Three of South Africa’s most loved comedy magicians perform together for their debut show, “3 Funny Guys & A Pack Of Cards” - a show filled with visual illusions, jaw-dropping sleight-of-hand magic and packed with belly laughter!

Andrew 'Magic Man' Eland was born in Cape Town but grew up in Canada, where he started his signature sleight-of-hand manipulation magic shows by performing as a street busker. On his return to South Africa in 1994, Magic Man became a unique comedy sensation on the South African stand-up comedy circuit. Since then, he’s performed at every comedy club and casino in the country. He spends the northern Summers performing at street festivals in Canada and Europe, and the southern Summers performing throughout South Africa, mostly seen at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Magic Man’s unique skills are highly regarded by magicians worldwide.

Marcel Oudejans is one of Africa’s leading corporate magicians, performing throughout the continent for blue-chip corporate clients at gala dinners, conferences and exclusive VIP functions for 15 years. He’s performed 3 one-man shows at the National Arts Festival and the Cape Town Fringe festival, and is the Producer of Africa’s only dedicated magic theatre company, ‘Cape Town Magic Club’. Drawn to visual magic & comedic wit, Marcel is adept at bringing audience members onto stage to help them ‘make magic’.

Greg Gelb may only recently have become a full-time magician but he has a life-long love of the Art, being a self-taught magician since his teenage years. Greg’s sense of humour and interest in ‘mental magic’ makes him a hilarious & captivating performer! Greg has spent years entertaining guests at restaurants and performed 2 one-man shows at the National Arts Festival and Cape Town Fringe festival, with multiple appearances in the Cape Town Magic Club’s “Monday Night Magic” show.

Audience Responses

We loved it! Thank you for a great show.

Unbelievable

It was funny and slick. They engaged well with the audience and the illusions were delightful

SO funny - nothing better than a show that delivers - as promised 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

I thought the show was funny and easy to watch and we really enjoyed it.

They were FANTASTIC.. they were so funny. I've seen them all individuals but TOGETHER they threaded a brilliant show. Do wish the pack of cards featured a little bit more. They have great chemistry together in stage

Really funny and great evening out!

Hi This is Mandy, the journalist (brainwavez.org) who covers the magic shows. Due to various reasons I'm going to write about this as a preview (in the next few weeks since the show's Alexander run is now over), rather than a review, as this show is still a work in progress and some things need to be sorted out and tightened up. I sat with the guys after the show last night and we talked a bit about it (I know a lot about magic and Marcel, in particular, picks my brain for feedback and opinions). It's good enough (professional, skilled, etc) as is for a layman audience but I know their work very well and I know this particular show can be better, hence a preview article where I can discuss some of this stuff, rather than a review because I know there will be changes for future audiences and it will be better. I will watch the show again sometime once changes have been implemented and then be able to write a proper review and compare it back (if that makes sense). I hope when they have it ready you'll have it back at the venue (and with more warning for audiences as I know this was grabbed as a last minute timeslot, which is one of the reasons for the unfortunate lower ticket sales). Cheers

Great Magic, entertaining and a fun night out.

It was brilliant! Loved every minute of it.

An awesome show, thank you. Please convey the following to Marcel for me: Marcel's- and Magic-Man's sets were AMAAAAAZING ! (..... and very enjoyable). During Greg's set,however, the pace was very slow in parts and this detracted from the enjoyment - needs some more zip in his performance.