Showing posts with label Richard Forget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Forget. Show all posts

08 December 2023

Richard Forget's Advent Calendar adventure!

Here are the first three days!  Follow along with Rich for the next couple of weeks on Instagram or Facebook!

 

From the December 2nd Instagram post by Richard Forget:

You got to love advent calendars. They’re usually filled with chocolate, but I found one that is filled with… Magic! I’m going to open one every day in December.  Then when it is finished, I’m going to give it to somebody as a gift in between Christmas and New Year’s day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 March 2023

Magicians on Canada's Got Talent [Mar 21 premiere]

Learn more at the Canada's Got Talent website


From the March 7th media release "Canada’s Got Talent Reveals This Season’s Showstopping Acts, Premiering March 21 on Citytv" at Globe Newswire:

ALBERTA
ATSUSHI ONO – Magic Act, Calgary

BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL STELFOX – Magic Act, Vancouver

MANITOBA
DEAN GUNNARSON – Stunt, Onanole

ONTARIO
CHRISTIAN MASCIA – Magic Act, Stoney Creek
RICHARD FORGET – Magic Act, Whitby

QUEBEC
JP PARENT – Magic Act, Montreal

YUKON TERRITORY
MAGIC BEN – Magic Act, Whitehorse

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10 February 2023

10 January 2020

Toronto: April Fools Magic Spectacular

From the Toronto Magic Company:
When was the last time you were fooled? I mean REALLY fooled?

Well you’ve NEVER been fooled like this!

In honour of April 1st, the most fooling day of the year, The Toronto Magic Company has gathered together some of the best and most popular magicians to ever appear on the hit TV show “Penn and Teller Fool Us”. Using world-class sleight of hand and mind-blowing illusions, these master magicians will prove that there’s nothing more fun than being fooled!

Featuring (in alphabetical order)
  • Jason Palter - Fool Us, Season 5.
  • Jay Sankey - Fool Us, Season 2
  • Matt Disero - Fool Us, Season 3
  • Nicholas Wallace - Fool Us, Season 5. FOOLER.
  • Richard Forget - Fool Us, Season 4
  • Ryan Joyce - Fool Us, Season 3
  • The Sentimentalists - Fool Us, Season 5. FOOLER.
  • Wes Barker - Fool Us, Season 2. FOOLER.
  • Yan Markson - Fool Us, Season 4

This is a once in a lifetime event with VERY limited seating! Get your tickets before they disappear!

Read more and buy tickets.









07 October 2019

2019 "Holiday Magic"

The tradition continues with the 2019 HOLIDAY MAGIC SHOW raising monies to support Shrine Kids and the Shrine Children’s Hospitals.

The show is once again hosted by DICK JOINER who has been presenting this variety show annually for the past 28 years. Since the last tour in 2018, Dick has been busy touring across Canada, and filming special segments of the TV show “Anne with an E”, a continuing story of Anne of Green Gables. Dick is proud once again to bring first class entertainers to the touring show this year. They include:
  • RICHARD FORGET... an international award winning magician that places him at the forefront of the magic world.

    Richard has performed on stages in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as on live television in front of millions of viewers and before Royalty, mesmerizing a wide variety of audiences with his innovative illusions.
  • NATHANIEL RANKIN, The Canadian Champion of Magic, is an International award winning performer. His one man show “Astonishment” has been performed over 5000 times in 45 Countries and 5 continents.

    Nathaniel has completed numerous national and international tours. He has headlined on 28 luxury cruise ships. Among his entertainment awards – he is the winner of the Asti Theater Festival in Asti Italy.
  • THE ARESTOVS.  …. A husband and wife team providing outstanding talents specializing mainly in circus skills. They were initially trained with the Moscow State Circus, and have travelled the world performing various highly skilled acts. They toured with the Holiday Magic show a few years past and due to popular demand have been added to the 2019 tour with their mind blowing quick change act



Show dates + locations:- Note **** indicates Arestovs NOT appearing
  • Saturday November 2nd. Wolfville
  • Sunday November 3rd, New Glasgow
  • Monday November 4th, Charlottetown
  • Tuesday November 5th Glace Bay
  • Wednesday November 6th Halifax
  • Thursday November 7th Yarmouth
  • Friday November 8th Truro
  • Saturday November 9th Bathurst
  • Sunday November 10th Fredericton
  • Monday November 11th Moncton
  • Tuesday Nov 12th. St. John.
  • Friday November 15th Niagara Falls
  • Monday November 18th Chatham
  • Tuesday November 19th Windsor
  • Wednesday November 20th Sarnia
  • Thursday November 21st, Kitchener
  • Friday November 22nd London
  • Saturday November 23rd St. Thomas *****
  • Monday November 25th Belleville
  • Tuesday November 26th Brampton
  • Wednesday November 27th Peterborough
  • Thursday November 28th. St Catharines
  • Friday November 29th. Hamilton
  • Monday December 2nd. Brantford
  • Tuesday December 3rd. Barrie
  • Friday December 6th. Stratford *****
  • Tuesday December 10th. Woodstock ******   

17 December 2018

Oshawa: Richard Forget and Craig Douglas

From the December 11th article "Whitby magician has a box of tricks" by Mike Ruta in the Durham Region:
When is a box not just a box? When it’s a metaphor in Richard Forget’s show, The Magic Box.

