After 133 episodes, and a heart full of support Tyler (@tylerwilliamsmagic ) is leaving magic, and the podcast— Discourse in Magic (@discoursenmagic) October 22, 2018
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We are going to miss him dearly and wish him the best in his new endeavors (video!!)
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Link in bio for the episode to hear about what he does… https://t.co/5Xod4xx0zM pic.twitter.com/iaqP1NryNu
Hello Magic fans!
The The Toronto Magic Company is on summer break while Ben and Jonah are on tour (performing private and public events as well as lecturing across North America) but that doesn’t mean the magic is stopping. Check out our list of the best magic things to do this summer and let us know which one’s you’re excited to check out!
July 6th-14th- Circus Shop of Horrors featuring Illusionist Ryan Wonder Brown
Circus Shop of Horrors is an eclectic musical revue, paying homage to beloved horror films by melding the grotesque with acrobatics, circus, dance, drag, and illusion. Definitely not a show for kids or the squeemish! https://fringetoronto.com/…/fringe/event/circus-shop-horrors
July 14th and 18th- Magic and Martini starring James Alan
Enjoy cocktails and cuisine while watching one of the world's best conjurers perform a full evening show in an intimate close up setting. You and your astonished guests will experience an evening quite unlike any theatrical performance you have ever encountered. Turns out magic really is for grown ups! http://www.magicandmartini.ca/
July 19th and 20th - Chris Westfall & The Porcelain Princess
This full stage show is packed with illusions, juggling, and non-stop fun perfect for the entire family. Join magician Chris Westfall the crazy Professor Weir Doe, and living doll Bella M. Eurta for a night filled with laughs, gasps, and audience interaction your kids will never forget! http://www.chriswestfallmagic.com/…/toronto-theatre-magic-…/
July 20-28th- El Diablo Of The Cards 2.0 starring Ewerton De Andrade Martins
International award winning clown/magician, Ewerton Martins returns to Storefront Fringe with an astonishing new show: El Diablo of the Cards 2.0. A Brazilian Master of the Cards, Ewerton Martins is crossing 52 countries thrilling audiences around the world with a unique card magic style that combines improvisation, a clowns foolishness and amazing magic skills! Laughs guaranteed! https://www.kingstongrand.ca/even…/el-diablo-of-the-cards-20
July 25th- The Sentimentalists LIVE in Toronto
For one night only world renowned mentalists Chris Mysterion and Steffi Kay will transport you back to the golden age of magic. Minds will be read, thoughts will be transmitted, and miracles will happen in front of your eyes. One night only at the beautiful Revival theatre. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-sentimentalists-live-ticket…
August 11th- James Harrison at the Coldwater Steampunk Festival
Take a step into the weird and wonderful world of Coldwater’s Steampunk festival with master of the strange, and Canada’s favorite pickpocket magician, James Harrison. Tickets are free for the entire event, so bring the whole family! http://www.steampunkfestivalcoldwater.com/
August 18th- Magic and Martini starring James Alan
Enjoy cocktails and cuisine while watching one of the world's best conjurers perform a full evening show in an intimate close up setting. You and your astonished guests will experience an evening quite unlike any theatrical performance you have ever encountered. Turns out magic really is for grown ups! http://www.magicandmartini.ca/
August 30th- The Art of Magic
The The Toronto Magic COmpany has partnered with the Super Wonder Gallery to put together something that’s part magic show, part work of art, and 100% an evening of unforgettable fun. Witness the incredible magic of Mark Tricks, Isthis Yourcard, Jonah Babins, and Benzi. Tickets for this event will sell out, so get them fast! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-art-of-magic-with-headliner…
HUGE NEWS!
This coming Newest Trick in the Book show will be our LAST ONE for the summer! Our amazing venue See-Scape is moving to a new location, and while they renovate we're going to be on break.
So lets make this last one a party! We're going to have an AMAZING FREE show, we're going to have delicious FREE snacks, plus amazing music, fun games, and awesome magic jams all night long.
So Toronto magic fans, do us a favour. Share this on your status and tag us to let us know you're coming. We'll have a special surprise for everyone who does!
See you all Tuesday May 8th
Get your tickets at Eventbrite.
Tuesday night (May 1st) I'll be appearing on a special free show in downtown Toronto. The Newest Trick In The Book is put on by The Toronto Magic Company and hosted by the adorably charming Jonah Babins.
This is a magic show not quite like any other. The rule is that performers have to showcase brand new material. Which means either the opportunity to see something special for the first time ever... or the opportunity to see something crash and burn horrendously. Either way, special! I'm actually cheating. I'll be presenting very old magic which hasn't been seen in nearly 100 years.
See Scape
2840 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
I'll be appearing alongside Chris Mayhew, Sawyer Bullock and Daniel Lawson. This is an absolutely free event to attend. Although it can get quite full and you can reserve a free ticket by going to the Toronto Magic Company website.
