seatbelts on. It was that kind of situation.
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  Speaker 3: They were freaking. I remember that.
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  Speaker 4: It was brilliant because it was so expressive. But Mike
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  Speaker 4: and I had the same experience, which is we went there,
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  Speaker 4: we watched it. It was amazing, very entertaining, beautiful singing,
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  Speaker 4: good performing. Very stressful. Super stressful. I'm like, please let
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  Speaker 4: everyone get through this okay. Do you guys feel the
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  Speaker 4: same watching the performances around you?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's where I come in, where I'm the comedic relief.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, right.
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  Speaker 3: I come in, what, 15 to 20 minutes into the show?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So the audience are already begging for, like, let me
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  Speaker 3: just breathe. Yeah, 100%. So my job is so easy. Like,
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  Speaker 3: they're just begging to relax.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you?
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  Speaker 1: Backbone.
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  Speaker 5: For the people at home, what you're watching is different
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  Speaker 5: forms of acrobats. There's people hanging from the ceiling. There's
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  Speaker 5: people on roller skates going a billion miles an hour.
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  Speaker 5: There's people... they're not tethered to anything. I don't know
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  Speaker 5: how it gets past the safety laws of the country, but,
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  Speaker 5: you know, if these people fall, it's all over. And
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  Speaker 5: so it is super, super, super stressful. It's a weird
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  Speaker 5: thing because you think, well, is this entertaining? Because I
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  Speaker 5: think I'm about to watch somebody die. But then you
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  Speaker 5: come out as a hatter and it is a relief.
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  Speaker 5: You're pulling people out of the crowd. You're mocking them.
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  Speaker 5: You're mocking yourself. And it is a huge relief. But
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  Speaker 5: as the show goes on, it gets more and more
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  Speaker 5: stressful because And I'm not sure how much of it is.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think we're selling tickets by saying this.
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  Speaker 5: No, we've been talking about it for days. But it's
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  Speaker 5: incredible because then you get the payoff at the end.
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  Speaker 5: But what's amazing about it is what I'm interested in
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  Speaker 5: is how dangerous is it? Because there's got to be
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  Speaker 5: some selling from the performer's point of view as well, right?
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  Speaker 5: To make it seem like it's much more dangerous than
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  Speaker 5: it is, the acting as well as the skill level
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  Speaker 5: is just phenomenal.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I will say with the directors, the producers that
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  Speaker 3: book these acts, they've gone, right, you do that chiffon.
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  Speaker 3: You fly from the ceiling and do that. We've seen
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  Speaker 3: that before. We don't want it. We want something that
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  Speaker 3: you've never seen. Like the guys that are doing the
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  Speaker 3: flying elements, you haven't seen the way they're gripping each
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  Speaker 3: other by the most unsafe manner.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And then the hand, you know, everyone's seen somebody balance
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  Speaker 3: on somebody's hands. We don't want to see that. So
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  Speaker 3: let's make it even more, like, impressive epic is the word. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's what sort of de Soleil, as I know it,
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  Speaker 2: is sort of known for is this kind of magnificent physicality.
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  Speaker 2: The first time I met Mike, he was doing trapeze.
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  Speaker 2: And I remember watching him and just going.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my word. It was amazing.
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  Speaker 2: It must just take hours and hours and hours of practice.
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  Speaker 5: I was just a natural. And sometimes you come across
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  Speaker 5: those people, don't you, that are just natural performers. I'm lying,
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  Speaker 5: by the way. But when it comes to that, I
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  Speaker 5: guess what I've probably seen three or four of these
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  Speaker 5: shows over the over the last few years. How do
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  Speaker 5: you guys and I know this would be annoying because
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  Speaker 5: you've probably been asked a billion times. But how do
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  Speaker 5: you find your way into the circus?
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  Speaker 6: That's crazy because I'm a musical theatre performer and I've
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  Speaker 6: done music my whole life. I've grown up in a
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  Speaker 6: very musical family. So I had no idea what it
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  Speaker 6: was going to be like being in a circus show.
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  Speaker 6: And it is just like just next level entertaining. Like
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  Speaker 6: you just absolutely are gasping for air. Like honestly, I'm
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  Speaker 6: on stage with these people every night and they're just out.
