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James Alan proves that magic really is for grownups — a Toronto-based magician and sleight-of-hand artist whose interactive performances have entertained audiences from intimate dinner parties to national television.

Why Magic?

Magic is different from most other forms of entertainment and truly stands out at an event:

Memorable — Everyone has vivid memories of their first experience with magic. The memory lingers as the audience tries to figure out how things happened, and wonders what would have happened if they'd made different choices.

Interactive — The show actively involves the audience, which makes every performance genuinely unique. Everyone has a chance to be part of the experience — it's the ultimate reality show.

Viral — A magic performance gives people something worth telling others about. Every guest leaves with a story that starts, "You'll never believe what I saw at..." — and everyone has a camera in their pocket ready to share it.

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James has performed across Ontario for small, intimate audiences and on large stages, in performances that are "thought provoking, funny, astonishing, and thoroughly entertaining." His solo shows Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks and The Uncertainty Project were featured at the Summerworks Performance Festival, the Hamilton Fringe Festival, and the Wychwood Theatre. He hosted the long-running weekly series Magic Tonight and starred in Magic & Martini, together seven years of continuous weekly magic in Toronto. He also created Bring Magic Home, an interactive virtual experience performed hundreds of times worldwide, and his most recent solo show, Mysteries and Lies, played the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival. In 2022 he created a close-up magic experience, The Choice, which has been featured regularly at À Toi.