Saskatchewan: Sheldon Casavant [Jan 10 - Jan 21]

Updated January 6th to add additional dates as per the January 5th Facebook post by the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council:

Jan 10 Macklin Arts Council
Jan 11 Luseland Arts Council
Jan 12 Biggar and District Arts Council
Jan 13 Kindersley & District Arts Council
Jan 14 Leader & District Arts Council
Jan 16 Kipling & District Arts Council
Jan 17 Moosomin and District Arts Council
Jan 18 Hudson Bay Allied Arts Council
Jan 19 Tisdale Arts Council
Jan 20 Station Arts Centre Co-Operative Rosthern
Jan 21  Dekker Centre North Battleford

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From the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils:

Magic. Intrigue. Illusion. Experience the impossible! Sheldon Casavant’s magic show! Sheldon Casavant’s magic show is lighthearted, highly interactive, and appropriate for all ages. Borrowed items vanish and reappear, inanimate objects are brought to life, minds are telepathically read, and people are called on stage to perform impossible feats. By combining amazing sleight-of-hand magic with comedic audience participation, Sheldon creates a uniquely engaging and memorable magic performance. He was nominated as Entertainer of the Year by the Canadian Events Industry and his unique style of magic has been appreciated around the world. Sheldon has entertained across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Panama, China, and has performed over 630 shows in Japan.

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Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant at The Westin [NYE]

Tickets through Eventbrite:

 

From the December 13th Instagram post by Sheldon Casavant:

Looking for a magical way to ring in the new year? Join me on NYE at The Westin Edmonton! Great food, drinks, DJ, and a magic show by yours truly.

Tickets on sale now!
Call: 780-493-8909 / link in bio

7:00 PM - Welcome cocktail
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM - 5 course dinner
9:30 PM to 10:30 PM - Magic show
10:30 PM - Dancing
12:00 AM - Ring in the new year / champagne / sweet table
1:00 AM - Last call

Adult only event. Visit Eventbrite for details:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nye-black-tie-affair-magic-show-at-the-westin-edmonton-tickets-226312997267

 

 

 

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Sheldon Casavant in The Weston Edmonton's Magic Show and Local Dinner Event Series

From the February 15th Facebook post of The Weston Edmonton:

Entertainer of the Year by Canadian Events Industry Sheldon Casavant and The Westin Edmonton are happy to announce the next Magic Show and Local Dinner Event Series.⁣
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Sheldon isn’t your everyday magician. Recognized as one of Canada’s most sought after performers, he engages diverse audiences with a repertoire of magic that is highly interactive and fun.⁣
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Show 1 - March 13th ⁣
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-stpatricks-day-magic-show-dinner-event-tickets-140608270121⁣
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Show 2 - April 3rd ⁣
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-easter-day-magic-show-dinner-event-tickets-140608607129⁣
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Show 3 - May ⁣
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-mothers-day-magic-show-dinner-event-tickets-140608731501⁣

 

 

 

 

Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant in A Festive Magic Show

From the November 18th Facebook post by Sheldon Casavant:

TICKETS ON SALE! I’m excited to be teaming up with The Westin Edmonton to bring a socially distanced magic show to Edmonton this Holiday Season. Due to physical distance requirements, only 16 tickets will be sold (32 guests). Tickets include:
🎩 A magical performance by yours truly
🍽 3-course plated dinner for 2 people
🛏 One night accommodation in a King Guest Room
🚘 Complimentary underground parking
🍷In-room bottle of white or red wine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edmonton: Building Skills as Professional Artists - A Public Seminar

Sheldon Casavant will be speaking at "Building Skills as Professional Artists - A Public Seminar."


From Evenbrite:

As an artist, you are a person driven by passion. Whether you came across your art form by happenstance or by choice, you have given it careful thought and finally decided to go the distance! You have spent countless hours developing your craft, honing your skills and technique. Now that you feel ready, how do you bring your art into the world? Who needs the art, and how will they support me to make it? How do I get the most out of my craft, and how can I create for the rest of my life?

