Magicana - Productions

Productions

Magicana has produced a number of theatrical public performances on magic including:

• The Conjuror’s Suite (2000) - The play - an exploration of parlor magic inspired by the work of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser and Max Malini - was originally mounted in 1999 at the Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The show was remounted at the Confederation Centre for the Charlottetown Festival in Prince Edward Island for the summer season of 2000.

• The Conjuror (2002) - The show - a theatrical recreation of a performance by a celebrated (but fictitious) Canadian conjuror at St. George’s Hall in London circa 1909 - was remounted in Toronto at the Isabelle Bader Theatre and ran for six weeks to critical acclaim.

• Tricks (2004) - Differing from its predecessors, Tricks - a post-modern show of classical magic - was designed as an intimate and interactive show involving a high degree of audience participation. The play was presented for four weeks at the Artword Theatre in Toronto.

• Max Maven: Thinking in Person (2006) at the Al Green Theatre (Toronto) - Magicana invited Max Maven to present his one-man show for a limited, two-night engagement in August 2006.

• Luminato 2010 Masters of Magic series featuring: Juan Tamariz of Spain, Mac King from Las Vegas, Max Maven from Hollywood were presented at the Panasonic Theatre (Toronto); and Bob Sheets from Washington, DC performed in various Festival (free) venues around Toronto.

• Luminato 2011 Masters of Magic series featuring: Eric Mead in Toast of the Town, David Ben in Natural Magick at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto; and The Great Tomsoni & Co (Johnny and Pam Thompson), Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Ardan James, Gaëtan Bloom in Vodavil' at the historic vaudeville Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto.

• Piff Paff Poof (2011) at the Lower Ossington Theatre (Toronto) - Magicana presented this new work for children to invite them to experience live theatre with their families. The show ran for the month of March 2011.

• Luminato 2012 Mind Over Matter magic series (from June 8 to 17) featuring: Banachek in the world-premier of The Alpha Project at the Fleck Dance Theatre (Toronto), Richard Turner in The Cheat at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (Toronto); and Juan Esteban Varela from Chile in the Canadian premier of From The Dark at Hart House Theatre (Toronto).