The link to the show will be added to the Facebook post linked below.
From the August 27th Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
Big News!!! The farewell Lucy Darling virtual show will be streaming tomorrow on youtube at 7pm EST!!! And it's free!
The link will be added to this thread tomorrow:)
From the July 24th Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
It's so nice to be getting back to my life again. Come visit me on the road!!
TAOM - Austin, TX
September 3-6
Magi Fest - Columbus, OH
September 16-18
Magic Castle - Hollywood, CA
September 20-26
CAM / Association du Festival de magie de Québec
September 30-October 3rd
House of Cards - Nashville, TN
October 11 - 24
Chicago Magic Lounge (full show!)
November 4-7
A Magical Cirque Christmas
November 16th - December 20th
From the July 23rd Facebook post by David Krychowski:
Check out my interviews with Ariann Black, Carisa Hendrix, and Miranda Allen on my YouTube channel called Lets Chat With.
From A Magical Cirque Christmas:
The world’s greatest entertainers unite for a spellbinding and incredible holiday production – A MAGICAL CIRQUE CHRISTMAS! Experience the enchantment of Christmas as Magical Hostess Lucy Darling takes you through an evening of dazzling performers and breathtaking cirque artists, accompanied by your favorite holiday music performed live. Get into the spirit of the season with this merry treat that’s perfect for the entire family.
August 11
The Saskatoon Firefighters present The Annual Magic Show In Support of The Burn Fund.
From the June 9th Facebook post by Chris Westfall:
From the May 14th Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
Miss us?? We're back!!!! Saturday, May 29 6PM PST
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-special-evening-with-lucy-darling-tickets-154744485923
Return to Magicland May 29th and 30th!
From the Unconventional.Fun website, the virtual line-up includes:
From the May 7th Facebook post by UnConventional.Fun:
After MONTHS of hard work, tickets to Magicland have finally gone live!!!
We put together a convention weekend packed with shows, lectures, jams, dealers, panel talks, and even games (with real world prizes!).
Head to www.Unconventional.Fun to see what we've got planned - then comment below what YOU are most excited for!
#VirtualMagicConvention #Magicland #TicketsAreNowLive!
From the March 11 Facebook post by Buster Balloon Caldwell:
June 3, 4, & 5th (and maybe just a little bit of the 6th).
Registration is now open at...
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../kids-entertainer-fest...
Check out our amazing Line-up of instructors and performers!
Azhelle Wade, The Toy Coach
https://www.thetoycoach.com
https://www.facebook.com/thetoycoach/
Carisa Hendrix
https://www.carisahendrix.com
https://www.facebook.com/carisa.hendrix
Chriscapehartmastermagician.com
https://www.chriscapehartmastermagician.com
https://www.facebook.com/chris.capehart.79
Fay Presto
http://www.faypresto.com
https://www.facebook.com/faypresto/
Gus Davis
https://gusdavis.com
https://www.facebook.com/gameshowstogo
Heather Green
https://www.facebook.com/FABAtv
https://www.facebook.com/SillyFarmSupplies
Iman Lizarazu
https://www.imanlizarazu.com
https://www.facebook.com/iman.lizarazu
Katie Rosa Marchese
https://www.mariothemagician.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rosamarchese
Leah Orleans
https://theabcsoffitness.com
https://www.facebook.com/theabcsoffitness
Lindsay Benner
https://www.lindsaybenner.com/
ttps://www.facebook.com/womeninvaudeville
Regina Martinez
http://www.sillysparkles.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sillysparklesclown
Marcela Murad
ttps://www.facebook.com/MarciPoppinsandFriends/
Yasu Ishida
https://www.yasutheatre.com/
https://www.facebook.com/yasumagic
Talent includes: Carisa Hendrix, Jason Suran, Steve Thompson, Dani DaOrtiz, Mark James, Will Houstoun, Harry De Cruz, David Parr, Matt Szat, Matthew Gilmore, @Royalpainisme, Joshua Jay, and Andi Gladwin.
From Vanishing Inc Magic:
"Connected: Live" is an all-day online magic convention dedicated to virtual magic shows. Whether you’re a virtual magic veteran or just LOVE magic in general, this convention will provide a blueprint for developing the best possible show and exploring all the opportunities virtual magic can provide. You’ll enjoy virtual performances, lectures, panel discussions, and interactions with top luminaries in the industry.
From the March 17th Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
February 26 – 27.
From the February 13th Facebook post by Miranda Allen:
Once more, but in French!
We are thrilled to be teaming up with L'UniThéâtre to offer two bilingual performances!
