06 August 2011

Dan Trommater: profiled by Leah Morrigan

First it was James Alan.  Now it's Dan Trommater being deconstructed by image consultant Leah Morrigan at her blog In the Key of He.

From her post, "Follow the magic leader":
Dan punctuates presentations with magic to lead the audience in the shared experience of wonder and gives them a glimpse into their child-like selves. His tricks challenge assumptions of his audience and they are able to experience reality in a new way, and this is really cool. I say that because I do the same thing with image work.

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05 August 2011

Sheldon Casavant: updated tour schedule

Sheldon Casavant, Alberta magician and author of the illustrated children's book, "Morton the Magician and His Magnificent Magic Show" has updated his tour schedule.

According to the schedule, there he's doing a number of public shows in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.  Catch him if you can!

04 August 2011

Toronto: Oh, Ryan

From the Abracadabaret website:

Oh, Ryan (Lost at Sea Theatre)
Written and performed by Shawn DeSouza-Coelho
Directed by Chai Lavie and Emma Dines
416.504.7529
http://www.shawnathanmagic.com/

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There will be 7 performances of the show this month.

03 August 2011

Lee Asher to be interviewed at Modern Manipulator

From ModernMainpulator.com:

We at Modern Manipulator are proud to announce an upcoming live video interview with Lee Asher.

It will be held on the 11th of August at 8PM EST [12AM GMT] on the Live section of our site. It will be one hour long. For the first half we will interview him and for the rest he will be answering the questions of our members.

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02 August 2011

Erik Stephany: busking his way to CGT auditions

From the BC Local News article: "Buskers to draw downtown crowds":
Stephany is trying to earn enough money through busking this summer to take him to the Canada’s Got Talent auditions in Vancouver on Sept. 19-20.



“It’s been really fun so far,” he explained.

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Best of luck Erik!  We'll keep an eye out for Smarticals when Canada's Got Talent airs!