Magic Tonight in Snapd Magazine

Photos from our show on June 28 appeared in Snap'd Magazine. I'm also told they appear in the print issue. This was our Pride weekend show, which did get a tad unusual, I must say. Their photographer, Drew Williamson, came by early so they completely missed me getting covered in sparkles and glitter (I'm told by a reliable source that those are separate things, but really, who knows?).  You can see Lukas Stark and I wearing non-matching bow-ties. For reasons that I'm unclear on, Snap'd prefers not to publish any photos of the actual event taking place, just photos of people at the event. If you want to see actual photos form the show, there are some here.

Magic Tonight continues through the summer at the Crimson Lounge in Downtown 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 Sunday we have a very special guests joining us. Recently returning from a whirlwind tour of Fringe Festivals which took him through London, Montreal, Orlando, Winnipeg & Edmonton, the irritatingly photogenic Keith Brown will be presenting highlights from his acclaimed one-person show Exchange. If you'd like to come see the show, readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price if tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

August 2 Keith Brown

Last week on Magic Tonight

Sunday night's show at the Crimson Lounge featured the purple-shoed wonder, Phil Pivnick. Typically delightful and comical. If you haven't been to see the show in a while, take a look at what you missed: (*Sadly, shoes not pictured.)

Magic Tonight continues every Sunday night though the summer at the Crimson Lounge in 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

Making his triumphant spectacular and purple-shoed return to Magic Tonight, the winner of Toronto's Best Magician Contest (2015), the ever spiffy Phil Pivnick. He'll be performing with me this Sunday at the Crimson Lounge in Toronto. We're continuing weekly through the summer every Sunday night. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

July 26 Phil Pivnick

Last time on Magic Tonight

I feel like an announcer on the old Batman series... Last time on... except that Robin isn't tied up somewhere about to be fed to a pit of alligators? Oh well. It was hot outside and cool inside at the Crimson Lounge Sunday night. The wonderful Jason Palter was there and the audience was on fire. Actually, I think the audience was on something; extremely energetic and interactive. It's very rare to have an audience that's appreciative to the point of being irritating.

Also making a surprise cameo in a couple of the photos is Scott McClelland, the director of Carnival Diablo and The Paranormal Show, who happened to be in town. Here Scott can be seen in a rare non-creepy attire.

Magic Tonight continues every Sunday night through the summer at the Crimson Lounge in Downtown Toronto. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

For Keira at the Hamilton Fringe

Was at the Hamilton Fringe Festival yesterday and saw For Keira, which is a short one-person piece, part of the festival's "Gallery Series". His company, Broken Soil Theatre, has produced shows in the Hamilton Fringe for the past three years. They seem to be moving in the direction of real life. The first, Jamie's Gone, was a large cast semi-surreal production about an allegedly abducted child in a small town. The second, Places, was a much more straightforward love story (with some interesting nonheteronormative twists).

For Keira is a look at the frightening combination of technology and our legal system, where young people attempting to explore and understand their sexuality wind up unintentionally creating what is legally defined as child pornography. The story is told strictly from the point of view of one of the young people involved. It's a solo confessional delivered into a video camera. It's a point of view on an important issue rarely expressed. The piece isn't offering answers, simply shining light on the issue itself.

As I've mentioned before, the Gallery series is awkward. At 20 minutes, the turnaround between shows is longer than the length of the shows themselves (and this gallery has nothing to look at except some white clay figurines of naked pig-men...)

For Keira has five performances left at the Hamilton Artists Inc. Gallery (155 James Street North, Hamilton) Tickets are available at the door ($8 with a $5 Fringe Backer button). The full schedule is available online.