Past Performances

A Little Holiday Magic

  • Date: Friday, December 30, 2011
  • Venue: Chalkers Pub (247 Marlee Ave, M6B 4B8)
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $

We know it can be hard to find things to do during the break between Xmas and New Years; everything’s closed, and if it’s not closed, it’s packed like sardines with Boxing Week shoppers.

Come celebrate the holidays with Abracadabaret! Live magic, mind reading and mischief with a cast of curious characters. Great fun, great food and a great way to get ready for the New Year.

Chalkers is conveniently located on Marlee between Lawrence and Eglinton (near the Allen Expressway) and very close to Glencairn Subway Station. (Get Directions)

Performers to be announced

James Alan: Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks

  • Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
  • Venue: Wychwood Theatre (601 Christie St. / M6G 4C7)
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $25.00 w/ group discounts
“Conjuring is the only absolutely honest profession:
a conjuror promises to deceive and does.”

-Karl Germain

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Join magician James Alan at the Wychwood Theatre for the premier of his one man show. Can a magician make you a better judge of character? Make you impervious to pain? Make money for nothing? Improve your luck? Make you smarter? Or is it all just Lies, Damn Lies & Magic Tricks?

Some of it’s true. Some of it’s not. Which is which is… your problem, not ours!

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10th Anniversary Celebration

  • Date: Friday, October 14, 2011
  • Venue: The Charlotte Room (19 Charlotte Street / King & Spadina)
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $10.00

A party in honour of the 10th Anniversary of Friday Night Magic and The Magical Arts Festival.

Hosted at The Charlotte Room with James Alan, James Biss, Robert Testa & Baldini an elegant cocktail & cabaret setting. Proceeds from the evening were be directed to an amazing Youth programme in Port Au Prince, Haiti in partnership with War Child Canada.

Magic With Chutzpah!

  • Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
  • Venue: Wychwood Theatre (601 Christie St. / M6G 4C7)
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $30.00

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The Best I have ever seen - Paul Newman

You blew me away – Whoopi Goldberg

He is the best – Kenneth Cole

Unbelievable - Woody Allen

Asi Wind is my favourite working magician today. - David Blaine

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After his sold out show in 2010, Asi Wind is coming back to Toronto for an encore performance. Join us at the Wychwood Theatre for an unforgettable night of magic and mystery.

Asi is a top-performer who has been around the world. He was voted Israel’s Magician of the Year (2001) and won the Merlin Award for most innovative show. He is also a regular guest at Monday Night Magic (New York) and The Magic Castle (Hollywood).


Abracadabaret returns to Chalkers

  • Date: Friday, August 19, 2011
  • Venue: Chalkers Pub - 247 Marlee Ave, M6B 4B8
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $10.00

We’re interrupting our summer hiatus to bring you another fantastic show. Why… ’cause we feel like it. Take a break from the beautiful (and boiling) summer weather and join us back at Chalker’s for an evening of magic and mystery featuring:

James Alan – Sleight of Hand Magician
Mysterion the Mindreader
Jason Palter – Comedy Magician

Hosted by Matthew DiSero



Classical Conjuring at the Carnival Diablo Festival of Wodners

  • Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011
  • Venue: Hay Shore Resort, Carleton Place, Ontario
  • Time: 6:00pm
  • Price: $

James Alan presented two sold out performances at the first annual Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders. The festival was a tribute to what was humanly possible and featured a mix of side-show, Vaudeville and paranormal performers.

The magic portion was specifically created to fit the period of the festival. It included several classic pieces and one trick which had not been performed live since its originator passed away in 1939.

L.A.S.T Fundraiser – A Gala of Comedy and Magic

  • Date: Friday, June 24, 2011
  • Venue: Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St., Toronto
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $20.00 Adults / $15.00 Child

Two Nights Only:
Friday, June 24
Saturday, June 25

Starring:
James Alan, Jeff Hinchliffe, Nicholas Reynoldson and Chris Westfall

Headliners:
Mike D’Urzo (Friday)
Dan Trommater (Saturday)

Hosted by:
Shawnathan

Presented by Lost At Sea Theatre


Abracadabaret at Chalkers

  • Date: Friday, March 25, 2011
  • Venue: Chalkers | 247 Marlee Ave, Toronto
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $10.00

The magicians, mind readers and assorted lunatics of Abracadabaret descended on Chalkers for another evening of fabulous food and  magic, mystery and mirth with:

James Alan | Alex Kazam | Jason Palter

Abracadabaret at Chalkers

  • Date: Friday, November 19, 2010
  • Venue: Chalkers | 274 Marlee Ave, Toronto
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $

A fabulous show at the lovely Chalkers Bar & Grill in Toronto. Great food, great fun, great magic.

Thanks to the men of  mystery:

James Alan - Magical master of ceremonies

Keith Brown - Star of the acclaimed one-man-show Feats of Mystery

Jeff Hinchliffe - A master of delightful deceptions with playing cards

an evening with ASI WIND

  • Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
  • Venue: The Trane Studio
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Price: $SOLD OUT

Asi Wind, one of the most respected performers and thinkers in magic today, performed miracles for a sold out house at the Trane Studio.

Asi has spent more than a decade performing magic for celebrities, television and private events all over the world. In the process he has become both an underground sensation in magic and one of the most sought after performers in the United States. He performs regularly at Monday Night Magic in New York and the famous Magic Castle in Hollywood and we were delighted to have him in Toronto for his debut Canadian performance.

Also keep an eye out for London’s Keith Brown - one of Canada’s rising magic stars. This charming young magic man is not to be missed.

Thanks to our sponsors Morrissey Magic and Ben Train for making this performance possible.