Plus... See Scape is a board game and video game bar, so once the show is over, you can stick around to play.
Reserve your tickets at Eventbrite.
Come see the first Newest Trick in the Book in April! Tuesday April 3rd at See-Scape. We have a stacked lineup that you're going to love!
If you've never been, The Newest Trick in the book is the only open mic night for magicians in North America and it's totally free!
Will Zhang and Matthew Thomas Stewart (otherwise known as magic duo Will & Matt)- An incredible Toronto magic team that recently sold out a show at the Isabel Bader Theatre. Come see the brand new magic that this dynamic act has put together!
Christian Mascia - A talented young Toronto performer that's part of the generation of people making magic cool! Come see why, with his brand new material this week!
Brian Roberts - A performer, lecturer, and all around incredible magician is bringing some brand new magic to the show. He's a newest trick in the book newcomer, but an expert magician. Come see world class magic
Benzi Train - A TMC founder and an unbelievable performer who's helping put Toronto on the map as one of the magic capitals of the world! Come see why this Tuesday!
and your host
Jonah Babins - A TMC founder, head of the Discourse in Magic podcast (one of the worlds top magic podcasts), and a fantastic performer. Jonah is an up and coming name in the magic scene, that you won't want to forget!
Come see the show, and grab FREE tickets below!
Come see the Newest Trick in the Book on Tuesday March 20th!
The show is FREE, and we have an AMAZING lineup, of world class performers.
Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-newest-trick-in-the-book-to…)
Graemazing Reed A Newest Trick in the Book newcomer, but an expert magician is here to show off some brand new magic! He has a Tedx talk, countless TV appearances, and AMAZING magic to boot! Come see his BRAND NEW material on Tuesday!
Bella M. Eurta - A wildly talented variety performer, a Newest Trick in the Book newcomer, and all around expert on stage. She's going to be performing something that I PROMISE you have never seen before
Benzi Train - A TMC founder, Newest Trick expert, and a ridiculously talented performer, is bringing something amazing and a little bit frighting to the stage
and your host
Jonah Babins - A TMC founder, and frequent time traveller, potion drinker, and holder of magic secrets. Come see the some magic that might just make you believe!
PLUS
A SUPER SECRET SPECIAL GUEST!
This month’s headliner Chris Westfall has to be seen to be believed. You can expect mind blowing magic, hilarious comedy and a guaranteed good time! Chris combines his incredible illusions with his unique humor that you DO NOT want to miss!
Opening the show is the sleight of hand artist James Alan. His one man shows, Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks and The Uncertainty Project have been featured at the Summerworks Performance Festival (Toronto), The Hamilton Fringe Festival and The Wychwood Theatre. NOW magazine said he's "Truly Entertaining", I bet you'll say the same.
And hosting the show is TMC co-founder Jonah Babins. Jonah is one of Toronto's brightest magic stars and he's going to freak you out with his high energy magical style. He has over seventeen years of experience in entertainment making audiences gasp in astonishment, and you will too!
Read more and buy tickets.
We have an amazing lineup of talented performers for this show. You don't want to miss this!
Jonah Babins
Benzi Train
Tyler Sol Good
RJ Steele
Great venue for "The Newest Trick in the Book"— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
Photo from Sept 5. Next show Tues Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/BhlotVQsDT
Do they use this during the show?— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
From "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/qdMgnAVJ5F
| 1) Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! | a) Sammy Jakubowicz |
| 2) Mr. Harrison, it's time for your medication. | b) Chris Westfall |
| 3) That's what I would do if I were in your position. But I'm a jerk. | c) James Harrison |
| 4) I'm not a thief, I'm a magician. | d) James Alan |
.@jonahbabins emcee, at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Tues Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/WPjS0YyV2I— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
.@PickpocketJames schooling us at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Tues Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/Jd7s3tDW0m— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
The super fast hands of @SurrealMayhew at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Oct 3rdhttps://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/mIgiNCmSRv— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
.@Doc_Sammy entertains at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Tues Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/wQsWnBb7fe— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
Reminder to floss from @westfallmagic— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Oct 3rdhttps://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/wO8OqRvVz0
Great show at by everyone at "The Newest Trick in the Book" Sept 5. Next show Tues Oct 3rd.https://t.co/S6ZKXBXhHB@TorontoMagicCO pic.twitter.com/c8xrrgsh7k— Canada's Magic (@canadasmagic) October 1, 2017
The Toronto Magic Company is working with the best magicians in the world to put on incredible shows in Toronto, at incredible prices, every single week. Whether you come see our magic open mic, “The Newest Trick in the Book,” our premier magic variety show, “Tricks in the Six,” or one of our many special events, we promise you’ll always have an impossibly good time!
Read more and buy tickets.
As Toronto's only magic open-mic, we get a lot of messages from people wanting to be on the lineup. Well, we'd love to have you!