In other words, how does one start the path pursuing a career in the arts? At the surface these questions may seem straightforward, but the answers are a new way of thinking entirely. In the real world, we must put the same care and attention towards our professionalism just as much as our art.

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Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant "Before your eyes"

From Fort Edmonton Park:

Saturday, November 3

An evening of magic and mystery is coming to the Capitol Theatre, courtesy of renowned magician Sheldon Casavant. From the moment the show begins, the audience will become part of the action for an engaging, interactive experience. Get ready to be drawn in.


About Sheldon Casavant

With sleight of hand and mind-captivating illusions, Sheldon shares his own story of discovering magic in an awe-inspiring performance. One of Canada’s most sought-after performers, Sheldon rolls fast-paced magic, audience participation, and a brief history of the most famous magician of all time – Harry Houdini – into one exciting and theatrical magic show.

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Sheldon Casavant in East Texas Matters

The East Texas State Fair runs from September 21st through Sunday, September 30th.


From the September 19th article "New magic show to be first performance in historic Mayfair building in decades" by Daniel Pierce in East Texas Matters:

TYLER, Texas (KETK) - The East Texas State Fair is opening the historic Mayfair Building for the first time in decades to host an all-new magic show. After more than twenty years without a performance, fairgoers are being welcomed once again to the 100-year-old building for a show promising entertainment of epic proportions.

Internationally recognized magician Sheldon Casavant will headline the East Texas State Fair this year offering a nightly show beginning at 8:00 pm every day during the fair.

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Edmonton: David Acer and "WaterBark"

Catch David Acer's creation involving SuperDogs and water at K-Days July 20 – 29!

(Don't forget, Sheldon Casavant and The Evasons will be making things magical too!)


From K Days:

With three exciting shows daily, these agility K-9’s will be splashing their way on the K-Days grounds.

WaterBark, is an energetic watershow starring human acrobats, divers and SuperDogs! This exciting show is performed in water, above water and around a custom pool – it’s a mix of jaw dropping agility and acrobatics! Don’t miss these incredible dogs jump and dive into K-Days on the East Plaza!

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From David Acer's Twitter feed:

I co-wrote a very unique watershow starring phenomenal acrobats and talented dogs called WaterBark. The show is being produced this summer in Syracuse, Fargo and Edmonton. pic.twitter.com/VoFjR2UwEP

— David Acer (@David_Acer) July 13, 2018

Just finished 20 shows in 6 days with these wonderful acrobats, dog trainers and SuperDogs in Fargo, North Dakota hosting a unique watershow I co-wrote called WaterBark. The show is moving on to Edmonton, then the New York State Fair. pic.twitter.com/rDGumUuchR

— David Acer (@David_Acer) July 18, 2018

Edmonton: K-Days will be magical

From K-Days:

• Magician Sheldon Casavant - Jul 20 - Jul 29, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
  
• Magician Sheldon Casavant - Jul 20 - Jul 29, 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
• The Evasons Mentalist Duo - Jul 20 - Jul 24, 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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From Sheldon Casavant's Facebook page:

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Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant in "Sparks Fly. Magic Happens."

From Fort Edmonton Park:

Join us for an enchanting evening with one of Canada’s most sought-after performers, magician Sheldon Casavant. With sleight of hand and mind-captivating illusions, Sheldon has wowed audiences of all sizes around the world with his contemporary, awe-inspiring style of magic.

Celebrate an early Valentine’s Day with this fast-paced, interactive, and entrancing show (for you history buffs, there’s even some little known historical facts about the legendary magician Harry Houdini).

So grab your sweetheart or friends and make long-lasting memories together as items vanish, inanimate objects come to life, and impossible feats are overcome – right before your very eyes.

