Raman Sharma in the Toronto Star

From the December 26th article "Caledon magician pursues Guinness Record for most tricks in a minute" by Aparita Bhandari in the Toronto Star:

Back in Toronto, Sharma started to seek out magicians to learn tricks from. But he quickly found out they usually kept their tricks up their own sleeves. They did point him towards Browser’s Den of Magic, which also offered magic lessons. Sharma managed to convince Jeff Hinchliffe, one of the store’s employees, to stay an hour after closing time to teach him. One of the best card magicians that Sharma’s met, Hinchliffe taught him the basics of the art of magic up close.

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The Guelph Christmas Music Project 2020

From the December 23rd article "Made In Guelph: Local musicians spread holiday cheer with Christmas playlist" by Ariel Deutschmann in Guelph Today:

Dan McLean Jr. is the organizer of a 35 music video playlist of original Christmas songs and covers of the classics.

Five weeks ago, McLean created a private Facebook group and invited 50 musicians from Guelph, asking them if they would like to participate in The Guelph Christmas Music Project 2020.

“If a bunch of us do this, we can put together a playlist in which we can get together and give a Christmas gift to ourselves, to each other, to our families and to our community,” he says.

The playlist can be found here.

For someone who has taught self-care programs for the Canadian Mental Health Association for 15 years, McLean says organizing a community-building event was in his character.

Read more.

 

 

Luc Langevin: “Interconnected”

Tickets for Interconnected are currently available from December 27th through to the end of March 2021.

 

From Luc Lagnevin's website (as translated by Google):

Each performance of the show takes place live and is therefore unique. The spectators are an integral part of it. A ticket purchase is equivalent to a unique viewing link. It is therefore not possible to share it. If everyone you'll be watching the show with is doing it on the same device, you only need one ticket (one ticket per device).

Premium ticket holders
23 participants (and other residents of their household) will have the privilege of personally interacting with Luc during the show and will appear on screen throughout the performance ($ 68 + tax or € 45). They must connect to the show 30 minutes in advance

Regular ticket holders
Other spectators will be able to attend the show live and participate in the collective acts without appearing on the screen ($ 25 + taxes or € 20).

Read more and buy tickets.

 

 

Un bel article à propos de mon spectacle « Interconnectés » dans @_lavoixdelest! https://t.co/LOQ7jETszk

Il est encore temps de se procurer des billets 😉

Pour le Canada: https://t.co/VqWsh4frkq
Pour l'Europe: https://t.co/QWayIAReZ3

— Luc Langevin (@LucLangevin) December 23, 2020

 

 

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Happy Holidays from the Darling Estate

Scroll to past the Happy Holidays video to see the details about their one time rebroadcast of their Holiday Show December 24th Time: 7pm EST / 4pm PST. Ticket price $10. 

 

From the December 21st Facebook post by Carisa Hendrix:

Ring in 2021 with Lucy Darling and Shawn Farquhar

From Shawn Farquhar's December 20th Facebook post:

I'm working New Year's Eve... wonders never cease!
Tickets available at:
https://togo.magiccastle.com/.../12-31-20-virtual-magic-show
I think afterwards we might just open up a Zoom Meeting for people to hang out and visit until 2020 ends... what do you all think?

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Farquhar: Hidden Wonders, Session with, and Cabaret of Wonders!

It seems that calling this period The Great Pause is a huge inaccuracy for a people like Shawn Farquhar!  Here are a few of the places you can catch him in the next month or so:

 

Hidden Wonders [Dec 28]

Tickets at: https://bit.ly/HWSME

 

New Year's Eve

You can find Shawn performing as part of the Magic Castle's New Year's Eve show.

Session with Shawn [Jan 3]

Cabaret of Wonders [Jan 10]

Michael Kras: Playwright-in-Residence at Essential Collective Theatre

Congratulations Michael!

 

From the December 10th Instagam post by Michael Kras:

So very excited to announce that I will officially be the Playwright-in-Residence at @ectheatre for 2021!

ECT means a lot to me - they programmed and produced the world premiere of my play The Team last year - and I'm beyond excited to spend the next year developing and workshopping a brand new play with them.

Thank you to ECT for having me, and thank you to the @ontarioartscouncil for supporting this residency. I can't wait!

 

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