Very exciting! Carisa offered a teaser for this project about a year ago when she lectured for Ring 17!
From the February 8th Facebook post by The Society of American Magicians:
Kayla Drescher and Carisa Hendrix are no strangers to podcasting. They started Shezam back in 2018 and it has been going strong ever since. Now. Kayla and Carisa check in with The Books of Magic to talk about new project "Modern Wonder," a video project bringing the effects of Tommy Wonder's Books of Wonder to video.
From Vanishing Inc Magic [event is February 10]:
From winning an award from the Academy of Magical Arts to...your living room! We're so excited to welcome Lucy Darling to Vanishing Inc. Showtime series. Her show is a combination of her unique style of comedy magic and the crowd work she's renowned for. Come ready to interact and be amazed by this production. Unlike any other virtual magic show, Carisa Hendrix (playing the part of her alter-ego Lucy Darling) will charm you and your family with her brand new virtual show. Then, right after the show, stick around as we interview Carisa about her vision for how to bring her character to an online audience.
From the January 29th Tweet by Lena Hall [event is February 12]:
What do @DarrenCriss @joshgroban @Instatituss @CarisaHendrix and I all have in common? https://t.co/zAaOYj4pQh
— Lena Hall (@LenaRockerHall) January 29, 2021
From the January 26th Instagram post by Carisa Hendrix:
From the January 24th Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
From the January 13th Facebook post from Assembly V1.1:
This month we are handing things over to Magical Women with Connie Boyd. Connie will be welcoming an all star panel of guest for our next meeting to talk about magic and the the ever expanding footprint of women in magic. We are excited to welcome FISM winner Juliana Chen, The Magic Castle's 1994 Stage Magician of the Year Tina Lenert and the current Stage Magicians of the Year Carisa Hendrix. to join us this Sunday.
We hope to see everyone there, this Sunday January 17.
Thank you all for participating in the spirit in which the awards were
intended:
a fun way to recognize and celebrate all of the wonderful things being done by the fabulous talent in our country.
Over 190 votes were cast in this "bragging rights" only contest. You
all have a lot of devoted fans!
Here are the results of our fifth annual "Readers' Choice Inspirational
Canadian Magician of the Year" award!
Some general comments were submitted:
Editor's note:
- Gwyn was interviewed by Bruce Kalver last month, as part of the Backstage SAM Podcast series.
Editor's note:
- In the early days of The Great Pause, Ryan and Graeme hosted Magicians Pizza Party events to help the community feel less isolated.
- Ryan started The Elora Fergus Podcast to foster a sense of community in that area.
- Graeme hosted a free virtual magic show over the summer.
- Since March, Ryan and Graeme have produced over 50 Magicians Talking Magic podcasts, including a series devoted to skills development during lockdown.
(Yesterday they released their 100th episode!)- They had their first ever virtual OWOW Magic Festival, which boasted a Hallowe'en special featuring Nicholas Wallace, Joan Caesar, Graeme Reed, Mark Clearview, and Scott Hammell.
Website: RyanJoyce.com and GraemeReedMagic.com.
Editor's note:
- The Illusions: The Art of Magic exhibit at the AGO featured more than 55 colourful vintage posters from the Allan Slaight Collection, in addition to employing many local magicians.
- They handled the implementation and administration of the Allan Slaight Relief Fund, which helped to defray cost-of-living expenses incurred by professional Canadian magicians early in The Great Pause.
- Magicana also runs the annual Allan Slaight Awards which recognize excellence in magic.
Website: Magicana.com
Phil Pivnick (aka WonderPhil)
Nominated by Ian C. who wrote:
"Phil is already Toronto’s best family and children’s entertainer (A1
media) and has a 5 star rating on Google and YELP. But apart from that
he is truly a really nice guy. He’s recently started creating magic for
sale to the magic community demonstrating his creativity. He’s really
helpful to anyone who asks. Sitting down for a session with Phil is a
roller coaster of ideas. What if we do this, how about this or that
move. I’ve always been impressed with his business sense and it shows
in his marketing and shows."
Editor's note:
- Phil is offering a free livestream magic show on December 13th.
Editor's note:
- To get a full appreciation for what Luiz hints at above, visit Romaine's biography at Genii Magazine.
Alex Zander
Nominated by Shawn F. who wrote:
"I would like to nominate Alex Zander, who during this year has united
magicians, not only in Canada but around the world by using the IBM JAM
online to bring magic into the homes of all of us at no cost. For the
first thirty days of the lock down we had a lecture every single day and
now, eight months later the IBM JAM continues on a weekly basis to
offer all magicians a way to connect. He gained nothing personally from
doing this task and it taxed his free time greatly. It's inspiring to
see the selfless acts of another in support of the greater good."
