MYSTERY BOX
Lawrence Leung, Dr Vyom Sharma & Dom Chambers
What’s inside the box?
What we don’t know can be unsettling. We are but small specks in the infinite universe after all. The unknown invites imagination, and there is no way to spark surprise, wonder and questions better than a little magic. Creating something out of nothing – a talent magicians and the cosmos have in common.
Welcome to the Mystery Box – our cuboid enigma exploring the magic of the universe. This is your invitation to play a game with the unknown. What lies inside our arcane aquarium? Make your best guess. Each week, the answer will be revealed in an astonishing live performance.
What if the box knows what’s inside you?
The Mystery Box team are award-winning magicians, illusion designers and science communicators that create irreverent and fascinating work that blur the boundaries of perception, question biases and hack minds. They curate mischievous and mind-blowing immersive experiences that provoke, educate, mesmerise and illuminate wonder.
Lawrence Leung is a comedian, screenwriter and trickster. He was the writer/creator/presenter of UNBELIEVABLE, an ABC doco series that used fascinating and fun experiments to explain how and why humans believe in unexplainable phenomena. Currently, he’s an investigative comedian for the fact-finding ABC TV series WTFAQ.
Dr Vyom Sharma is a doctor, ABC broadcaster and media personality that debunks medical misinformation, pseudoscientific myths and bullshit on programs such as Q&A, The Drum and The Project. He’s also an award-winning mentalist who creates feats of mindreading.
Dom Chambers is a magician, comedian and magic designer. He’s an America’s Got Talent Finalist, has appeared on Penn&Teller’s Fool Us and represented Australia at FISM 2022 “The Olympics of Magic”. His original creations have appeared on stages around the world, from Edinburgh to Broadway NYC, as well as online in viral videos of stunning optical/perspective illusions.