New dates for Magic & Martini

We hope you've had a wonderful summer with lots of opportunities to relax and have fun with family and friends. We are excited to be back at SpiritHouse in Downtown Toronto for more magic this fall. We've opened up tickets sales for performances of Magic & Martini through the end of November. We would love to share magic (and some exquisitely crafted cocktails) with you. So reserve now for:

Saturday, September 16
Saturday, September 23
Saturday, September 30
Saturday, October 14
Saturday, October 21
Saturday, November 4
Saturday, November 11
Saturday, November 18
Saturday, November 25

With over forty performances, over 95% sold out, we're looking forward to continuing with this new season. Our subscribers and followers can use the code olive for a special discount on tickets when booking online. 

We will also be outside of Toronto in October. Tickets are available for:

Friday, October 3 in Oakville
Saturday, October 28 in Hillsburgh

Join us and find out why magic really is for grownups!

Poster design by Kurt Firla

Magic at the Toronto International Film Festival

Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival brings its own special brand of chaos to downtown. A large section of King Street outside of Roy Thomson Hall and the TIFF Bell LightBox is closed off for a massive street festival. There are lineups, red carpets, special promotions and sound stages everywhere you look. And on top of that, a little bit of magic courtesy of me and my partner in mystery, Chris Mayhew. 

King Street - Downtown Toronto

For the past several years, I've been privileged to work for TIFF, providing magic outdoors for countless people. It's always an exciting weekend and this year, the weather could not have been better.

There were literally thousands out on the street excited to see premieres or to catch a glimpse of red carpet celebrities. 

I also bumped into the host of Face 2 Face, David Peck, who was out for screenings an interviews. (And offering snarky real-time commentary on magic tricks!)

David Peck (on the left)

Chris Mayhew outside Roy Thomson Hall

Thanks to Hugo Boss for the nifty accessories!

Photos from Magic & Martini in Toronto

Thank to you to everyone who attended Magic & Martini last night at SpiritHouse in Downtown Toronto. It was certainly a busy weekend with the Toronto International Film Festival taking up large portions of King Street, but we still managed to squeeze in plenty of magic.

We're back to our regular performance schedule after taking it easy for the summer. We have some seats available for our upcoming shows in September. Readers can use the code olive for a special discounted price on tickets purchased online.  

Here are some photos of the event courtesy of Tyler Sol Williams.

Photos from Magic & Martini in Toronto

Thank you to everyone who came out during the long weekend and attended Magic & Martini at SpiritHouse in downtown Toronto. This marks the end of summer and us getting back into the full swing of things for the fall. There will be weekly shows in Toronto, some with some seats available, and we will be resuming performances in Oakville and Hillsburgh next month. Readers can use the discount code olive when booking tickets online. 

Here are some photos from last night's event courtesy of Jonah Babins. 

Photos from Magic & Martini in Toronto

Last night we had another sold out Magic & Martini at the gorgeous SpiritHouse in downtown Toronto. We have a limited performance schedule coming up in August as I will be travelling, but we are back in full swing in September. Readers can use the code secrets for a discount on tickets when purchasing online. We will also be back in Hillsburgh and Oakville in October.

Here are some photos from the show courtesy of Tyler Sol Williams. 

Tricks in the Six

This Thursday, I'll be appearing on Tricks In The Six, a magic show organized in Toronto by the aptly named Toronto Magic Company.

I'll be appearing with The Sentimentalists - a pair of sartorially splendid mind readers just back from performing at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. I first met half of the Sentimentalists, Mysterion, at one of my earliest visits to Friday Night Magic, now over ten years ago. He was mutilating silverware, showing off new tattoos and his taxidermy albino squirrel. In the years I've known him, he has only gotten stranger. He has since joined forces with Steffi Kay who has certainly helped to class up the act. 

Then again, the same could also be said for the show's host Ben Train. 

Join us Thursday, July 27 at the Paintbox Bistro (555 Dundas Street East). Tickets are $25 and available online.