'Champions of Magic' to Mystify the Peterborough Memorial Centre This Friday

Five world-class illusionists from Champions of Magic are bringing their live magical production to the Peterborough Memorial Centre stage on Friday.

Photo courtesy of Champions of Magic.

Described as the ‘Avengers of Magic,’ the United Kingdom group has been touring since 2013.

The family-friendly show happens all around the theatre and promises interactive magic, escape from Houdini’s water torture cell, illusions, levitation and a ‘finale beyond explanation.’

“There’s two types of people at these shows; the people who don’t want to know how it (magic) works and the people that so desperately want to know,” says Alex McAleer, Champions of Magic’s mind reader. “But it’s half the fun trying to figure out how it’s done. People’s guesses of how things work are often more crazy than the trick itself.”

McAleer, who has been with the show since it started, says the group has performed nearly 500 shows.

“Canadian audiences are always great. It’s much harder to impress an English audience,” he jokes. “You guys just appreciate entertainment more.”

PTBOCanada’s Felicia Massey and David Bui speak with Alex McAleer of Champions of Magic. Photo by Samantha Bianco.

The show starts at 7 p.m. and runs for approximately two hours and 15 minutes (including one intermission).

Tickets ranging from $55 to $99.50 are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.memorialcentre.ca, over the phone at 705-743-3561 or in person at the Grant Thornton Box Office. The box office is open for in-person sales on Wednesdays to Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.