Canada's Magic

02 November 2020

Niagara Falls: Veterans Fundraiser in support of Vets Canada

From the October 6th Facebook post by the Greg Frewin Theatre:

We are super “Jazzed” about our 2nd Annual Veterans Fundraiser in support of Vets Canada on Sunday November 8th, 2020!! This year we are so excited to have The Jimmy Stahl Big Band take the stage and knock your socks off for this important and unforgettable event!! Don’t wait.... get your tickets today and support those who have done so much for all of us!! Tickets can be purchased at www.gregfrewintheatre.com or with our Box Office at 905-356-0777

31 October 2020

30 October 2020

Halloween Houdini Escape Attempt by Dean Gunnarson

From the October 29th Facebook post by Dean Gunnarson:

This Halloween I will get locked up in 8 sets of police handcuffs from different countries. The handcuffs will represent that Parent Alienation affects millions of children and parents around the world. I will then be locked inside a metal coffin that will be bound and locked with heavy chains and maximum-security locks. The coffin is symbolic because the effects of Parent Alienation slowly kills a loving and caring parent and keeps a child away from half a loving and caring family. This escape from the handcuffs and metal coffin is not life threatening but extremely challenging, painful, and enduring. Imagine your self locked and chained inside a metal coffin and what would you do ???

This escape has never been attempted before by anyone!

The escape event will start at 1 pm and the escape will happen about 1:26 pm October 31, the same time Houdini died in 1926. Because of Covid my location is Not being released to the general public as a public event. It will be for media only. Safe distancing and Covid rules will be asked to be upheld. The location is near downtown Winnipeg in a safe open historic area with free parking. Media can even record the event from their own vehicles.

Ryan Brown making a hearse appear at Haunted Hollows Scream Park

From the October 28th post "Internationally Celebrated Magician to Make Hearse appear LIVE on Halloween at Ontario Haunted Hollows Scream Park" at 21WFMJ:

And just how, exactly, will this be done?

Internationally renowned magician, Ryan Brown, isn’t telling - but he says you can see it all on his Youtube series, Reality Magic. Brown has had a lot more time than usual to put into the series - waiting out COVID-19 at home back in Canada after wowing audiences in Las Vegas in three successful tours of the American entertainment capital.

Brown, who has developed an impressive reputation on the global magic scene, is on a first name basis with some of the world’s biggest names in magic. In 2011, he attended the acclaimed McBride's Magic and Mystery school in Las Vegas. In 2017 he returned for some performances including this one at the prestigious Wonder Ground owned by Jeff McBride.

“On my third time going to Vegas, the dream of doing this became surreal,” says the celebrated young magician. “I was given tours of legendary show rooms, I met David Copperfield, I spent time learning from the masters and performed again on stage at Jeff McBride's Wonder Ground.”

Chris Ramsay interviews Neil Patrick Harris (and vice versa)

On the heels of the Big Tricks Energy announcement, Chris Ramsay released his recent interview with Neil Patrick Harris. They discuss magic, sexism in Hallowe'en costumes, puzzles, escape rooms, and Neil's new product BoxONE.

From the October 27th upload on Chris Ramsay's YouTube channel: