Last Week on Magic Tonight

Some incredible guests on the show, and some very fun audiences. Thanks to everyone who attended the show. This week's shows featured Michael Close, Matt DiSero & Jason Palter. We have just three weeks left at the Franklin House in Mississauga before we break for the summer so if you haven't seen the show yet, please take a peek at what you've been missing and I hope you can join us.

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

This week on Magic Tonight

Coming up on the show - some wonderful guests. On Thursday, the hilarious and charming Matt DiSero (and his associate Hartnell the chicken... go figure) along with the legendary sleight of hand creator and joke teller Michael Close.

On Sunday, Jason Palter, winner of the Canadian Event Industry's "Entertainer of the Year" award - a zany performer who has no setting between high and off.

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

June 4 Matt DiSero Michael Close

June 7 Jason Palter

Last week on Magic Tonight

So my friend and colleague in magic, Chris Mayhew, was supposed to host while I was off organizing the Soulo Theatre Festival. When I asked how the show went, I was sent this photo. Apparently I need to have a little talk with Mr. Mayhew. Magic Tonight is performed weekly in Mississauga & Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

This week on Magic Tonight

Joining me on the show this week, some delightful special guests: Phil Pivnick (Tuesday @ The Crimson Lounge, Toronto) was recently awarded the title of "Toronto's Best Magician".

The quintessentially adorable Ben Train (Thursday @ The Franklin House, Mississauga) is an extremely talented sleight of hand performer and also most funny and charming.

Chris Mayhew (Sunday @ The Crimson Lounge, Toronto) has created a style of comedy-magic unlike any other. It defies description! (Although you can get hints from the photos below.) Witness the duct tape ball of destiny in person!

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

May 26 Phil Pivnick

May 28 Ben Train

May 31 Chris Mayhew

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Coming up on Magic Tonight

This Sunday, I'm off at the Soulo Theatre Festival, so filling in for me on stage at Magic Tonight is a dynamic duo the likes of which the world has never seen! Combining forces, we have the incredibly funny Chris Mayhew (who recently appeared as part of his own two-person show, Sketchy Magic, and as a guest at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood) and the ridiculously tall virtuoso sleight of hand performer Brian Roberts. They've assured me that while the boss is away, they'll be out to play. So anything could happen. Grab your tickets now for this exciting (and potentially catastrophic) experience.

Magic Tonight is performed weekly at the Crimson Lounge in Toronto and the Franklin House in Mississauga. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when reserving online.

May 24 Brian Roberts Chris Mayhew

Norman Beck in Toronto

Coming up at the end of next month, Sunday, June 28, I'll be co-hosting a special event here in Toronto - a lecture with one of magic's best kept secrets: Discover one of the best kept secrets in all of magic, Norman Beck:

"Norman Beck fools me every time I see him. He was kind enough to let me put one of his effects on my last TV Special. He is very clever."  -David Blaine

“Stormin' Norman Beck is of my favorite people and magicians. He’ll make you laugh with his zany humor and that good-old-boy twang, and he’ll fool you with his diabolical thinking, methods, and routining." -Steve Forte

"There are only a few people in the world that I would consult with, share ideas, get advice, and their critique about magic, such a man is Norman Beck." -Asi Wind

Norman is brilliant. He has created some of the seminal tricks in Magic and you should listen to what he has to say and use his ideas. Some of the biggest names in Magic already do!" -Peter Samelson

Lecture Tickets are $25 at the door (just $20 in advance online) Workshop tickets are $60 - very limited seating Buy Tickets Now

We will be at the Crimson Lounge at College & Spadina (the same space we host Magic Tonight in Toronto.)

The Lecture (2:00 PM)

Considered a working man's lecture, you will learn close-up effects to be used in the real world for real people. Not a dealer's show nor a lecture on hard moves and/or effects, everything Norman Beck teaches is simple (but not always easy), direct and entertaining.

After seeing Norm Becks' magic lecture at The Magic Castle recently, world-renowned mentalist Max Maven said it was one of the best lectures he has seen: funny, clever, skillful, and very well presented.

The Workshop (6:30 PM)

(3-hours, extremely limited seating)

An in-depth look at one of Norman's favourite tools for fooling magicians (and everyone else). This is a prop nearly all magicians own and very few use. Norman has re-engineered it from the ground up with mind blowing results.

Normal will also discuss his creative process. Learn how to create magic for yourself which is simple to perform and "fools the pants off of people."

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