Phil Matlin's 2015 Ragtime Tour

Phil Matlin - owner of Montréal's magic shop Perfect Magic, will be playing ragtime and touring through Ontario (Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph) at the end of December.

Sat	Dec 26th	2:00 PM	Victoria Place	290 Queen St. S. Kitchener
Sun	Dec 27th	2:30 PM	Fergus Place	164 Fergus Avenue Kitchener
Mon	Dec 28th	2:00 PM	Parkwood   Mennonite Homes	726 New Hampshire Waterloo
Tues	Dec 29th	2:30 PM	Waterloo Heights    Retirement Apts	170 Erb St. W. Waterloo
Thurs	Dec 31st	2:00 PM	The Westmount	200 David Bergy Drive Kitchener
Thurs	Dec 31st	6:30 PM	Village of Riverside   Glenn.	60 Woodlawn Road East Guelph

If you missed our previous post about the many talents of Phil, have a look at him playing Carolina in the Morning.

Coquitlam and Ontario: "An Evening Of Wonders"

From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:

Hey friends in Ontario. Want to see an amazing magic show? My friend, Vitaly Beckman is coming to a theatre near you... and it's worth your time and travel to see his show. Oh and folks close to me, he's at the Evergreen Cultural Center this Friday. http://EveningOfWonders.com

Dec 11 - 8pm
Evergreen Cultural Centre
1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC


Dec 28 – 2pm & 7pm
Flato Markham Theatre
171 Town Centre Boulevard, Markham, ON


Dec 29 - 7:30pm
Georgian Theatre
1 Dunlop St W, Barrie, ON


Dec 30 – 7:00pm
The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts
88 Dalhousie St, Brantford, ON


Dec 31 – 2pm & 7pm
The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
130 Navy St, Oakville, ON


Jan 2 – 7pm
Nineteen on the park
19 Civic Ave, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON


Jan 3 – 2pm
Nineteen on the park
19 Civic Ave, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON

"The Trick with the Gun" on Superchannel

From the Times Colonist:

Chris Gudgeon doesn’t seem like a guy who’s into guns, and not just because he’s a peace-loving poet.

So why did he suddenly find himself at the North Saanich Rod and Gun Club to learn the finer points of marksmanship?

It was for the The Trick With the Gun, director Michael McNamara’s high-calibre documentary that the Victoria-based writer and producer wrote and appears in.

In the 90-minute film premièring tonight at 9 on Superchannel, Gudgeon agrees to pull the trigger for the Bullet Catch, a notoriously dangerous illusion.

Read more.

Toronto: Save the date for Magicana

From Magicana:

Mark your calendar for the weekend of April 23-24, 2016. 

Here in Toronto, we’ll be hosting a weekend of magic with three big international guests. There will be a one-night-only performance at the Wychwood Theatre (St. Clair & Christie) as well as a lecture and workshop that you will not not want to miss.  We will release more details in coming weeks. So, make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter, or subscribed to our eList to be the first to know and to sign up!  
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Toronto: "Dark Holiday Magic and Mentalism"

From the Revival Bar:

Happy Holidays?

Familiar holiday customs often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated for modern use.

Customs that encourage little children to be good, so as to deserve their Christmas gifts from Father Christmas, often come with a dark side: the punishment you’ll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren’t good!

Dec 27th Join Mysterion for an evening exploring characters such as Krampus, Hans Trapp, Jolakotturinn, and other Christmas creatures that snatch away children who have been bad all year. A full show of supernatural effects that will leave you wishing you’ve been extra good this year.

Special Guests include Magician James Alan of Toronto’s weekly magic showcase Magic tonight and The Coney Island Corndogs Tricksie and Lucky.

Be good, you’ve been warned.

(This is a magic show and themed to Pagan and European holidays customs that may offend some beliefs).

Read more and buy tickets.

Germany: Shawn Farquhar

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Darcy Oake's TV special

From Clive Court's Facebook page: [editor's note: emphasis mine]

CBC-TV have scheduled Darcy Oake's ITV special Edge of Reality for 9pm. on December 10. Thanks to everyone who pitched the TV network bosses last year---we have a TV magic special starring a Canadian illusionist (Is the the first since Doug Henning in the mid-70s?)*. Now the important thing is to do whatever we can to get it big ratings (you can't rely on the CBC to do a good promotional job for a magic special because they do not like magic or magicians on TV). So Canadian magicians have to make the most of this opportunity. So my advice to Canadian magicians is contact your friends in print and radio (eg. CBC morning/afternoon radio shows) to do what you can to promote the show. If it gets a poor ratings---they will have the best excuse not to run another TV magic special. This is your chance to make a difference.

* I'm talking about the CBC-TV English Network (The French TV Network enjoys working with Canadian entertainers including magicians like Luc Langevin)

Darcy Oake in the news:

• CBC: Winnipeg's Darcy Oake finishes Canadian tour in hometown at MTS Centre
• Winnipeg Metro: Magic man: Darcy Oake comes home to Winnipeg
• CBC: Canadian illusionist Darcy Oake plays magic trick on CBC's Andrew Chang
• Calgary Herald: Canadian Darcy Oake uses his illusions in making a magical career
• The Guardian: Darcy Oake brings Edge of Reality to the Confederation Centre
• Rocky Mountain Outlook: Can you believe your eyes?
• CBC: Illusionist Darcy Oake holds memorial for friend killed in Paris attacks