Newest Trick In The Book - Grumpy Old Men Edition

This week, I will be guest hosting The Newest Trick In The Book. This weekly magic open-mic, put on by the Toronto Magic Company, is now in its third season. I’ll be joined by some friends: Mike Carbone, Dr. Sammy Jakobowicz, Glenn Ottaway and Wes Zaharuk. This is going to be a fun evening of magic, comedy and the unexpected. The goal of the show is to provide a safe place for magicians to experiment with new material. It can be a rare opportunity to see something which has never been seen before, or a chance to see everything go horribly wrong.

Newest Trick is free to attend, but you can reserve tickets online to guarantee yourself a seat.

Mike Carbone

Glenn Ottaway

Wes Zaharuk

Dr. Sammy Jakobowicz

 

Magic with Physics

The extremely popular YouTube channel Numberphile (popular among nerds at least), they often tread into magical territory. Here one of their frequent guests Tadashi, explains an amusing technique for levitating a pingpong ball (and the physics behind it.)

When I was the host of Magic Tonight in Toronto, the comedy magician extraordinaire Wes Zaharuk used to use this as a bit in his show to great effect: 

Wes Zaharuk

Happy Halloween

Magicians are not generally very scary people. We're primarily entertainers. But sometimes, in order to be dramatic, we need to court danger and sometimes just be a little weird. So for Halloween this year, I took a look through our archives and assembled this collection of the magicians on Magic Tonight getting dressed up or just generally being strange and creepy. Enjoy!

Magic Tonight runs weekly at the Crimson Lounge in downtown Toronto, Readers of this blog can use the code reality fir a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

Last week on Magic Tonight

We're seeing more and more response to the show in Toronto and the new shows in Mississauga and Pickering. Last week we had sleight of hand magician Phil Pivnick, mystery mind reader Ben Train and the legendary comic performer Wes Zaharuk. The photos don't quite do justice to the amount of fun we have. If you haven't had the chance to join us yet, you're truly missing out!

Magic Tonight is performed weekly in Mississauga, Pickering and Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on dinner and tickets when purchasing online.

This week on Magic Tonight

Come join us for Magic Tonight this weekend. We have some wonderful guests lined up and I'll be performing as well. Thursday night at The Franklin House in Mississauga we have the legendary comic performer visiting from the UK, Wes Zaharuk.

Friday night at The Bear in Pickering we have sleight of hand performer Phil Pivnick.

Sunday night at The Crimson Lounge in downtown Toronto, we have the charming and loveable Ben Train.

Magic Tonight is performed weekly in Mississauga, Pickering and Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a special discount on tickets and dinner when buying tickets online.

Last week on Magic Tonight

Photos from the last week of shows on Magic Tonight with performances from Chris Mayhew, Ben Train and Wes Zaharuk.

Magic Tonight is performed weekly in Mississauga, Pickering and Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality when booking online for a discount on tickets and dinner.