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Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live strip show kicked off in Melbourne earlier this week.
And Australian audiences are certainly in for a treat, with Channing promising that the Down Under version of the show is much racier than the American one.
‘We’re making the show a whole lot sexier for our Australian fans,’ he told the Herald Sun.
Raunchy: Channing Tatum says that his Magic Mike Live show has been made even racier for Australian audiences
‘In my experience, there’s a completely different way Aussies talk about sex, and men and women, and dating,’ he continued.
‘I don’t really have a way to describe what that is, I just know it’s different to how we talk about sex in the States. Aussies are raw and real about it.’
Magic Mike Live just kicked off in Melbourne after the Covid pandemic forced the tour to be postponed.
Following its official opening night on Tuesday, the stars of the raunchy show put on a performance for the media on Wednesday.
It’s back: Magic Mike Live kicked off in Melbourne earlier this week after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to be postponed
It was announced on June 24 that the show would be commencing on June 29 with a ‘comprehensive Magic Mike Live Australia COVID-SAFE plan’ based on ‘Victorian Government health advice’.
In a statement on the Magic Mike Live website, they added: ‘Thank you for your continued support and understanding of this production and the wider arts community in these challenging times.’
The show was supposed to open in May last year, but was delayed because of a series of imposed lockdowns in Victoria amid the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Changes have been made to the performance schedule, and we will now open at Birrarung Marr in June 2021,’ read the website.
Turning up the heat: Following its official opening night on Tuesday, the stars of the raunchy show put on a performance for the media on Wednesday
Making a comeback: It was announced on June 24 that the show would be commencing on June 29 with a ‘comprehensive Magic Mike Live Australia COVID-SAFE plan’ based on ‘Victorian Government health advice’
‘The health and well-being of our audiences, cast, crew and all staff is our absolute priority and we thank all patrons for their understanding.’
The Melbourne cast turned out an energetic performance, which featured plenty of hunky shirtless men.
One routine saw an acrobatic dancer hovering above a female performer in an impressive aerial display.
Worth the wait: The show was supposed to open in May last year, but was delayed because of a series of imposed lockdowns in Victoria amid the coronavirus pandemic
‘The health and well-being of our audiences, cast, crew and all staff is our absolute priority and we thank all patrons for their understanding,’ read a statement on the Magic Mike Live website
There was also a shirtless drummer playing alongside a rock band, with the racy show taking place inside a spiegeltent.
Following performances in Sydney, the Melbourne season is set to run until the end of August, before the show travels to Brisbane and Perth.
The show is based on the 2012 Magic Mike movie, which starred Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer and Matthew McConaughey.
It was inspired by Channing’s real-life experience working as a stripper in Florida when he was just 18.
Drummer boy: There was also a shirtless drummer playing alongside a rock band, with the racy show taking place inside a spiegeltent
Following the film’s runaway success, Channing developed a live show, which premiered in Las Vegas.
‘The morning after we opened our first production in Vegas four years ago, we all talked about the crazy idea of someday putting Magic Mike Live in a tent and travelling around Australia,’ he said in a statement, as reported by Time Out Melbourne.
‘The fact that it’s actually happening now is mind-blowing to me. The tent and this new version of the show is more than I ever imagined it could be, and I can’t wait for our fans in Australia to see what we’ve created especially for them.’
Past life: The film was inspired by Channing Tatum’s real-life experience working as a stripper in Florida when he was just 18. Pictured in the 2015 film, Magic Mike XXL
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