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Magic Workshops for Children

I recently completed work designing a series of magic workshops for children. The workshops are being offered by a company, UGOT Canada. UGOT began as a company offering after four and extracurricular dance programs over five years ago and has since expanded to include a number of other programs in the realm of art, fitness and education including magic. At the moment, we have two programs ready for delivery, designed for children ages 7-12. We created a sixty-minute one-time workshop which explains and teaches three simple magic tricks and includes some extra tricks performed but not explained. The learning is hands on with a set of materials for every participant. (There are extra fees if you want the kids to be able to take the material home at the end of the workshop.) These workshops are intended for schools, aftercare programs and community groups and are acceptable for groups of up to 35 children with proper staff supervision.

We also crafted an extended workshop which consists of five to eight sixty-minute workshops. These are usually spaced a week apart. The course includes 8-15 tricks with each participant getting a complete set of the material to keep. These extended workshops are recommended for groups of up to fifteen participants.

Currently, the workshops are offered in the GTA. I'm teaching about fifty percent of the workshops personally, but we've begun the process of training additional instructors to offer the workshops outside the GTA as well.

Interested groups should contact UGOT Canada directly.

Praise for Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks

It's been a fantastic summer that I won't soon forget. Between the Hamilton Fringe Festival and the Summerworks Performance Festival, I completed thirteen performances of Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks. Here are some highlights of what people had to say:

Truly Entertaining NOW Magazine

Remarkable... This magician is one talented fellow. The Hamilton Spectator

Thought-provoking, funny, astonishing and thoroughly entertaining. It's a great magic display and that's all anyone needs to know. Ontario Arts Review

I promise you will be thinking about how it's done - during and after the show and probably the rest of the month. Thoroughly entertaining. Artword

Brimming with wicked wit and calculated comedy. The VIEW Magazine

To my eyes, James Alan is every bit as good as any magician I have seen on TV... Alan is very personable, he makes you laugh between the lies and tricks... It is very engaging and entertaining. An hour will fly by before you know it. Mooney on Theatre