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From the Fort Edmonton Park Twitter feed:

Join us for an enchanting evening with one of Canada’s most sought-after performers, magician @SheldonCasavant. Just like some of the illusions in the show, tickets will disappear fast so get yours today! #yeg #yegevents pic.twitter.com/i6E0V2VVLU

— Fort Edmonton Park (@FortEdPark) January 26, 2018

St. Albert and Leduc: Morton the Magician in TA DA!

From Sheldon Casavant's Facebook page:

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Banff: Sheldon Casavant at the Banff Centre Children's Festival

From the Banff Centre:

Saturday, May 20, 2017

With sleight of hand and mind-captivating illusions, Sheldon Casavant shares his own story of discovering magic in an awe-inspiring performance. Sheldon rolls fast-paced magic, audience participation, and a brief history of the most famous magician of all time – Harry Houdini – into one exciting and theatrical magic show.

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Canadians on "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" season 4

Updated November 24th at add Ekatarina, Matthew Johnson, Shin Lim, and Jean-Pierre Parent.

Updated on May 24th to add Richard Forget!

Updated on April 17 to add Yan Markson!

Updated at 1:55pm to add Patrik Kuffs!

Information is slowly leaking about about the contestants on season four of "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."  So far I've spotted Murray Hatfield, Sheldon Casavant, and Patrik Kuffs.  (And a teaser from Shawn Farquhar.)  Tell me, who am I missing from Canada?


From Murray Hatfield's Facebook page:




From Sheldon Casavant's Facebook page:






From Yan Markson's Instagram:

'Penn & Teller's Fool Us' Season 4 premieres this July, and you might find a firmiliar face this year. - stay tuned! ;) #magician #mentalist #torontoentertainment #torontoevents #eventplanner

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From Richard Forget's Facebook page:

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From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:

Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant at Creative Mornings

From Creative Mornings:

September 30

Sheldon Casavant isn’t your everyday magician. With his uniquely captivating and humorous style of magic, Sheldon was nominated as Entertainer of the Year in 2009 and 2010 by the Canadian Events Industry and was named one of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2014. Sheldon has entertained across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Panama, China, and has performed over 630 shows in Japan.

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Review: Sheldon Casavant's "Ta Da!" in the Edmonton Journal

"Ta Da!" got a 5 / 5 rating!

From the Edmonton Journal:

Sometimes you come across a show so magical you have to drag the whole family to see it. This is just such a show. Pack up granny, round up the kids and run, don’t walk, to see Ta Da!

Morton loves magic. Morton the magician loves practising magic, and he loves performing magic. The young man practsces [sic] at home when he should be studying. He flings his wand around and tries out all of the staples of a beginner magician: card tricks, the broken rings and even the old ‘fire your talking stuffed rabbit across the room into a covered box.’

His mother reminds him again he should be studying, but Morton is a boy, and boys will be boys. It’s the big talent show at school that is occupying our hero’s thoughts, keeping him up at night when he should be sleeping. He is kept up by doubt and fear, emotions we can all relate to.

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Edmonton: There's magic at the 2016 fringe

The 35th Annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival: August 11-21, 2016.

From Fringe Theatre:

Ta Da!
Morton is a young boy who has always dreamed of being a magician. With the school talent show fast approaching, Morton needs to gain confidence in order to share his magic with an audience for the first time. A charming blend of mask, magic and theatre for all ages!

by: Casavant Productions
www.mortonthemagician.com


Murder at the Magic Emporium
Who killed Henning Lee?! Crack the case at this family-friendly whodunit where magic meets mystery. Venture off-Whyte and step into the most unique BYOV of the festival: the Magic Emporium! Join Henning Lee (Magician Kent Wong) and a cast of characters for a night you won’t soon forget. [Free parking]

by: RJK ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES
magicemporium.ca


6 Quick Dick Tricks: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
“BEST OF FEST: PATRON’S PICK” Edmonton Fringe 2015 ALL NEW! Mind-reading! Shakespeare! Time travel! Join Australia’s favourite comedy psychic detective as he pursues a killer in satirical film-noir mentalist style. From the creator of 2 Ruby Knockers… ★★★★&1/2 “An excellent show.” -Edmonton Journal ★★★★&1/2 “Amazing” -Edmonton Sun

by: Tim Motley
www.dirkdarrow.com


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Edmonton: Sheldon Casavant at K-Days

From K-Days:

July 22 – 26: 2:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. 

