29 August 2012

Festival de magie de Québec

From FestivaldeMagie.ca:
Du 30 août au 3 septembre prochains, le Festival de magie de Québec promet encore d'enchanter dans le Nouvo St-Roch, avec une programmation réunissant une vingtaine d'artistes, dont dix nouveaux invités, tout en réservant bien des primeurs, dont un gala avec plusieurs magiciens sur scène et deux concours, l'un pour les jeunes apprentis-magiciens et l'autre pour le grand public, soit La grande prédiction. Ainsi, durant ces cinq jours, c'est tout le quartier qui s'animera avec plus d'une quarantaine de spectacles et d'ateliers de magie et de micro-magie, en plus de deux spectacles en salle. C'est un événement attendu qui générera des retombées importantes pour le Nouvo St-Roch et le secteur touristique de Québec.


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 Les magiciens:
  • Luc Langevin
  • Nicolas Gignac
  • Pierre Hamon
  • Carol Rondeau
  • Jack
  • Michel Huot
  • Ekaterina D
  • Jules Caron
  • Danys Hamel
  • Richard Tremblay
  • Jean Deshaies
  • Jean-Pierre du Sault
  • Three of Spades
  • Marc et Pierre Luc
  • Jacques Picard
  • Simon Bernard
  • Martin Tremblay
  • Billy and Manu
  • Piere-Alain B. et
  • Pierre-Antoine Drouin and Anthony Bernard who won the youth contenst on August 12th!

Do you remember last year's creative advertising billboard for the event?


Have a look at this year's!  Good fun!






Niagara-on-the-Lake: Ragtime

From Sharing Wonder:
David [Ben] had a first-hand glimpse during pre-produciton as he was retained to coach Kelly Wong, the actor who plays “Houdini”, prepare for the role. Jackie Maxwell, director of Ragtime, expanded Houdini’s role for this particular production, and it pays off in spades.


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Ragtime is part of the Shaw Festival and runs from April 10 – October 14.

28 August 2012

Guy Camirand update

An update from Evelyn at Perfect Magic's Facebook Page:
You can't keep a good man down! Was it last week or the week before that Guy Camirand had his triple by-pass surgery? Although we did not speak to Guy, we did get an eMail and he is doing fine. He is still in the hospital and did a 15 minute Magic Show for the nurses.

Thank for the update Evelyn!


Take good care of yourself Guy!


Toronto: Browser's Den hosts self-working card seminar

From The Browser's Den:
Sunday, September 23

CHRIS MAYHEW, SHANE COBALT, BEN TRAIN, SHELDON JAFINE, STEPHEN KIRKEGAARD, JAMES FULFORD, JOHN TALBOT & MORE!!

Dear Magic Friend,

We hope that you will join us on that day to learn some truly Self- Working (Easy) but crazy good card tricks with an ordinary deck of cards.

There is no charge for this seminar.

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Wow! This look like something even I could manage!

26 August 2012

25 August 2012

Ellusionist interviews Shawn Farquhar at sea

Watch Shawn Farquhar answer questions asked by Ellusionist forum director Adam Wilber.  In it, Shawn answers questions about creativity, how he keeps his chops fresh and exactly what made him decide to go on "Penn & Teller: Fool Us."





[h/t: iTricks]