Canada's Magic: Derrick Chung

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20 December 2023

2023 Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase summary

This concludes the 2023 Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase!

We hope you enjoyed reading about many of the talented magicians across the country.

A huge shout out to everyone who trusted us enough to submit names and supporting text last month, even though you didn't know exactly how it was going to be used.

We couldn't have done this without the help of:

Thank you for the work involved in sending us your submission.

Congratulations again to everyone featured. Keep up the great work!


2023 Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase: Alexandra Chris Gowen Colin Geddes Derrick Chung Doug Hunt Garnet Garven Ian Stewart Lee Asher Leif David Paul Romhany Rob Teszka Ryan Pilling Scott Baird SYM Manitoba Wes Barker Yannick Lacroix

13 December 2023

Lee Asher: Inspirational Canadian Magician

Tenth in this year's Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase, is Lee Asher!


Lee Asher: Inspirational Canadian Magician.

Lee constantly gives back to the community. He's a sounding board for me and others working to elevate magic, encourages talent and is an invaluable resource for anybody who wants to know anything about playing cards. He doesn't sit on his laurels, and continues to be an integral part of the magic community.

Submitted by Derrick Chung

Congratulations Lee! Keep up the great work!

To learn more about Lee Asher visit his website at LeeAsher.com or follow him on Instagram.

Thank you Derrick, for your excellent submission!

To learn more about Derrick Chung, visit his website at DerrickChung.com and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


2023 Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase featuring (in order of publication): Paul Romhany Alexandra Derrick Chung Doug Hunt Chris Gowen Yannick Lacroix Scott Baird Leif David Garnet Garven Lee Asher

06 December 2023

Derrick Chung: Inspirational Canadian Magician

Third in this year's Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase, is Derrick Chung!


Derrick Chung: Inspirational Canadian Magician.

Derrick inspired me by being open and available to many of my long-winded questions, queries and inquisitions. He has a vast knowledge of card magic, a memory like a steel trap, and great taste in effects. His book, The Nacho Card Notes, has a few of my favourite treats in there, including a delicious recipe for Queso to go with the aforementioned nachos. As one of the organizers for The Montreal Magic Club, as well as for Shane Cobalt's Patreon group, I've been leveling up my magic through many lectures and Zooms he has helped bring about.

Submitted by George (@kid_oldman_magic)

Congratulations Derrick! Keep up the great work!

To learn more about Derrick Chung, visit his website at DerrickChung.com and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you George, for your excellent submission!

To learn more about George (@kid_oldman_magic) follow him on Instagram.


2023 Inspirational Canadian Magician Showcase featuring (in order of publication): Paul Romhany Alexandra Derrick Chung

13 July 2022

Montreal: McSorley & Chung Magic Hour [July 22]

From the Montreal Magic Jam newsletter:

Among the many things on our plate is the return of our critically acclaimed show the McSorley & Chung Magic Hour for a one-night only benefit for the Mount Bruno United Church (25 rue Lakeview St-Bruno-de-Montarville QC J3V 2L4) on Friday July 22nd at 7pm (masks required). Tickets are $20. You can buy your tickets in person there, OR send me an email here or at magicians AT mcsorleyandchung DOT com and I'll help you reserve your seats, and can fill you in on any details you might need.

Oh and to be fair, this is actually an updated version of the show including a couple pieces we've never done before. So you'll be able to see firsthand whether they work within our show, or die a fiery death. That's gotta be worth 20 bucks.

18 August 2019

Review: Magic Hour Plus

From August 12th article "Magic vs Science" by Sean McQuaid in The Buzz:

Featuring university professors turned magicians Grant McSorley and Derrick Chung in the latest version of the popular McSorley & Chung stage magic show they created in 2016, Magic Hour Plus also stars the duo’s original director (and two-time Canadian magic champion) Marc Trudel, here playing the onstage role of an eager-to-please intern.

McSorley & Chung are amusing in their stage personae as bookish, cheesily self-aggrandizing showmen, often puffing themselves up with lofty rhetoric and then deflating themselves with self-effacing humour; but comedy-wise, Trudel steals the show as a socially awkward magic savant. All three excel at misdirection, not only shifting our focus to where each magician wants it, but also subverting expectations; seemingly botched tricks will morph into even cooler tricks instead, like Chung’s baffling Rubik’s Cube stunts.

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30 July 2019

Charlottetown: The McSorley & Chung Magic Hour PLUS!

From McSorley & Chung:

August 1-4, 2019
Charlottetown, PEI

Award-winning magicians Grant McSorley and Derrick Chung are bringing their magic to the island. Their show Magic Hour was a sensation at Montreal’s 2016 Fringe festival, selling out five shows. But never willing to leave well enough alone, they’ve updated the show with new magic, and are joined on stage by the multi-talented Marc Trudel.

The show features McSorley & Chung, two eccentric characters who don’t always see eye to eye. But they realized long ago, that despite it all, they need each other. This time around, they’ve reluctantly taken on an intern (2-time Canadian magic champion Marc Trudel). And the results are as absurd as they are magical. Watch McSorley & Chung (and Marc) dazzle you with their offbeat original miracles and their modern takes on old classics, in a show that you just don’t want to miss.

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