Photos from The Uncertainty Project

At the Wychwood Theatre, June 18-21.

Beyond the Mundane

On Friday, May 31, I was on Beyond the Mundane hosted by Elsie Lynn Leyland and Randi St.Claire. It's a very long interview and we cover a wide range of topics from magic, belief and disbelief. But mostly we're talking about The Uncertainty Project. You can "watch" the interview here, even though this is supposed to be radio. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYar-jv20M?rel=0]

Tickets for The Uncertainty Project are now available online at www.uncertaintyproject.com/tickets 

Happy Pride

Pride is coming up around the corner - and this year in Toronto it's World Pride. So what was a big deal is now somehow supposed to be bigger. So to gradually get into the spirit, I'm chaining the colour of parts of my act for the month of June:

Before

After

It's a tiny thing, but since I bought the entire roll of duct tape. I'll keep using it through the entire month of June... or longer if the spirit moves me. And in the interest of being simultaneously silly and outspoken, if you snap a picture of me with my fabulous new blindfold and post it on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #magicpride or tag me on my Facebook page. , I will give you a pair of tickets to one of our upcoming shows (yes including that one.)

Fascinating Legal Stuff:

It has to be your own photo, no reposting these ones. Yes, you can walk up to me on the street with your own roll of pink duct tape (we will also accept lavender and rainbow). I might even do the trick for you. 

Care About Us - Documentary

A few weeks ago, I performed at a fundraiser for Care About Us, full length documentary about homelessness around the world. I did magic alongside several musical acts, and a pair of martial artists. The production, conceived by Dan Balcaban, is supported entirely through crowd funding. It has already completed filming in twelve cities around the world and is currently raising money to complete its post production. You can take a look at highlights from the fundraising party below or contribute on their Indiegogo Page.

www.CareAboutUs.net

Photos by Duy Nguyen

Uncertainty Project: CP24

James Alan Uncertainty Project Poster

I was on CP24 Breakfast this morning discussing my upcoming show, The Uncertainty Project at the Wychwood Theatre. While the show is about uncertainty, I am necessarily tight lipped about the tricks which are in the show, but you can get an idea of what's coming here:

The performance portion was not entirely what I was hoping for. Unfortunately the crew was dealing with a serious breaking news story about a deadly fire in Brampton. So while I was still able to go on amid the coverage we were, to a large extent, improvising when it came to the performance. We still got to have some fun though.

Tickets for The Uncertainty Project are available at www.uncertaintyproject.com/tickets

French Photos

I'm slowly beginning to catch up on my sleep after spending most of last week with Vincent Hedan, the charming and wonderful French magician, with the equally charming and wonderful accent. While he was in town, he presented his show, The Wish, in English for the first time, did two special events for The Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club and we even snuck him out to perform at a private event. Enjoy the photos, while I get back to plotting and scheming - there's lots of great magic coming up very soon.

I need to thank Hat & Rabbit Club and Ben Train for helping to organize everything and thank Michael Weber and Dr. Sammy Jakubowicz for their mischievous tweets.

Photos by Johan Duker, Josh Sexmith, Vincent Hedan & James Alan, not all at the same time.