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.

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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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!

Magician of the year announced!

Edited August 4th to include link to the announcement on the CAM website.

Richard Forget is the Canadian Magician of the Year! #PCAMCAM2011 #CAM2011less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet ReplyDoug C.
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Keep up to date with Richard via his Facebook page "Magic Stripped with Richard Forget."


[h/t: @magicinfo_ca]

Eric Leclerc in Metro Ottawa

From MetroNews.ca:

"It’s the reactions of the kids‹and the other people he dazzles‹that Leclerc says helps him convince his YouTube audience around the world that his magic tricks are more than just magic video editing."

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Did Shawn Farquhar fool Penn & Teller?

Watch this YouTube video and see for yourself:

Calgary: Houdini's Last Escape in the Calgary Fringe Festival

From See.CalgaryFringe.ca:

Houdini's Last Escape

Playwright: Ryan Gladstone
Director: Ryan Gladstone
Cast: Tara Travis and Christopher Bange

Can Houdini, the greatest escape artist of all time, Escape His Own Death?

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[h/t: @magicassistant]