Renée-Claude Auclair re-elected CAM President

Felitications Renée-Claude!

 

From the February 17th Facebook post by Renée-Claude Auclair:

Toronto: WonderPhil at the Wychwood Theatre [Mar 5 & 6]

From the February 11th Facebook post by WonderPhil Magic:

BIG NEWS! You can see WonderPhil's Magic Show LIVE at Wychwood Theatre!
March 5th & 6th, TYT Toronto is hosting WonderPhil's family magic show, which is great for kids 4 and up.

Tickets are on sale now at http://wonderphil.eventbrite.ca

I'm so excited to be back in a theatre! Expect some amazing and memorable magic, and some huge laughs.

 

Big Trick Energy Live on tour!

Updated March 31st to add:

•  The BTE Tour has morphed into the Magic & Comedy tour (Live Taping with Wes Barker and Chris Ramsay)!

From WesBarker.ca:

• CALGARY - MAY 1 - Tickets
• VANCOUVER - MAY 2 (on sale soon)
• VICTORIA - MAY 3 - (on sale soon)
• WINNIPEG - JUNE 15 - Tickets
• TORONTO - JUNE 17 - (on sale soon)
• MONTREAL - TDB
  

Check back for updates!

 

 

Tickets available at Modo Live.  (See Tweet below for presale code.)  Dates include:

• May 4 - Vancouver
• May 5 - Victoria
• June 16 - Toronto
• June 18 - Calgary

Check back for more dates!

 

From the February 16th Tweet by Alex Boyer:

OMG!!!! 🤩😱
It’s happening!!!!! 🤯
Come see us four idiots LIVE!!!
Presale Code: BTE 🤫😉
(Link in bio) pic.twitter.com/anFecFoqYS

— Alex Boyer (@AlexBoyerMagic) February 16, 2022

 

 

 

Billy Kidd in Bath Life

From the February 14th Tweet by Bath Life:

Billy Kidd moved to Bath in 2007 to make it as a professional magician. She went from street performer to having her own regular magic theatre @Krowdkeepers where she performs every Friday & Saturday

In the latest issue she shares her story https://issuu.com/mediaclash/docs/bl463_final/14

 

 

Billy Kidd moved to Bath in 2007 to make it as a professional magician. She went from street performer to having her own regular magic theatre @Krowdkeepers where she performs every Friday & Saturday

In the latest issue she shares her story https://t.co/vVRiD53nQC@Billykiddshow pic.twitter.com/X4ievxiWjC

— Bath Life (@BathLifeMag) February 14, 2022

 

Montreal Magic Jam hosts Jared Kopf virtual lecture [Feb 25]

From the Montreal Magic Jam:

Friday Feb 25th

Jared Kopf performs magic and interprets symbols all over the world. Sometimes, he and a company of
wizards create practical effects for plays, films, and TV shows such as “The Eye Ball,” A Ghost Story, and National Geographic’s Breakthrough. Other times, he pretends to be someone else on a stage or in a movie. Once, in Changchun, he found the philosopher’s stone and turned lead into gold. Occasionally, he reads the tarot for free outside a café on Greenville Avenue, just down the street from his home in Dallas, Texas where he lives with the sorceress Elayna Mitchell and their son Martin, who draws people’s dreams in a notebook.

Read more and buy tickets.

 

Dean Gunnarson on the The Weekend Morning Show (Manitoba) with Nadia Kidwai

Listen to the February 12th episode "International Brotherhood of Magicians celebrating 100th anniversary!" 

Remembering Ivan Reitman

Updated February 19th to add:

• a link to the February 18th article "THE SCOOP | The Royal Alexandra Theatre To Dim Lights In Honour Ivan Reitman" by Michael Vincent in Ludwig Van Toronto.
  
• a link to the February 16th post "Jim Steinmeyer Reflects on Ivan Reitman and 'Merlin'" by Neil McNally in The Doug Henning Project.
  

 

Updated February 16th to add: 

• a link to the February 15th article "The king of ‘slobs vs. snobs’: Ivan Reitman reinvented a Hollywood genre, then did it again" by Jaime Weinman in The Hamilton Spectator.
• a link to the February 15th post "Brian Lumley Reflects on Ivan Reitman" by Neil McNally in The Doug Henning Project.
  

 

Updated February 15th:

• at 1:45pm to add Peter Mennie's Facebook post from February 14th.
  
• at 8am to add a link to Neil McNally's post February 14th post "Ivan Reitman (1946-2022)" at The Doug Henning Project.
  

 

Ivan Reitman passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022.  

You may know that the Toronto-raised filmmaker directed blockbusters such as Ghostbusters and Meatballs.  

We were reminded by Peter Mennie that Ivan was friends with Doug Henning.  From Neil McNally at The Doug Henning Project: "It was said that Ivan fronted him (Doug) the money to purchase the props to create his stage show which became known as Spellbound."

Ivan went on to produce and direct Spellbound at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.  (Neil has uploaded an image of the Spellbound pamphlet.)  In addition Ivan co-produced Doug's The Magic Show on Broadway.

Our sincere condolences to Ivan's family and friends.

From the February 14th Facebook post by Peter Mennie:

Read more about Ivan:

• "THE SCOOP | The Royal Alexandra Theatre To Dim Lights In Honour Ivan Reitman" by Michael Vincent in Ludwig Van Toronto.
  
• "Jim Steinmeyer Reflects on Ivan Reitman and 'Merlin'" by Neil McNally in The Doug Henning Project.
• "Brian Lumley Reflects on Ivan Reitman" by Neil McNally in The Doug Henning Project.
  
• "The king of ‘slobs vs. snobs’: Ivan Reitman reinvented a Hollywood genre, then did it again" by Jaime Weinman in The Hamilton Spectator.
• "Ivan Reitman (1946-2022)" by Neil McNally at The Doug Henning Project.
  
• "Ivan Reitman, acclaimed Canadian producer and director of Ghostbusters, dead at 75" at the CBC.
• "Ivan Reitman just might be the most influential Canadian filmmaker of all time" by Barry Hertz at The Globe and Mail.
• "Director Ivan Reitman remembered as comedy heavyweight, champion of Canadian film" at CityNews.