Editor's note:
- Alex, the youngest IBM President, finished his term with tough decisions to make about the IBM Convention.
- He was part of the organizing committee for this year's virtual PCAM.
Website: GottaBeMagic.com
Carisa Hendrix, Miranda Allen, and Richard Lee (aka Team Lucy Darling, The Star Ship Quarantine)
Nominated by Anonymous.
Congratulations to Carisa, Miranda, and Richard for winning the 2020 "Readers' Choice Inspirational Canadian Magician of the Year" award!
Keep up the great work!
Scroll to past the Happy Holidays video to see the details about their one time rebroadcast of their Holiday Show December 24th Time: 7pm EST / 4pm PST. Ticket price $10.
From the December 21st Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:
From Shawn Farquhar's December 20th Facebook post:
I'm working New Year's Eve... wonders never cease!
Tickets available at:
https://togo.magiccastle.com/.../12-31-20-virtual-magic-show
I think afterwards we might just open up a Zoom Meeting for people to hang out and visit until 2020 ends... what do you all think?
The nominations are closed and voting is now open for the fifth annual 2020 "Readers' Choice Inspirational Canadian Magician of the Year" award!
Take a moment to acknowledge that this has been an extraordinary year. Many of you embraced new skills and a new performing landscape. Some of you took on work outside of performing. Some of you continue to struggle with the day-to-day. No matter your situation, give yourself a pat on the back. You've made it this far. To paraphrase Tom Brady, you didn't come this far to only come this far. You've got this!
Congratulations to everyone for inspiring someone(s) enough for them to submit your name! (I'm always tempted at this point, to declare all of the nominees as winners and not bother with the voting part. However, a vote was promised and a vote there shall be.)
Voting will close on Wednesday, December the 23rd at 11:59pm EST.
To vote, scroll down to the bottom of this post and participate in the poll. (Click through the Google Forms link if the poll does not appear in your browser.)
Let's have a look at the nominees (listed in alphabetical order by surname):
Editor's note:
- Gwyn was interviewed by Bruce Kalver last month, as part of the Backstage SAM Podcast series.
Editor's note:
Website: CarisaHendrix.com, MirandaAllen.ca, and NorthernLightTheatre.com/richard-lee-hsi/.
- Carisa wrapped up the second season (and is co-founder) of Shezam, the feminist magic podcast that "hopes to make itself obsolete."
- In March, Miranda invited Carisa to stay with her and Richard for a couple of months. They opened a window into their lives and their coping mechanisms (and entertaining antics) during the early days of The Big Pause, from The Star Ship Quarantine on Twitter.
- Miranda did a fabulous escape on Fool Us (season 7, episode 4).
- Carisa was the recipient of the recipient of the 2019 AMA Stage Magician of the Year award and was featured on the May cover of Genii.
- Carisa also started up the Spark Creative Facebook group last spring in an effort to help keep people focused and creative.
- They offered free shows (May 15th live stream and Lucy Darling's Halloween Spooktacular Extravaganza), in addition to their widely acclaimed virtual shows. (Did I mentioned Neil Gaiman gave them a shout out on Twitter?)
Editor's note:
- In the early days of The Great Pause, Ryan and Graeme hosted Magicians Pizza Party events to help the community feel less isolated.
- Ryan started The Elora Fergus Podcast to foster a sense of community in that area.
- Graeme hosted a free virtual magic show over the summer.
- Since March, Ryan and Graeme have produced over 50 Magicians Talking Magic podcasts, including a series devoted to skills development during lockdown.
(Yesterday they released their 100th episode!)- They had their first ever virtual OWOW Magic Festival, which boasted a Hallowe'en special featuring Nicholas Wallace, Joan Caesar, Graeme Reed, Mark Clearview, and Scott Hammell.
Website: RyanJoyce.com and GraemeReedMagic.com.
Editor's note:
- The Illusions: The Art of Magic exhibit at the AGO featured more than 55 colourful vintage posters from the Allan Slaight Collection, in addition to employing many local magicians.
- They handled the implementation and administration of the Allan Slaight Relief Fund, which helped to defray cost-of-living expenses incurred by professional Canadian magicians early in The Great Pause.
- Magicana also runs the annual Allan Slaight Awards which recognize excellence in magic.
