Canada's Magic

07 January 2022

ICYMI: Darcy Oake received the “Mandrake d’Or”

From the October 12th, 2021 Facebook post by Darcy Oake:

Honoured to receive the “Mandrake D’or” award in Paris yesterday!

06 January 2022

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05 January 2022

Mandrake the Magician in the Comic Book Bin

You may remember that the Museum of Surrey hosted a "Mandrake the Magician" exhibit last year. You can still visit the online tour at the Museum.

From the January 1st article "Mandrake the Magician: The first Superhero in Comics and Life" by Hervé St-Louis at the Comic Book Bin:

Born in 1911, Canadian Leon (Gioglio) Mandrake was a stage magician based in Vancouver, Canada who starred on stage under the label Mandrake the Magician as early as 1927. He travelled North America and performed as Mandrake the Magician across North America. Ironically, according to Don Markstein, Falk had created the comics strip Mandrake the Magician in 1924 but only submitted it for print years later. The comic strip character that looked eerily like Gioglio.

The resemblance between the fictional character, and the stage magician was acknowledged early on, and the King Features creators and Gioglio would play with meta-narrative crossovers over the years, without any conflict involving copyrights nor trademark. These were the days! Both the stage magician wore tuxedos, were skinny and had fine moustaches. Both enjoyed a living entertaining guests and audiences for years.

Read more.

04 January 2022

Toronto: Doc Wuthergloom's Dollhouse of Deadly Sins [postponed to Feb 4-6]

From the January 2nd Instagram post by Eldritch Theatre:

Doc Wuthergloom's Dollhouse of Deadly Sins has been postponed to February 4th to 6th. Ticket holders have been notified, but should this come as a jump scare, please check your inbox.

Happy New Fear, and scare you soon 💚 Tickets can be found at redsandcastletheatre.com/tickets

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03 January 2022

CAM JAM Backstage at the Greg Frewin Theatre [Jan 26]

Updated April 15th to add:

this event was postponed to April 13th due to COVID restrictions.
CAM members can watch a recording of this event at the Canadian Association of Magicians website.

From the Canadian Association of Magicians:

Wed., Jan. 26 | Join us on ZOOM
CAM JAM Backstage at the Greg Frewin Theatre
Join us for an exclusive CAM JAM backstage at the Greg Frewin Theatre in Niagara Falls with hosts Greg Frewin and Ryan Joyce. You don't want to miss this!
Read more and RSVP.

02 January 2022

Broken wand: Len Lauk

From the Vancouver Sun and Province obituary at Remembering.ca:

Len Lauk passed away peacefully in North Vancouver, BC on October 30, 2020, one week shy of his 88th birthday.

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Len had a gift for storytelling and had a steel trap memory for facts and details. He particularly loved reading history and had a large personal library. Len was passionate about music, particularly operas, classical music, and Broadway musicals. He was a longtime board member with both the VSO and the Vancouver Opera. Len was also very proud to be an amateur magician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.