“It suggests a whole bunch of things,” says the Whitby magician. “It can mean so much.”

Forget notes that the history of magic is full of them: people disappearing from a box, a magician sawing his assistant in half as she lays in a box. And a theatre itself is a box, he says.

Forget, the Canadian Magician of the Year in 2011, is encouraging Durham residents to come and see his show on Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. at Oshawa’s Regent Theatre. After all, he isn’t around much.

“I don’t get to perform this show in the Durham area a lot because I travel a lot,” he says.

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04 October 2018

China: Richard Forget

Catch "Dreamy Night" October the 5th.


From That's Shenzhen:
Coming all the way from the US, Canada and Italy, these three magicians have earned plaudits the world over. Aaron Radatz has been compared to David Copperfield and was called a magician to watch by Time magazine, while Canadian Richard Forget and Italian Mark Zoppi join the American master of illusion for an evening that will be hard to forget.  


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03 June 2017

One more for "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" season 4

From Richard Forget's Facebook page:

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20 October 2016

Ray Anderson and Richard Forget in the Northumberland News

From the Northumberland News:
PORT HOPE -- Ray Anderson’s eyes were covered with half-dollar coins and duct tape when he positioned himself behind the wheel of new 2016 Hyundai Tucson.

The Toronto-based magician -- accompanied by Lauria Hyundai’s leasing and sales manager Les Grimshaw in the passenger seat -- buckled his seat belt and sent a prayer to the magic gods that he didn’t destroy any precious merchandise on Saturday, Oct. 15.

“I had Les pretty quiet on the second lap,” Anderson laughed after he successfully drove the SUV blindfolded around the dealership.

“We thought it would be a good way to do something unique and promote our upcoming show.”

On Friday, Oct. 21, Anderson can be seen on stage at the Capitol Theatre battling for the title of best magician during Anderson’s two-man family comedy magic show, ‘The Battle of Magicians: New Show, New Foe Tour’.

The show pits Anderson against world-renown illusionist and winner of Canadian Magician of the Year, Richard Forget, in a performance brawl for your entertainment.

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14 October 2016

2016 Shriners' "Holiday Magic Show" and Firefighters' Fundraising

Updated November 1, 2018 to add:



Updated October 6, 2017 to add:


Dick Joiner is once again presenting the "Holiday Magic Show" with performances in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I., and Ontario.  This is a family style variety show raising much needed funds for the Shriners and their work for children's charities.

If you would like to attend one of the shows, please call 1-877-948-6626 for ticket availability and information.

The East Coast Tour features:


The Ontario Tour features:

 The Firefighters' Fundraiser shows (December 1st and 17th) feature:


Scroll down to see the show dates:


  • October 30th. Cobequid Education Centre, Truro, NS
  • November 1st. Horton High, Wolfville, NS
  • November 2nd. Y'Arc, Yarmouth, NS
  • November 3rd. Bella Rose Theatre, Halifax, NS
  • November 4th. Savoy Theatre Glace Bay, NS
  • November 5th. Theatre in the Square, New Glasgow., NS
  • November 6th. Le Carrefour Theatre, Charlottetown, PEI
  • November 7th. Bathurst High School Theatre, Bathurst, NB
  • November 8th. Capital Theatre, Moncton, NB
  • November 9th.  Saint John High School, Saint John, NB
  • November 10th. Bernard-Poirier Theatre, Fredericton, NB
  • November 18th. Forest City Community Church, London, ON
  • November 19th.  Kiwanis Centre, Chatham, ON
  • November 21st.  Capital Theatre, Windsor, ON
  • November 22nd.  Sarnia Library Theatre, Sarnia, ON
  • November 26th.  Waterloo Humanities Theatre, Waterloo, ON
  • December 2nd.  Sanderson Centre Theatre, Brantford, ON


Firefighters' Shows:
  • December 1st. St. Catharines, ON
  • December 17th. Mississauga, ON




[with thanks to Dick Joiner for sending this information along]


09 October 2016

Canadian magic school colours

Chris Randall put up a great post about The Canadian School of Magic Graduates (and the school colours:  blue and purple).

From Chris Randall's Facebook page:

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17 January 2016

Oshawa: Battle of Magicians

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February 12, Oshawa is the first day on our tour folks. Details coming soon. I am so proud to announce we will be...
Posted by Magic Stripped with Richard Forget on Wednesday, 18 November 2015

23 November 2015

Review: Glenn Ottaway benefit

From Fordham PR:
On stage, well-known comedians, magicians and even a pair of mentalists celebrated Glenn’s career and encouraged the audience to dig deep to help Glenn and his depleted bank account. Thanks to comedian/magician Matt Disero, who created the one-night only comedy concert, some of the country’s top headliners volunteered their time and talent, so here’s a brief pictorial account of The Rocky Horror: It’s a Wonderful Life Anyway show.

