Dirk Darrow: Magic of Future Past
Gritty 1930s film-noir retro collides with futuristic sci-fi in this hilarious time-travelling live stage magic spectacle! Experience mind-reading revelations that will shatter your reality to propel you to the past & Back To The Future. Charge your flux capacitors & sharpen your Blade Runners, cause there’s a new steely detective in the future and his name… is Dirk Darrow.
Comedy Award -FRINGE WORLD 2020
Magic Award -Adelaide Fringe 2019 & 2021
Funniest Show Award -London Fringe 2014
"Amazing" ★★★★★ Australian Stage, 2015
“Incredible” ★★★★★ Edmonton Journal, 2016
“The best private detective magician mentalist comedian you’ll ever see” ★★★★ Edmonton Sun, 2014
ABC Radio Interview with Tim Motley by Masterchef Australia's Matt Preston about Dirk Darrow in 2021 - listen here!
Presented by: Racing Sloth Productions
Tim Motley has been performing professionally for over 20 years as a comedian, mentalist, magician, actor, radio show host, improviser, busker, and variety performer. He is well known to Fringe Festival patrons for combining comedy and magic with the film noir detective genre in such shows as “2 Nuts for Dick Tricks”, “Prohibition”, “6 Quick Dick Tricks”, ”2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick,” and “Dirk Darrow: NCSSI”. These shows have toured Fringes around the world for nine years, have garnered 15 Fringe Festival awards, and have received many excellent reviews.
Tim has created and toured internationally 8 solo shows and 3 cast shows to date. Originally from Philadelphia, he is now a full Australian citizen living in Adelaide and has performed in 49 countries.