The process is REALLY simple. Attend ONE show (it's free!) so you can see the space and show some support to your fellow performers. Then speak to either Benzi Train or Jonah Babins to sign up for a spot. That's it! Told you it was simple!
But act fast- all the April spots are booked up and there's only 4 more spots left for May (with some June spots gone already as well).
Our next show is Tuesday April 11th, at 8:30pm. Only at See-Scape.
40. Chris Funk: Known as “The Wonderist”, Chris Funk is crushing it right now. As a magician, he’s performed around the world, on the Vegas strip, wowed Penn & Teller on their Fool Us show, and was a huge hit on America’s Got Talent. He’s mega talented and is an engaging and very funny performer.
Read more.
Ep37 with @chrisfunkmagic about adding YOU to your magic. If you ever wanted your act to be more YOU listen to this! https://t.co/YphmqydJWh pic.twitter.com/tiKzx96ymw— Discourse in Magic (@magicdiscourse) December 15, 2016
Picture this
For the first time ever I signed up to go to magic camp! I stepped on the bus, looked around and saw about 90 other people that were also magicians just like me.
That was the first time that I realized that I wasn’t special.
Not only were they all just as much magicians as I was, but they were even doing the same goddamn tricks! How did that happen? I didn’t learn magic with them, I thought I did my own thing. But all of a sudden we were all doing the same goddamn tricks???!! And performing them in pretty similar ways.
Read more.
Unless you’ve been living under the worlds largest rock, I’m sure you’re aware of the hype and excitement of the launch of Pokémon Go.Whether you feel good about it and you’re excited that nerds are getting out of their dens, and losing some weight. Or you feel bad about it, because people are crowding public places, while still staring at their phones. You cannot deny that it’s launch is one of the most viral launches of anything that we’ve ever seen.Since magic is a unique art, it’s always interesting when new art forms, games, or technologies come to light, that help us get a better view of what were doing.So what does magic and Pokémon Go have in common AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOU?
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Welcome to the Discourse in Magic podcast! This is where we tackle magic’s hardest issues, theories, philosophies, discussion, and more to help you explore. We jump into all sorts of resources and most importantly actionable tips to help better the art and become a killer performer!
- Episode 11 – How to be a Great Teacher, Mentor and Student of Magic with Aaron Fisher and Adam Grace
June 16th, 2016- Episode 10 – Playing Card Innovation and Economy in the Era of Crowdfunding with Lee Asher June 9th, 2016
- Episode 9 – Community Month: Introduction Magic Shops, Camps and Friends June 2nd, 2016
- Episode 8 – Performing Tips for the Working Magician, From Restaurants to Big Illusions with Chris Westfall May 26th, 2016
- Episode 7 – Ethics and morals for the modern magician with Ben Train May 19th, 2016
- Episode 6 – Creating a fictional premise with conflicts and twist endings that rock May 12th, 2016
- Episode 5 – Designing magic for the screen and the stage with Patrick Kun May 5th, 2016
- Episode 4 – Improv and being open to change with Chris Mayhew April 29th, 2016
- Episode 3 – Personality, character and connecting with your audience with Eric Leclerc April 27th, 2016
- Episode 2 – Going viral, the Reddit secret, and Rubik’s cubes with Steven Brundage April 23rd, 2016
- Episode 1 – Introduction Episode April 20th, 2016
Read more and listen to podcasts.
5pm
After lunch (burgers and lemonade and ice cream!) everyone gathered around a bunch of the adults on benches.
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There was excitement in the air and I could barely see what was going on. It turns out that Daryl eats his pie in a really unexpected way. Who knew?
Great elective choices today: cups and balls, memorized deck, mentalism, rope magic, spoon bending, and dancing canes. I picked the dancing cane and it was so much fun! I can actually make it look like I’m levitating it and making it move. (And it’s so much easier than juggling.) I need to own one.
Dance cane, dance!
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At performance workshop we played the “questions only” game. You can only reply to someone by asking another question. Much harder than it sounds! It’s supposed to help us to listen and to think on our feet. It’s hilarious. I laughed so much I cried!
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| Questions only! |
9pm
All I remember about dinner was ice cream with chocolate sauce!
The lip syncs rocked. I especially liked Shawn and Lori Farquhar doing "You're The One That I Want" from Greece, and Magic Mike Segal (and Stephanie Kline, Chris Galonska, Jen Segal, and Lisa Close) doing "Mahna Mahnam" from the Muppet Show.
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| Mahna Mahnam. |
It was a super talented show again tonight. Loran did an elegant time themed piece, Mark did some stage stunts, Philip and Jonah and Chris Mayhew were fantastic. The show ended with the Marion and Ted Outerbridge doing a fabulous stage show with big props, fancy costumes and great illusions. Ted has the best disco ball jacket ever!
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| Ted and Marion Outerbridge. |
Marion stopped by our cabin to visit. She had amazing stories of touring and performance. She MADE Ted’s sparkling jacket. So. much. WORK!
