Gili

For years, Gili has been crawling into the heads of his audience with visible pleasure. In Machtig!, his tenth performance, he partly turns the tables. This time, he also invites his spectators to discover for themselves what that feels like. In his tenth performance, Gili not only shows that he is still a master of mentalism and humor, but also that his audience has more in store than they suspect themselves. It is not for nothing that he grew into a genre unto himself in Flanders. ‘Lend me your imagination tonight and you will see that you are capable of things you didn't know you could do. That you too can penetrate the brain of another and go in search of their secret thoughts.’ That is what comedian-mentalist Gili asks of you at the start of his tenth performance Machtig!. That he himself is capable of crawling into the head of his audience, we have known for a long time. More than ever, he now also wants to let the spectators shine as the stars of the show. They will experience to their own surprise what it is like to have power over another. Add a lot of humor to that, and you get another authentic Giliale show. About Gili With his talent as a mentalist combined with witty humor, Gili (aka Lieven Gheysen) created a genre unto himself. The road to that started with a magic kit when he was 12 years old. Once an adult, he made a name for himself by becoming a 3-time finalist of Humo’s Comedy Cup. His status as the only magician-comedian in Flanders was a fact. After a series of theater shows, Gili delved into mentalism from 2009. That is: using his 5 senses so well that it seems as if he has a 6th sense, and with which he lovingly ridicules alleged psychics and clairvoyants. His show Iedereen Paranormaal from 2009 was a bomb and subsequently, he got his own television program on the VRT: ONmogelijk. Suddenly, all of Flanders knew him. Later followed the shows CTRL, Charlatan, and Raar hè?!, and he toured in France, with series in Paris and Avignon. Besides being an artist, Gili is also the founder of the legendary comedy café De Trukendoos in Harelbeke and of the Comedy Marathon, the annual party in the Capitole Gent for charity. Both initiatives are currently continued by Rinus Samyn.