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MagicSports – Hilarious Chaos!

MagicSports returned to The Laneway Theatre last night and once again it was an unmitigated night of hilarious chaos! The improvising magicians were set challenges by the audience that resulted in Davide Kaufmann performing magic on a crashing plane, Josh Staley performing a...
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Spellbound – now touring!

Anthony Street’s full scale illusion show SPELLBOUND is currently touring Australia until April 6. You can catch him all through Victoria (including Plenty Ranges, Ringwood, Essendon, Clayton, Nunawading, Narre Warren, and the Atheneaum Theatre in Melbourne) as well as...
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Magic Class in Melbourne!

Master magician Anthony DeMasi, star of Kids WB on Channel 9, is running a January school holiday magic program from January 14th-22nd 2025Discover the amazing world of magic these school holidaysPerfect For Ages 5 – 12 YearsBuilds Confidence and Communication SkillsEach...
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Penn & Teller open in Australia TONIGHT!

Tonight, Saturday January 11, is opening night for Penn & Teller’s 50th Anniversary Tour and Australia is ready! All shows in Sydney (Jan 11 to 18) AND Melbourne (Jan 21 to 26) were showing ALLOCATION EXHAUSTED last week! There were only a handful of tickets left for...
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Adelaide Fringe is FILLED with MAGIC!

Over 30 shows for 2025! That’s right, there will be over 30 different magic shows from all over the world presented in Adelaide from February 14 to March 23. The Australian Institute of Magic is well represented with DOM CHAMBERS and his show A BOY AND HIS DECK, SAM &...
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Melbourne Magic Festival 2024 Wrap Up

MMF Award Winners – 2024 Our 17th Annual Melbourne Magic Festival has concluded. Tickets Sold = 6,208 Total shows = 46 Total performances = 176 You can check out all of the photos BY CLICKING HERE AWARD WINNERS FOR 2024 WERE: THE 2024 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPION OF MAGIC Sam...
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Penn & Teller are BACK!

To celebrate the 50th year of PENN & TELLER, the bad boys of magic are returning to Australia with shows at the Sydney Opera House from 11-18 January 2025, Arts Centre Melbourne from 21-26 January 2025 and Queensland Performing Arts Centre from 29 January to 7 February 2025....
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Magicians At Work

If you attended the Magicians At Work Show on Wednesday April 11 at The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne, you will have enjoyed a night jam-packed with incredible magic. If you didn’t, CLICK HERE to see some incredible photos taken on the night by the talented Kayj Barbosa
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Australia’s Amazing Magic Theatres

Melbourne has long been known as the mecca of magic in the Southern Hemisphere, but did you know that, in addition to events like The Melbourne Magic Festival, we have an ongoing history of dedicated theatres specialising in magic? The 1970s to 1990s in Melbourne Though we have...
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The Melbourne Magic Festival 2023 Wrap

It’s official – our 16th Melbourne Magic Festival was the best one yet. Tickets on sale = 14,450 Tickets sold = 10,479 Total shows = 158 Sold Out Shows = 90! AWARD WINNERS FOR 2023 WERE: The Australian Junior Championship – Aryan Mahtani Volunteer of the Year...
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Possum Magic returns

Mem Fox and Julie Vivas’ beloved picture book ‘Possum Magic’ has enchanted children for decades and after a sell-out national tour in 2019 playing to over 100,000 young people, Monkey Baa’s delightful adaptation returns to the stage. AIM Member Adam Mada, who previously consulted...
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Dane Certificate

Today we are chatting with Dane Certificate, one of Melbourne’s most unique magicians and a very popular artist in the Melbourne magic community. Dane’s innovative abstract approach to magic, accompanied by his original soundtracks, makes him an absolute must-see whenever he...
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Cosentino Touring 2023

To celebrate ten years as Australia’s premier illusionist, Cosentino has just announced his anniversary tour kicking off in 2023. “All of the pieces in this show have been chosen for a reason as they represent a significant time and place within my career. I’m so proud of...
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Chap Magic from Argentina

After selling out his solo show, LOVE IS AN ILLUSION, at The Melbourne Magic Festival, Chap from Argentina returns with one performance only of this magical show at The Laneway Theatre on Friday September 16 – CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS. He will also be presenting a SPANISH...
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Celtic Illusion Australian Tour

Anthony Street’s breathtaking theatrical spectacular combine Irish Dance and Grand Illusion is touring Australia from April. Immerse yourself in the Irish Dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken the world by storm. This exhilarating production has broken barriers...
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