TruTV has announced a new show: Big Trick Energy starring Wes Barker, Alex Boyer, Eric Leclerc and Chris Ramsay. You can read more about the new show on Deadline and, of course, watch the preview above.
Teller is teaming with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater for their Halloween Shakesfear program… read more from the Chicago Tribune via MSN.
Finally, some sad news out of Champaign, Illinois: according to the News-Gazette Dallas and Company, the costume company, will be closing after this Halloween and liquidating its inventory later this year.
Piff the Magic Dragon spoke to NewsNation over the weekend about his show returning to the Las Vegas Strip. Last week was a tough one for magic… we can use some good news! Plus, this is considered by many people to be international magic week. Let’s all make the best of it!
Detroit’s WXYZ covered the return of live performances for the Magic Soiree this weekend. Hopefully, this week will see even more live performances across the world!
The video above features Scott Hammell’sRipley’s Believe It Or Not appearance, but the Guinness World Record holder could be spotted hanging upside down over Canada’s Elora Gorge last Thursday. You can read about the stunt in this Canadian Press article via MSN. It was filmed by our old buddy Ryan Joyce to share during the upcoming Ontario Week Of Wonder Magic Festival.
We are kicking off the day with a look inside Giancarlo Bernini’s illusion workshop and home magic theater.
Some big news out of Vegas: the shows are opening. The Las Vegas Sun report Piff the Magic Dragon returns to the Flamingo stage on October 29 and The Review-Journal spoke to everyone’s favorite mythical magician about his return to live shows.
According to the Irish Examiner via MSN, Britain’s Got Talent fans were “outraged” because five of the acts in the final round were magicians… maybe they should have voted for other acts if they don’t like magic! Anyway, guess what we’ll be featuring on iTricks the next couple of days? By the way, some singer/piano player won, not a magician.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal just covered Murray SawChuck and Dani Elizabeth’s new side hustle: a landscaping business. More importantly, it reveals their recent engagement! Congratulations to the couple!
