Upcoming Appearances
Parlour Magic
Experience the art of illusion in the most intimate setting in Toronto. Our venue is designed for the discerning audience, offering a sophisticated and professional environment for Canada's top magicians.
February 4, 2027, 7:00 PM
The Tranzac Club
Living Room
292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
Tickets: $50/$35
Past Productions
James Alan has spent over a decade writing, producing, and performing original theatrical magic in Toronto and beyond — from award-recognized solo shows to a weekly series that ran for years and a virtual show performed hundreds of times around the world.
Mysteries & Lies (2026)
Design by Kurt Firla
Mysteries and Lies was featured at the Sweet Action Theatre as part of the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival
“It’s no lie to say that in ‘Mysteries and Lies,’ magician James Alan pulls off some truly astonishing sleight-of-hand tricks... He’s also such a magnetic presence on stage that, by the end, it’s impossible not to be enraptured by his magic.”
Magic & Martini (2016-2020)
Design by Kurt Firla
Magic & Martini was James's signature weekly show — an evening of classical sleight-of-hand and mentalism built for a cocktail crowd rather than a theatre seat. It ran for four years and sold out over two hundred performances, combining close-up card and coin work with audience participation. It was hosted at several venues including Spirit House, Suite 114, Storm Crow Manor, O’Fynn’s Irish Temper and Grand Spirits Distillery. Performances were suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic.
A full performance, recorded in 2018 at Suite 114 is available to view online.
Bring Magic Home (2020-2022)
During the pandemic, James adapted his interactive style for video, running Bring Magic Home as an officially featured Virtual Experience on Airbnb — performed over three hundred times for guests logging in from around the world, and earning some of the platform's strongest reviews for a virtual offering.
Still doing remote & hybrid work? Find out more about our virtual events.
Magic Tonight (2013-2016)
Magic Tonight was a different kind of project — not a solo show, but a weekly stage for Toronto's magic and mystery community, hosted in bars and restaurants where audiences could eat and drink before the show began. Each week, James hosted a rotating lineup of local performers alongside his own material, turning it into a showcase for the city's close-up and stage magic talent as much as a show in its own right. Over its three-year run, it became a fixture for Toronto's magic community.
Guest performers included: Bill Abbott, Fritz Alkemade, Gary Benesco, James Biss, Keith Brown, Ryan Brown, Michael Close, Matt DiSero, Michael Feldman, Greydon Gilmore, Ron Guttman, James Harrison, Mark Lewis, Michael John, Ken Margoe, Yan Markson, Chris Mayhew, Scott McClelland, David Merry, Mindbender (Jordan Mursciano), Zack Mirza, Bobby Motta, The Great Mustachio (Joe Culpepper), Glenn Ottaway, Paul Pacific, Jason Palter, Jenny Parsons, David Peck, Phil Pivnick, Gordon Precious, Lukas Stark, Rob Testa, Ben Train, Jason Verners, Nicholas Wallace, Chris Westall, Paul Wildbaum, and Wes Zaharuk.
The Uncertainty Project (2014)
The Uncertainty Project (2014)
Launched at the Wychwood Theatre on the eve of World Pride in Toronto, The Uncertainty Project was built around a single instruction to the audience: expect the unexpected. Card tricks and mind-reading shared the stage with appearing fish and drag performance (not necessarily in that order) in a show designed to make the audience as unsure of what would happen next as James's volunteers usually are.
Directed by: James Biss
Special Guest Appearance by Lavender Blonde
Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks (2012)
Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks (2012)
James's first full-length solo show posed a simple challenge: an entire hour of magic and mentalism performed without telling the audience a single lie. The show questioned how much of what we call "truth" is really just a trick well told. It was featured at the Wychwood Theatre, the Hamilton Fringe Festival and the Summerworks Performance Festival in Toronto.
Directed by James Biss
As the director of Abracadabaret, he has also produced a number of special performances for visiting guest magicians from Canada, The United States, France, Spain and Isreal.
Dani DaOrtiz: Magic from Spain (2013)
Eugene Burger: The Presence of Magic (2012)
Pepe Lirrojo - Impossible (2019)
Vincent Hedan: The Wish (2014)
Tyler Wilson & James Alan: Illusions of Grandeur (2013)
Asi Wind: Magic With Chutzpah (2011)