Congratulations to Savio Joseph, this year's recipient of the Len Cooper Memorial Award!
With thanks to Ari Soroka for sharing his photo with Savio at the 47th anniversary party at The Browser's Den Of Magic!
27 November 2022
Savio Joseph: recipient of the 2022 Len Cooper Memorial Award
26 November 2022
Victoria: Jason Verners at Victoria Royals game [Nov 26]
From the November 24th Instagram post by Jason Verners:
Bringing a brand new illusion to the big screens at the SOLD-OUT @victoriaroyals game this Saturday vs. @_connorbedard and the @reginapatshockey. 7000 hockey fans, and an intimate illusion on the jumbotron during intermission- I couldn't be more excited!
25 November 2022
It's the 12th blogiversary of Canada's Magic!
Thanks to you wonderful people who have supported
this project!
For free, we've published over 5,130 posts, and served well over 1,261,000 page loads. Six hundred and forty two of you follow us on Facebook, 1598 of you follow us on Twitter, 341 of you have found us on Instagram, we just set up shop at Mastodon, and a bunch of you have subscribed to this site's RSS feed.
The bulk of you are Canadian, and we're delighted to see visitors from
United States, the United Kingdom, India, France, and the list goes on.
There are so many of you doing such a fabulous job of making magic a priority in this great country!
A special thanks to:
- All of my early supporters. Special shout outs to Ariel, Doug, James, and John for your continued encouragement.
- All of you readers, Likers, RTers, submitters, guest posters,
contest prize providers and all other manner of promoters of this site.
- All of my sponsors, past and present. That means you: Magic Information Canada, Ryan Pilling, Clive Court, Perfect Magic, The Browser's Den of Magic, The Amazing Corbin, Michael Close, Daniel Sugar, Ty Reveen, The Vanishing Rabbit Magic Shop, Tips and Tricks for Magicians and Magicians Talking Magic Podcast!
- All of the blog's official friends, past and present. That's you: John Smithman, John Harrison, Richard Lyn, Joan Caesar, Ted & Marion Outerbridge, Ian Crawford, Owen Anderson, Ryan Pilling, Matt DiSero, James Renoire, Gwyn Auger, Jason Maiuri, Doug Hunt, David Johnson, Richard Hough, Robin Dawes, Eric Bedard, Loran, Cam Dix, Peter Mennie, Gordon Precious, Colin Geddes, Graeme Reed, Chris Gowen, Jokers, George Blott, and Noah Nogueira.
- All of the fabulous people that have offered up contest prizes for our readers through the years: James Alan, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Orca Book Publishers, The Bloor Cinema, Chris Westfall, Gwyn Auger, Sheldon Casavant, The Outerbridges, Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Champions of Magic, the Toronto Magic Company, the EldritchTheatre, Michael Close Magic, Perfect Magic, and The Browser's Den of Magic.
- The wonderful wordsmiths that have guest posted here including: Ariel Frailich, The Magic Demon, Kidlet, Clive Court, James Alan, Killarney Sheffield, Ian Crawford, Erin Thomas, Ring 99, Dennis Schick, Phil Matlin, and Gordon Precious.
- And especially, my family for their support of this bloggy experiment.
My continued thanks to all of you!
24 November 2022
Sitruc James in Regina [Nov 26] and Moose Jaw [Dec 2]
From the November 7th Instagram post by Sitruc James:
From the November 6th Instagram post by Sitruc James:
23 November 2022
Richmond Hill: Dave Curran at Jokers [Dec 17]
Tickets on sale at Jokers.
From the November 13th Instagram post by Jokers:
Tickets are now on sale for the Bad Boy of Hypnosis exclusively at Jokers. Dec 17.
22 November 2022
Gabriella Lester on Penn and Teller's "Fool Us"
Well done Gabriella! Congratulations!
From the November 18th upload "WILL 18-year-old FOOL Penn & Teller UPSIDE-DOWN?! Gabriella Lester on Fool Us Season 9" at
Gabriella Lester's YouTube channel:
Magician Gabriella Lester performs an act inspired by Penn and Teller’s performance of “Casey at the Bat”
This performance is from Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season 9, episode 6: “Magic Socks Big Time”
Gabriella is only eighteen, but has already been performing on stages all across the continent. In the past few years, she has entertained hundreds of audiences and companies; including venues such as the world-famous "Magic Castle" in Hollywood and the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
21 November 2022
Toronto: Eric Woolfe in Requiem for a Gumshoe [Nov 24 - Dec 4]
From the November 14th Tweet by Edritch Theatre:
Meet our cast for Requiem for a Gumshoe: @ericwoolfe
Eric Woolfe is an actor, playwright, puppeteer and magician, and our Artistic Director. He specializes in creating horror plays using puppetry, live actors, and parlour magic. http://EldritchTheatre.ca/Gumshoe #theaTO
Meet our cast for Requiem for a Gumshoe: @ericwoolfe Eric Woolfe is an actor, playwright, puppeteer and magician, and our Artistic Director. He specializes in creating horror plays using puppetry, live actors, and parlour magic. https://t.co/3DhLt3bPjV #theaTO pic.twitter.com/Zs74VMiwJR
— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 14, 2022
A weird-noir, hardboiled, cosmic-horror mystery told with sultry actors, terrifying puppets and dark, arcane magic: Requiem for a Gumshoe by Eric Woolfe with bits stolen from Snorri Sturluson #noirvember at Red Sandcastle Theatre Nov 24-Dec 4https://t.co/teJsvomzVO #theaTO pic.twitter.com/LuoyQixa6q
— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 14, 2022
This is at Red Sandcastle Theatre where we still have a mandatory mask mandate along with vaccinated staff and HEPA filters running at max.
— Adrianna Prosser (@adriannap) November 14, 2022
We want you to enjoy the show and be as safe as possible while doing so. #theaTO #MaskUp #torontotheatre https://t.co/saU4aNJRwH
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