Audiences around the world have been thrilled with Sheldon Casavant’s captivating, humorous, and high energy performances. Sheldon’s show is an insightful glimpse into abstract thought and a clever take on modern illusion.

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Diary of a Sorcerers Safari newbie - part 10

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A camper's notebook.

Day 5: Tuesday August 18th*

Cheesy omelette breakfast.  I saw the rabbits again!  And I saw a bright green frog too.  Still no sign of the deer. 

At card class Shawn Farquhar talked to us about stuff I’d never considered.  He said, “give people a sense of wonder.  Don’t make them feel stupid or small.”  And then he said this quote from American poet Maya Angelou:   

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

We played “Capture the Flag” which was so. much. FUN!

6pm
The camper show was fantastic.  Before the show, Lee Asher made his group perform walk around for the audience.  They did really well. 

Pre-show walk around.

Then the show started.  Some of the kids performed things they just learned (or even made!) this week!  Others made stuff up and some came prepared with things they’d been working on the whole year.  Shout out to them all!

Emcees: Chaz and RJ.
Performers: Cathy, James, Brad, Matt, Tariq, Jordan, Ava, Vincent, Landon, Matthew, Nathan, Will, Ben, Jack, Nick, and Jeff.
Backstage: Simon, Holden, Serena, and Jarrett.
Sound and tech: Steve Kline (for this and all the other shows!).
Production assistants: Mike and Lisa Close, Dan Wiebe, and Mike Toal.

Owning the stage.

Sponge balls.

Something big is about to happen!

The coolest thing about the show was that everyone’s performance looked good.  Beginner kids went first so they didn’t have to go after someone who had more experience.  I don’t see any competition between the kids.  The adults want us all to shine. 

Today’s electives were Pulp Friction (with Lee himself!), linking rings, Gravity Half Pass (with Aaron Fisher!), Assistant’s Revenge stage illusion, Miser’s Dream, any card at any number, and Patriotic Ropes. 

Bill Wells and Sheldon Casavant talking coins.

I did the linking rings and was kinda surprised (and disappointed) to learn how they work.  It seems that some of the most wonderful effects are based on simple ideas.  Loran was a great teacher, but I’m going to have to practise a lot more until I feel comfortable doing it in front of anyone!

Rats. Camp swim got rained out.  (I wish I tried the high jump yesterday).  Silver lining: we all piled into the Staff Lounge and had a big impromptu panel with Shawn, Eric, Phil, and Mark.  They do things off the top of their head better than I can do anything I’ve rehearsed a million times.  I wonder how much of it is pure talent and how much of it is hours and hours of practise.

Shawn speaking at the panel.

To be continued ...


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A camper's notebook.

Day 2: Saturday August 15th (cont)*

5pm
Camp swim is so much fun!  We get to use huge inner tubes to float in the docks at the lake.  Eric Leclerc went out of the designated area in an inner tube, to get a ball that floated away.  It was funny to watch him try and paddle with his hands!  There’s a slide that goes into the lake and a super high platform that you can jump off of too.

Inner tubes are fun!

Squeezing more magic in before the swim.

We had “performance workshop” where some campers performed something and everyone got to tell them what they liked about it and what they thought could be improved.  Some kids got up and did things that we just learned at electives today!  Everyone seems really supportive and encouraging here.  No one was mean about it.  

Then we played the “Umm” game.  It’s where you have to talk as long as you can about an assigned topic (think unicorns, chocolate, soccer, etc) without saying things like “umm” or “ahh.”  It’s hard!  (And fun to watch!)  Now I know that I need to script my performances because I’m not so good at improvising!

