magic is about honesty
everything here is true
except for the bits I made up
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.
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.
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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.
I stumbled across this while watching the Walter Lewin MIT Physics lectures. Fortunately, it also appears as a stand alone video (isn't YouTube wonderful?) so you don't have to watch an hour on kinetic friction coefficients. But you could if you wanted to. In magic there is a dramatic device known as the "kicker ending", which involves adding on an additional incongruous climax following the apparent ending to a trick. For example, you remove a pack of cards from its box, perform a brief trick and when you try to return the cards to the box, you discover that it is now filled with a block of ice. Essentially, you turn your magic show into an episode of Family Guy.
Magicians will sit up in bars and coffee shops for ridiculous amounts of time debating the merits of this type of dramatic structure. But I never thought I would see it used in a physics demonstration. Just trust me when I say, you will not see this ending coming:
I had a wonderful time performing last week on Magic Tonight. Typically I have friends and guests on the show but this week I was flying solo. I got to do some material from my old one-man show, Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks and develop some new material (there's a Playboy Magazine in there for some reason!) If you haven't seen the show, take a look at what goes on.
Magic Tonight is performed weekly in Mississauga and Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.