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  Speaker 4: Of this world talented.
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  Speaker 6: Like it is just absolutely amazing the strength that they
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  Speaker 6: have and just like the love that they have for
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  Speaker 6: their art and their acting. Like, it's just beyond what
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  Speaker 6: you can imagine. So, like, I just had no idea
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  Speaker 6: what I was getting myself into with these guys, and
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  Speaker 6: it has been a crazy ride, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it is, right? Because, obviously, you're a performer with
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  Speaker 4: a beautiful voice. Dizzy, you're very comedic. You know, you're
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  Speaker 4: up there having fun, making people laugh. And then you've
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  Speaker 4: got a guy whose skill is, first of all, being
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  Speaker 4: ripped to shreds.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And hanging upside down with something in his mouth, holding
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  Speaker 4: another performer in her mouth, spinning wildly on, like... It's ridiculous.
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  Speaker 6: It's like nothing like you've ever seen before.
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  Speaker 4: No, exactly. And when we say it's stressful, it's in
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  Speaker 4: the best way. It's like not often you go into
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  Speaker 4: a theatre. In fact, I associate theatre traditionally, no offence, with, oh, God,
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  Speaker 4: I hope this is good. I hope I don't fall asleep,
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  Speaker 4: that sort of stuff. Instead, you walk out of there
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  Speaker 4: like you've been on a roller coaster and you've been
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  Speaker 4: watching a movie at the same time. Like, it's bizarre.
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  Speaker 4: You guys must absolutely love doing it, right?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's awesome. It's amazing. And just the idea, the
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  Speaker 3: story between– behind Alice in Wonderland. Everyone's, you know, seen
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  Speaker 3: the movie or read the book. So coming in, you're going, okay,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to see Alice. And then she comes out.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: She's going to, she's singing, which is incredible. Then the
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  Speaker 3: Tweedles come out. Yeah. They're in the show. Do you know, there's,
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  Speaker 3: Every performer has a character and you just relate to
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  Speaker 3: that and then next minute they blow your minds.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Tweedledee and Tweedledum were both jacked.
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  Speaker 2: It was crazy. And, Dizian, I think you made a
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  Speaker 2: really good point. And that's the magic of theatre. You know,
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  Speaker 2: these days we're all on our phones.
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  Speaker 3: But the.
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  Speaker 2: The great thing about theatre is the sort of live
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  Speaker 2: element to it. You know, you're in the building, you're
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  Speaker 2: feeling the atmosphere. You know, Mike and I go to
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  Speaker 2: a few plays and, you know, it's a very different
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  Speaker 2: beast as opposed to watching something on your phone, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean? Actually seeing live performers.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: For me, I've... Realise, word of mouth, everyone's talking about
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  Speaker 3: the show afterwards. It just says it in ticket sales.
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  Speaker 3: I think we're up to like 90% capacity.
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  Speaker 5: And so it should be. I really left there and
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  Speaker 5: it makes you feel so positive about the human race.
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  Speaker 5: The things that are possible, the amount of training that
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  Speaker 5: people put into their art, as you say, it's so inspiring.
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  Speaker 5: And my seven-year-old daughter was sitting there with me. Her
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  Speaker 5: greatest passion in life is eating ice cream. And she
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  Speaker 5: had an ice cream and she was sitting there and
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  Speaker 5: her mouth, she was holding it in front of her
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  Speaker 5: and her mouth was open and her ice cream melted down.
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  Speaker 5: That was how it was. amazing it was. You guys
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  Speaker 5: are so incredible. that you made her forget she had
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  Speaker 5: an ice cream. And I can't tell you how big
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  Speaker 5: a feat that is.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's successful.
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  Speaker 2: Dizzy and Layla from Sir Callis, thank you so much
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  Speaker 2: for coming in.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you for having us.
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  Speaker 2: All the very best for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like you're going great guns anyway.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and if you'd like to go and see it
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  Speaker 4: as well, it's on tonight, tomorrow night, Friday, two on
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  Speaker 4: Saturday and two on Sunday. Good luck to you guys.
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  Speaker 4: Big shift ahead. But if you'd like tickets, go to ticketmaster.co.nz. Beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for coming in, team.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, guys.
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