This week on Magic Tonight

This week, we're oozing mystery and charm out of every pore with two shows featuring the irritatingly photogenic Keith Brown. He's back from a tour of his show Exchange which took him across Canada and parts of the US and generated rave reviews. He'll be performing Thursday at the Franklin House in Streetsville, and Sunday night at the Crimson Lounge in Toronto. Update: This weeks shows are currently sold out. Tickets for upcoming shows are now available. See our upcoming special guests and book online.

September 24 - Keith Brown - Sold Out

September 27 - Keith Brown sold out

Last week on Magic Tonight

Last week on Magic Tonight, we had two new guest performers, never before seen on the show. Ryan Brown is a sleight of hand manipulator, which requires countless hours of practice locked inside a room, which explains his lack of a tan. He's the winner of the "Toronto's Best Magician Contest" and also "Mississauga's Got Talent". How someone can win both is a mystery that legal scholars will continue to debate for centuries.

Zack Mirza is the star of Illusions of Grandeur* which is currently airing on CityTV. The audience had the chance to see what he could do up close and personal.

Thank you to everyone who attended our sold out shows this weekend. This week's shows are already sold out (again, thank you). We've opened up a block of new shows and tickets are now available for dates through the end of November. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount when booking online.

If you didn't get a chance to see the show, take a tiny peek at what you missed:

*Which has nothing to do with our show Illusions of Grandeur from 2013. Our title made more sense but Zack and I have kissed** and made up.

**Metaphorically speaking. I don't think he's into that sort of thing. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Stephen Pinker - We only think we are free

Well that's the most intellectually stimulating thing I'm going to listen to all month. 

The Rocky Horror - a must see show this November

Coming up November 9 at the Revue Cinema in Toronto, there is a show that you do not want to miss: The Rocky Horror. The show has an incredible lineup of talent, on the subject of which I shall gush more momentarily. The show is a benefit for the legendary Canadian comic performer Glenn Ottaway. Glen has been featured guest of mine on Magic Tonight several times, where he is always hilarious and often slightly risqué. Back when I was still trying to figure out which shoe went on which foot, he was the host of A Little Night Magic for about a decade.

I first encountered Glenn at Morrissey Magicin Toronto where he was performing at their anniversary party. At one point in his presentation, there was a youngster who was sitting in the front who was being slightly disruptive. When Glenn threatened to silence the youth by pissing directly into his mouth, I knew at once that I had found a role model of the highest order.

This show has an incredible lineup. Matt DiSero, David Merry, David Peck & Brian Roberts have all appeared on Magic Tonight. Glenn Foster is an incredible Canadian comic and Jeff and Tessa Evason are simply brain-melting. The evening is hosted by Mike Bullard (of Open Mike with Mike Bullard fame) and I might possibly sneak in and do a little something.

So please head over to www.TheRockyHorror.com and grab yourself some tickets before they're all gone.

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This week on Magic Tonight

School's back and we're back. We had shows in Toronto over the summer, but this week, Magic Tonight returns to the Franklin House in Streetsville — a wonderfully historic and genuinely haunted venue — on Thursday nights. Our first show back with Ryan Brown is already sold out. Ryan is a sleight of hand manipulator who has been recognized in recent years with the Toronto's Best Magician Award, first place in Mississauga's Got Talent (how he can be eligible for both without moving has baffled the greatest legal minds in the country) and the Len Cooper Memorial Award.

And this Sunday, at the Crimson Lounge in Toronto, we have the star of Illusions of Grandeur, the new television magic series currently airing Friday nights on CityTV, Zack Mirza. This show has a very limited number of seats remaining.

Tickets for all of our upcoming shows are available online. Readers of this blog can use the code reality for a discount on the price of tickets and dinner when purchasing online.

Magic at TIFF

I had a wonderful time performing at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. On the weekend, I was performing with Chris Mayhew at the Slaight Family Zone; magic on the street just outside of Roy Thompson Hall. It was threatening to rain constantly, but we still had plenty of fun. Last night I was at SET on King performing at the Raindance Film Festival's annual TIFF Party. Thanks to everyone who came out to pack the place and kudos to the head honcho Jaimy Warner for inviting me.