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11 October 2014

Richard Forget on Quirky

Only 3 days left to vote.

From Richard Forget's Facebook page:



29 December 2013

Croswell and Forget on Le plus grand cabaret du monde

From Magic Stripped with Richard Forget's Facebook page:
What are ya doing New Years Eve? If you get channel TV5 in your area watch Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde. It will be a four hour extravaganza of the best variety acts from around the world. There's even a countdown. I know because we did it at the beginning of this month!! 
This was my third time on the show and definitely my most favorite. Check it out.
On the show I performed my classic act, An Urban Phantasy.  
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From Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde:
Visuels :
Neil Croswell : magicien colombes
Richard Forget : magie avec feu 
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25 May 2012

Harry Anderson in "Harry the Hat Tonight"

Anyone who has known me for any length of time, knows that I have a soft spot in my heart for Harry Anderson's three card monte routine, Monarch Monte.  Seeing his live show has been on my bucket list for quite some time.  (I even briefly considered finding my way to Regina in November of 2010 to see him perform there.)

Imagine my delight when I first learned that he was scheduled to perform and lecture in Whitby, ON.

And so, last weekend, I went to the Class Act Dinner Theatre for the very first time. The theatre itself is spacious.  It looked to me like there were no bad seats in the house.  The buffet was plentiful and delicious.  My dinner companions made more than one trip to the servery before their meal was done.  The roast beef and Yorkshire pudding were the highlights of my meal and the desserts were yummy!

There were quite a few familiar faces in the audience:  David Ben, Julie Eng, Suley Fattah, Mike Segal, Jen Segal, Lee Elliott, Michael Close, Lisa Close, Owen Anderson, Peter MennieMichael Fisher Deborah Fallick, Sammy Jakubowicz, Scott Hood, Ken McCreedyRichard Forget, David Sutherland, Phil, Bob Johnston, David Lax, Philip Groff and Gordon Precious.  There were other faces to which I've been unable to put a name and some I've just plain forgot.  (It was a busy weekend.)  Apologies if I've left you out.*


For entertainment, we had Glenn Ottaway, David Merry (who was non-stop with fantastic zingers, "I've been happily married for six years ...") and Richard Forget to warm us up.  Richard performed many of the effects he discussed at last September's Ring 17 lecture.  (I've never been so happy, to not see a skipping rope on stage.)  Then it was time for the headlining act!

Harry Anderson, complete with signature Borsalino and hand-painted tie, opened with Wise Guy Monte, followed with a discussion of card counting, some reminiscing about his performance with Skippy the guinea pig on SNL, and a straitjacket escape I'll not soon forget.  He also did some snazzy dancing while demonstrating card memorization and card counting in real time.  He finished with a larger than life magic square.   For an encore, we were treated to his very special chapeaugraphy routine.


As for the lecture, "Tipping the Hat," Harry took us through each of the routines in his show, discussed volunteer selection and regaled us with stories from his past.  (My favourite is how an expensive impulse buy started a chain of events which lead to his being cast in Night Court!)  Dave Merry was on the money when said (in April) that "the stories alone are worth the price of admission."  (And this weekend with Harry cost less than a round trip flight to Regina!)

Thank you Class Act Dinner Theatre and Harry Anderson for a wonderful weekend!


"There's just one f***ing rule!"

Poor Yvette.

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* If I’ve missed listing anyone who was there please send me an e-mail or leave a comment below! Thank you to Owen, Deborah and Sammy for helping me put names to some of the faces.

The opinions expressed above are entirely my own.  I was not compensated in any way.

26 February 2012

Richard Forget at Blackpool

From The Stage Reviews:
Magic from the USA and Canada comprised the second gala show and emceed by Jimmy Tamley. Appearing were Danny Cole with a modern comedy dress change act, Dirk Losander who blew soap bubbles, made a handkerchief dance and floated a table, Andost produced coloured light bulbs at his fingertips, and Chris Hart had a scarf penetrate his neck, and did the floating hand.

Charlie Frye & Co breathtakingly combined juggling, comedy and magic that had the audience gasping. Then there were The Evasons in a very fast mind-reading double act, Richard Forget had flames that floated and danced, produced drumsticks and a set of drums, and finally a girl from a telephone box that had formed part of the stage setting.

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11 January 2012

Richard Forget at Blackpool 2012

Richard Forget is currently scheduled to perform on Saturday, February the 18th.

From the Blackpool Magicians' Club:
Blackpool Magicians’ Club Ltd proudly host 60th Celebration Annual Magic Convention, Blackpool Opera House & Winter gardens, Church Street, Blackpool, 17th – 19th February 2012.

Blackpool Magicians’ Club host their annual convention, the largest in the world, right here in Blackpool, UK. Proving year after year to be a hit with registrants from around the globe, growing in size each year.

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