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Adult Magic Classes at The Magic School of Confidence in Melbourne. Every Tuesday night! – Call Anthony DeMasi on 0417 358 655  

The lights are dim and the evening is alight with expectation. The table is set for 24. You and your fellow diners have accepted an invitation to feast on the impossible. Your host is Scott Silven: mentalist and raconteur of impeccable taste. As a meticulous and mouthwatering array of extravagances from the award winning culinary team at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins arrive at your table, Silven concocts a banquet of more otherworldly wonders that will delight and astound in equal measure. This is the event that has floored jaws around the world, turning even the most iron-clad sceptics into ardent admirers in the course of one decadent evening. As with previous Festival works The Echo of the Shadow (2016) and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2017) this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff, and we can’t help but smile knowing what’s in store for Melbourne.

Join four extraordinary magicians performing close up magic so close you can touch it at the Laneway Theatre in Northcote. Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8:00pm sharp. Due to the secrecy of the venue it may not be possible to admit latecomers. LOCATION The Laneway Theatre Secret Location, You will be notified when you book, Northcote, Victoria 3070

The lights are dim and the evening is alight with expectation. The table is set for 24. You and your fellow diners have accepted an invitation to feast on the impossible. Your host is Scott Silven: mentalist and raconteur of impeccable taste. As a meticulous and mouthwatering array of extravagances from the award winning culinary team at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins arrive at your table, Silven concocts a banquet of more otherworldly wonders that will delight and astound in equal measure. This is the event that has floored jaws around the world, turning even the most iron-clad sceptics into ardent admirers in the course of one decadent evening. As with previous Festival works The Echo of the Shadow (2016) and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2017) this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff, and we can’t help but smile knowing what’s in store for Melbourne.

17th – 20th October, 2019 – Voco Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia    We’re excited to announce our special Guest Lecturers and Performers who will be coming to GC Magic 2019 this October. This is definitely a Magic Convention you don’t want to miss!!   Keep up to date HERE

The lights are dim and the evening is alight with expectation. The table is set for 24. You and your fellow diners have accepted an invitation to feast on the impossible. Your host is Scott Silven: mentalist and raconteur of impeccable taste. As a meticulous and mouthwatering array of extravagances from the award winning culinary team at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins arrive at your table, Silven concocts a banquet of more otherworldly wonders that will delight and astound in equal measure. This is the event that has floored jaws around the world, turning even the most iron-clad sceptics into ardent admirers in the course of one decadent evening. As with previous Festival works The Echo of the Shadow (2016) and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2017) this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff, and we can’t help but smile knowing what’s in store for Melbourne.

17th – 20th October, 2019 – Voco Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia    We’re excited to announce our special Guest Lecturers and Performers who will be coming to GC Magic 2019 this October. This is definitely a Magic Convention you don’t want to miss!!   Keep up to date HERE

Every weekend, Bruce Glen, The Gentleman Magician enchants and amazes audiences at his Magical Soirées at Sir Stamford at Circular Quay – one of Sydney’s most beautiful heritage-listed buildings. Reminiscent of the captivating events of the famous ‘salons’ in 19th century Europe, this has become a ‘must see’ event for locals and international visitors. Guests are greeted with champagne & gourmet canapés, before being transported back to a time when performers were summoned to entertain Europe’s elite in the parlours of their grand salons. This is an entrancing evening of world class magic and captivating Australian stories. Listed at #2 on TripAdvisor’s Top 50 Concerts & Shows, (Sydney Opera House is #1), The Gentleman Magician’s Magical Soirée is also the recipient of two TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence (2017 & 2018). WHEN: 7:03PM (approx.) Fridays & Saturdays WHERE: Sir Stamford Circular Quay Hotel, 93 Macquarie Street, Sydney (Cnr Albert Street) … Two minutes from Circular Quay.   TICKETS: $75 (includes champagne & canapés on arrival)   BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL: Book online at www.GentlemanMagician.com.au   FURTHER INFORMATION: Phone 1300 033 599  DRESS CODE: Smart Casual / Cocktail Dress   Bruce Glen is one of the select few admitted as an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle – the most exclusive magic club on earth (with just 1400 members worldwide). The Gentleman Magician has performed to sold-out houses at the Edinburgh Fringe; the Adelaide Fringe; Fringe World Perth; the famous Edinburgh Magic Festival; and Sydney’s SMH Spectrum Now Festival. In Australia, Bruce has also presented his sophisticated ‘storytelling magic for adults’ at The Swifts, Darling Point; The Hughenden Boutique Hotel, Woollahra; Ayers House Museum, Adelaide; and Old Government House, Parramatta.   Further information: Bruce Glen 0412 110 959 www.GentlemanMagician.com.au

