About Us

Starting out...

My father had a friend here in Charlottetown, Walter Batchilder, who was a well-known Island Magician for over thirty years. I had always had an interest in Magic and in what Walter was doing... About five years ago on the way home one night, I mentioned to my wife that I would love to know some of his tricks. Ironically two weeks later, he gave me a call and asked if I was interested in buying all of his "Magic". Walter had thousands of dollars invested into one of his life-long hobbies and looking back, it was obvious he wanted to pass it on to someone who would learn and enjoy the art of illusion as much as he did. At the time, I didn't have the money to afford what he had, but that really didn't matter to him. For a fraction of its original cost I had his setup and a great mentor, and he had someone to carry on with his craft. Walter has since passed away, but his Magical spirit lives on...

Mr Magic...

As I was getting more familiar with magic, when kids would come into my shop, I would practice by showing them tricks. There was one particular girl who would go out and find some of her friends and bring them back to see my magic tricks, so she could "catch me" doing some of my tricks. The kids would keep coming in and if I wasn't there they didn't know who to ask for, so they kept asking "is Mr Magic in?" So that's how I ended up acquiring the name "Mr Magic".

Here we go...

I kept practicing, and it wasn't long before someone asked me to do a birthday party. I said that I wasn't very good, but they wanted me to do the show nonetheless... My experience and interest has continued to grow and it has all snowballed from there.