a bearded man with a gleam in his eye is wearing a graduation cap and hoarding piles of academic and magic books. a cocktail glass holding two red cherries and a messy spread of red playing cards are on the table in front of him.
Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout
Rob Teszka, almost-PhD of magic, presents an irreverent magic show about failure! Enjoy a mindblowing cocktail of tongue-in-cheek takes on topics from Mai Tais to academic burnout. Join Rob Teszka, Magic Dropout, for the unexpected results of a decade delving into the psychology of magic. All ages — even the swearing part!
Next Stop On The Fringe Tour: WINNIPEG! July 17-26h at PTE - Colin Jackson Studio.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1 2024
Sell-out Magic Show About Failure Debuts at Winnipeg Fringe
Impossible magic mixes with the trials of academia in this irreverent autobiographical magic show.
Winnipeg, July 1 – Magic Dropout, the fun magic show about failure, debuts at the Winnipeg Fringe on July 17th.
Rob Teszka spent a decade researching the cognitive psychology of magic, burned out, and quit academia to become a real magician. Magic Dropout out tells his story with hilarious, idiosyncratic magic that gets the audience sharing and laughing at their own personal failures. Judging by the fully sold out run at Vancouver Fringe in 2023: it’s a great way to soothe the pain of having never completed his research!
Rob Teszka has performed magic for over two decades, and is president of the Fraser Valley Magic Company. He produces and hosts The Parlour Magic Show: Vancouver’s only monthly magic show. Rob developed Magic Dropout with fellow magician and multiple Pick of the Fringe winner Travis Bernhardt.
Magic Dropout runs July 17-26th for Winnipeg Fringe Festival, in the Colin Jackson Studio at Prairie Theatre Exchange, 393 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB. Tickets $14 at winnipegfringe.com/
QUOTES
"an emotional mixture of magic and memoir from a world built on illusions"
- Sarah Rose, Capilano Courier
"audience participation absolutely makes the show and all participants walk away with their very own badge of honour or shame, depending on how you’d like to see it."
- Rachel Levine, Montreal Rampage
“Somehow the magic tricks may look random at first glance, but Teszka wonderfully – and logically – ties it all up in the end.”
- Stuart Nulman’s Grapevine
"In England, while researching the psychology of magic, I became a member of the prestigious Magic Circle. As toxic academia tried to crush my spirit, I found joy in performing magic, and themes of psychology bled into my performance. This show is about my disillusionment with my academic career and my re-illusionment with magic."
- Rob Teszka
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For Immediate Release 01/07/2024 Arts & Entertainment, Theatre | Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout | Dates July 17-26 at Winnipeg Fringe Festival | Venue 17 PTE - Colin Jackson Studio | Tickets: $14 | Full Details & Show Times winnipegfringe.com/
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Media Contact: Rob Teszka | hello@robteszkamagic.com | (604) 309-6993 | instragram.com/robteszkaperforms