Receiving the 2013 Australian Entertainer of the Year award at the Australian Event Awards, magician and illusionist Matt Hollywood has announced his new live show on the sunny Gold Coast …Illusions. Running nightly at The Village Theatre, Sanctuary Cove, Illusions will wow crowds with never before seen illusions including mid-air vanishes and appearances, in addition to Hollywood’s usual blend of hilarious comedy, tricks and stunts. Illusions will be performed on the same stage Frank Sinatra and Whitney Houston took to when Sanctuary Cove first opened in 1988. Audiences can expect the most breathtaking magic learnt from all over the world over the past 20 years. “There will be levitation methods never seen before, vanishes beyond belief, and mind-reading which seriously blows people away.” Illusions…be dazzled by Matt Hollywood’s mind-blowing magic!   CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO & VIDEO

MELBOURNE’S EXCLUSIVE MAGIC SHOW Impossible Occurrences is 60 minutes of state-of-the-art conjuring. Set in lavish and intimate surrounds this is a performance of distinction Witness Impossible Occurrences, one of Melbourne’s most exclusive attractions.Award-winning magician Luke Hocking intrigues and amazes  with astounding displays of magic, illusion and mind reading. Showcased at Melbourne’s 5 star Marriott Hotel, each performance blends elegance and astonishment to create an unbelieveable entertainment experience like the no other.

The lights are dim and the evening is alight with expectation. The table is set for 24. You and your fellow diners have accepted an invitation to feast on the impossible. Your host is Scott Silven: mentalist and raconteur of impeccable taste. As a meticulous and mouthwatering array of extravagances from the award winning culinary team at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins arrive at your table, Silven concocts a banquet of more otherworldly wonders that will delight and astound in equal measure. This is the event that has floored jaws around the world, turning even the most iron-clad sceptics into ardent admirers in the course of one decadent evening. As with previous Festival works The Echo of the Shadow (2016) and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2017) this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff, and we can’t help but smile knowing what’s in store for Melbourne.

Mr Marmalade entertains the patrons of Berlin every Friday and Saturday from 9pm to 12am. Enjoy a cocktail or two while he entertains you and your friends. www.berlinbar.com.au

MELBOURNE’S EXCLUSIVE MAGIC SHOW Impossible Occurrences is 60 minutes of state-of-the-art conjuring. Set in lavish and intimate surrounds this is a performance of distinction Witness Impossible Occurrences, one of Melbourne’s most exclusive attractions.Award-winning magician Luke Hocking intrigues and amazes  with astounding displays of magic, illusion and mind reading. Showcased at Melbourne’s 5 star Marriott Hotel, each performance blends elegance and astonishment to create an unbelieveable entertainment experience like the no other.

17th – 20th October, 2019 – Voco Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia    We’re excited to announce our special Guest Lecturers and Performers who will be coming to GC Magic 2019 this October. This is definitely a Magic Convention you don’t want to miss!!   Keep up to date HERE

Scott Silven isn’t just one of the world’s finest mentalists and illusionists—he’s the rare sort of master who elevates his craft to the highest level of art. With Wonders Silven takes his audience on an intimate walk through the corridors of the mind, furnished by their own memories and lit by his keen and surprising insights. From stage and screen across the globe, Silven has accrued a reputation as one of the smartest and most stylish young proponents of his mysterious profession. Now he comes to Melbourne to transform our grand old Spiegeltent into a site for impossible acts of mind reading and uncanny prediction. His audience might be composed of strangers, but in Silven’s hands the invisible connections that bind us are made tangible, and secrets rise to the surface in the most unexpected ways. His feats might be the result of misdirection or psychology, but there’s a very real artistry that cuts beyond illusion to strike at the profoundest reaches of the human condition: telling us something about ourselves that isn’t easily put into words. The philosopher Descartes dubbed wonder the first of the passions, since all other desires stem from the hunger that wonder provokes. Prepare to supercharge your senses and set your mind alight.