Performance workshop.

10pm
What a night!  We ate chicken burgers and chocolate mousse!  At the theatre we watched video messages for us from magicians from Las Vegas and other places in the US.  Apparently there’s a camper show later in the week.  I wonder if I have anything good enough to do for the show...

The evening performance was mind blowing.  Mike Close, Eric, Sheldon Casavant, Scott Hammell, Neil Croswell and Ashley Da Silva are all fabulous.  I got to see dove magic live for the first time.  Neil made birds appear out of NOWHERE. 

Mike Close.

Eric Leclerc.

Neil Croswell and Ashley Da Silva.

Rosemary Reid, Mark Correia, and Chris Mayhew did lip syncs tonight.  I laughed so hard when Chris “blah, blah, blahed” his way through "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé.

Chris Mayhew channeling Beyoncé.

After that we had a beach party -- wait for it -- on the beach!  There was fire floating in the lake (I’d never seen that before).  We had fries and chicken nuggets and fried zucchini for snack.  Phil DaCosta, the DJ, had everyone moving and doing the limbo and forming conga lines.  I liked it when he played the “Cha Cha Slide” and “Uptown Funk.”  I complained when my counsellor said I had to leave early ‘cause I’m so little.  Secretly I’m glad I’m back at the cabin.  I’m pooped.

How low can you go?

Beach party!

More beach party!

 
To be continued ...


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A camper's notebook.

Day 2: Saturday August 15th *

Don’t have much time.  Breakfast was awesome (pancakes!) and no one laughed at me in card class.  Most of the kids in my class are near the same age and ability as I am -- I am so relieved!  I was very surprised (and happy) to find we were learning in the Mess Hall and not in a big classroom with blackboards and uncomfortable desks!  Yesssss!!!!  Our instructor, Scott Hammell, told us that “The main time you go through a lot of cards is when you’re practicing.” Then he told us to “Go through a lot of cards.” 

Scott teaching card class.

I learned the term, “beached cards.”  It’s when you drop your cards on the ground and they get all sandy and wet and impossible to use afterwards.  I’m going to be extra careful to keep mine on the table. Some of the more advanced kids said they learned harder things.  The really experienced kids had to perform stuff and then everyone else in their group gave ideas on how it could be made it better.

I have to get ready to do this big camp wide activity.  I hope it’s not dodgeball.


11:40am
Whoa! That was so much more fun than dodgeball!  We just did a relay race kind of thing in teams with everyone from different cabins.  It involved:

• water
• balloons
• tape
• pool noodles and
• people wrapped up in toilet paper! 
  
  
  

Listening to the rules.

Pool noodle marble run.

Pouring water backwards.

That's a lot of balloons!

It was more fun than Fun Day at the end of school!  I think Sheldon Casavant was still on the field, wrapped head to toe in toilet paper, when I left.  Hope he’s okay.

Sheldon getting wrapped.

2pm
Yum!  Bagel pizzas for lunch!  Magic Mike Segal and his staff make announcements at every meal.  Sometimes when there’s exciting news, everyone bangs on the tables and cheers!  It gets really loud and it’s great fun!  

Announcements with Magic Mike.

I saw three cute little brown rabbits eating weeds outside the Mess Hall.  Someone said they saw a deer here too.  I hope I see one!

There were so many interesting electives to choose from today (duct-tape wallets, “no sleight” misdirection, stage card manipulation, sponge balls, juggling, and bill folds).  I did juggling and boy am I bad at it.  I was dropping things all over the place.  Scott said that it will come with practice.  I hope he’s right!  (He’s really good!)

Learning to juggle with Scott.

Stage card manipulation with Sheldon.

To be continued ...


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* The “Diary of a Sorcerers Safari Newbie” is primarily based on the 2015 camp season.  It is an aggregate of many perspectives, and at times includes events from previous years.