After an incredible run in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Edmonton, the kicked in the end tour has officially ended. It has been such a fruitful, bittersweet joy to share this show with so many people and the response has been overwhelming. Critical acclaim, an award, some book sales, and most importantly, countless people expressing their gratitude for this show existing, for its message, and for the courage it takes to say it in this way. This has always been much more than a mere magic show. A fellow magician I had the great fortune of meeting in Winnipeg, Rob Teszka, put it thusly:

I can't stop thinking about it. This goes beyond "a clever magic show"; it's carefully constructed, intricately plotted, intelligent, emotional, and thought-provoking. Shawn DeSouza-Coelho is an -effective- presence onstage, straining against the artificial boundaries of magic and theatre and society. He moves with intent through a wide range: excited and high-energy, academic and contemplative, frustrated and raw . . . I want to give nothing away--and everything sets up everything else. It's a portrait and an argument, a story and a puzzle box. I found myself questioning my own experience of the performance, unsure of what could be possible. You can expect surprise in a magic show: but I've *never* been surprised like this.

Check out some more reviews below. I am sincerely thankful to everyone that helped make this tour possible. The show will be back for two days in Toronto soon. Stay tuned for more information!

Backstage with one of Canada's greatest stage managers.

Whenever You're Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who — in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival — has learned from, worked with, and cared for some of the greatest directors, actors, stage managers, and productions in Canadian theatrical history. In so doing, Nora became one of the greatest stage managers this country has ever seen.

Here is an account of the Stratford Festival's history like no other. From her childhood forays into a theater her father, Victor, worked tirelessly to help maintain, to her unexpected apprenticeship and the equally unexpected 40 years of stage management it ushered in, this is the Stratford Festival seen exclusively through Nora's eyes. Here is an immersive account of a life spent in service of the theater, told from the ground floor: where actors struggle with lines and anxieties, where directors lose themselves in the work, where the next season is always uncertain, and where Nora — a stage manager, a custodian, a confidante, a pillar, a rock — finds her rhythm, her patience, her perseverance, her love, her consistency, and her invisibility. These are the qualities that make a stage manager great and, whenever you're ready, this book will show you why.

Available at ECW Press, Chapters, Amazon, and wherever else books are sold!

Why is magic seen only as light entertainment?

Magic as Medium is an introduction to linguistics, semiotics, phenomenology and the meaning of art, all through the lens of magic and theatre. It explores the space between the ideal and the real. It prods at the moment of astonishment.

Citing a vast compilation of work from magicians such as Paul Harris, Eugene Burger, Max Maven and Derek DelGaudio, Shawn DeSouza-Coelho dissects the writings of philosophy giants from the past 100 years and considers their works alongside and amidst magic. From Saussure and Lacan to Barthes and Heidegger, Magic as Medium offers a rigorous and wholly unique critique of magic, and a compelling commentary on art.

Each book includes a production script for one of Shawn's theatre performances, Oh, Ryan, which first premiered at the 2011 SummerWorks Theatre Festival.

Available at Ultra Neat, Vanishing Inc., Tannen's, and various magic suppliers!