Website: Magicana.com
Phil Pivnick (aka WonderPhil)
Nominated by Ian C. who wrote:
"Phil is already Toronto’s best family and children’s entertainer (A1
media) and has a 5 star rating on Google and YELP. But apart from that
he is truly a really nice guy. He’s recently started creating magic for
sale to the magic community demonstrating his creativity. He’s really
helpful to anyone who asks. Sitting down for a session with Phil is a
roller coaster of ideas. What if we do this, how about this or that
move. I’ve always been impressed with his business sense and it shows
in his marketing and shows."
Editor's note:
- Phil is offering a free livestream magic show on December 13th.
Editor's note:
- To get a full appreciation for what Luiz hints at above, visit Romaine's biography at Genii Magazine.
Alex Zander
Nominated by Shawn F. who wrote:
"I would like to nominate Alex Zander, who during this year has united
magicians, not only in Canada but around the world by using the IBM JAM
online to bring magic into the homes of all of us at no cost. For the
first thirty days of the lock down we had a lecture every single day and
now, eight months later the IBM JAM continues on a weekly basis to
offer all magicians a way to connect. He gained nothing personally from
doing this task and it taxed his free time greatly. It's inspiring to
see the selfless acts of another in support of the greater good."
Editor's note:
- Alex, the youngest IBM President, finished his term with tough decisions to make about the IBM Convention.
- He was part of the organizing committee for this year's virtual PCAM.
Website: GottaBeMagic.com
From the Lucy Darling's Halloween Spooktacular Extravaganza Facebook event:
31 Oct at 02:00 EDT – 1 Nov at 01:00 EDT
Hosted by Lucy Darling - Award Winning Comedy Magician
The Halloween show is coming!!!!
The show is free to watch October 31st and will play twice, Once at midnight EST & once at at midnight PST!!!
This is our gift to you! Happy Halloween.
From the October 6th article "How Canadian magic star Lucy Darling pivoted online – and found new fans (like Neil Gaiman)" by J. Kelly Nestruck in The Globe and Mail:
While Lucy Darling has a quick wit, her hands are even quicker: her legerdemain surprised and startled me time and time again. Table magic doesn’t have quite the same impact over livestream that it does in person (I kept wondering what was happening outside the visual frame), but a card trick she performed at the end wowed me and is still enjoyably tying my brain up in knots.
On the whole, An Exceptional Night In was one of the most polished and professional Zoom performances that I’ve tuned into to date – which is not a huge surprise, given that it is directed by Jim Millan, the former Crow’s Theatre artistic director who works with comedy and magic supergroups The Kids in the Hall and The Illusionists.
An Exceptional Night In is “at” The Citadel until October 17 – and information for all of Lucy Darling’s upcoming performances can be found on her website.Read more.
[With thanks to Keith Tomasek for letting us know!]
From the October 5th article "An Exceptional Night In With Lucy Darling: get Zoomed on magic and mixology" by Liz Nicholls in 12th Night:
Henrix is also, incidentally, the Guinness record-holder for how long she can hold a lit torch in her mouth (witness the documentary Girl On Fire). Which would seem to have only a peripheral connection with her expertise in card tricks or cup-and-ball games. And none at all with Lucy’s uncanny ability, having asked an audience member for the name of their favourite book, to produce that very volume. Right then and there.
It’s a startling array of skills, to say the least, that Hendrix brings to the table (hers, as it happens in these COVIDian times). And one of them, you’ll discover, in a live Zoom “meeting” that brings 36 of us together, along with Lucy’s assistants, is an uncanny knack for making magic “real,” which is to say convincing, online.
ICYMI, Neil Gaiman agrees:
Huge plug for Lucy Darling's Virtual Show. I just saw it, and it was an absolute delight. Funny and smart and the magic was magical. https://t.co/E3Cx54htVg
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) October 4, 2020
Thank you @CarisaHendrix & glorious team (and thank you @RealMaxMaven for telling me I had to watch it).
A great chance to witness the charm and magic of Lucy Darling, the recipient of the 2019 AMA Stage Magician of the Year award! Shows for this run start September 25 until October 4th and are available at TheLucyDarling.com.
If her current show is half as much fun as her May 15th live stream, it will be excellent!
From The Lucy Darling:
“VERDICT: highly recommended for a very magical, entertaining and comical interlude to the current uncertain times. Be sure to (virtually) invite Lucy Darling into your home for refreshing hour of fun, magical entertainment.”
Lucy Darling is an award-winning magician known the world over for her wit, her charm, and her exceptionally good hair.
Along with her live-in butlers Marcy and Laurence, Lucy is here with a wonderful mix of playful interactions, hilarious comedy, and impossible magical feats, to offer you an incredible immersive experience. This show was carefully designed to satisfy your deep desire for a fun night out, while staying safely inside.
