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Ep 11 Part 2: After a long few of weeks of travel, magic, filming, and TEDx, stay up late night along side Christian as he hangs out to the break-a-dawn with the wild and crazy folks at Golden Gate Gathering and gets to hang with the amazing and amazingly creative Paul Vigil! <a class="pos...

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Ep 11, Part 1. In this episode of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal, chase down Christian as he zips off to his TED performance in San Francisco, feels insecure about being there, shares his thoughts about the experience and then runs off to magics Golden Gate Gathering! (Accompanying TEDx video with th...

ChristianCagigal

Ep 11, Part 1. In this episode of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal, chase down Christian as he zips off to his TED performance in San Francisco, feels insecure about being there, shares his thoughts about the experience and then runs off to magics Golden Gate Gathering! (Accompanying TEDx video with th...

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Neil,
I know, I'm really excited this kind of piece was written for non magicians to understand magic better. Then again, I hope some magicians learn to understand what their magic can be, a bit better too.

Jonathan,
Agreed! Very much so!

Edward,
Wow, thank you very much! I'm flattered!

ChristianCagigal

American Theatre Magazine did a great piece on storytelling/bizarre/theatre driven magicians. Pictured and mentioned are myself along with David Parr and Todd Robbins. Also mentioned are David Hirata, Paul Nathan, Walt Anthony (all from the Bay Area.) And, Tobias Beckwith (who newly transplanted to ...

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Episode 10! In this episode of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal, ride along with Christian has he zips through Bay Area traffic, talks about teaching actors magic, takes a quick pit stop at Golden Gate Gathering and gets ready for his first TEDx performance. <a class="postlink" href="http://t...

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"Now and at the Hour" is playing as part of a double-header of strange theatre! "The Cagigal and Kuckenbaker Show" at Berkeleys renown Shotgun Players at Ashby Stage 2 Nights! 2 Shows! 2 Amazing performers for the price of 1! November 7th and 14th "Now and at the Hour" ...

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Hello All, I'll be doing a special performance, only for teens, on Nov 22nd at The Houdini Exhibit at CJM. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&scope=prgm&task=detail&fid=23&oid=679">http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option= ... 23&...

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In this Episode of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal- A loopy and jet-lagged Christian, just home from his week in London, tries to talk about two really cool shows he saw: Andy Nymans Ghost Stories and Derren Browns Svengali. The only catch ishe cant actually say anything about the shows. How well does...

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Episode 8: We visit with Martin MacMillan at International Magic in Central London where shares his memories and the ups and downs of running a magic shop in these modern times. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.themagicbroadcast.com/mp3-dloads/Christian%20Cagigal%20Segment%208.mp3">htt...

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Hey guys! Here's episode 7 of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal. In this episode we traipse through London trying to find the oldest magic shop in the world: Davenports! And, we talk to long time employee, Paul Brown! On the web page you'll find pics of the shop! Hope you like. (After checking out the p...

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Hey guys! Here's episode 7 of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal. In this episode we traipse through London trying to find the oldest magic shop in the world: Davenports! And, we talk to long time employee, Paul Brown! On the web page you'll find pics of the shop! Hope you like. (After checking out the p...

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Seg. 6 of "The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal" on TheMagicBroadcast.com. In this seg. H.P. Mendoza and I speak with Bay Area playwright, director, actor, and Collective Member of The San Francisco Mime Troupe: Michael Gene Sullivan. He was great enough to give his time for our documentary of &q...

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Obscura returns for 3 nights only, this time at NOHspace in the hip Mission District of San Francisco, CA! Hope to see you guys soon!
http://www.sfstation.com/obscura-a-magic-show-e1327941

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Hey guys! Here's my next radio blog! I do a debrief on our great film shoot with local magic/theatre guy David Hirata and talk about some thoughts on my experiences making theatre with The San Francisco Mime Troupe! Hope you like! C <a class="postlink" href="http://www.themagicbroadcast.co...

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Next Segment of The Adventures of Mr. Cagigal Radio Blog. In this post, H.P. Mendoza and I talk with top corporate magician Jay Alexander, behind the scenes, after we shot his part of "Now and at the Hour" the Movie. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.themagicbroadcast.com/mp3-...

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Here's Segment 3 from Day 1 of shooting Now and at the Hour. In this blog are featured: Tobias Beckwith and H.P. Mendoza. Tobias gave us some great thoughts about finding your Inner Wizard. Hope you like! <a class="postlink" href="http://www.themagicbroadcast.com/mp3-dloads/Christian%20Cag...

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Here's a shorter clip. It's just the 10 minute segment of my performance on the official TEDx site!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJm0pagaz3g

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So, Steve Johnson of Grand Illusions in Sacramento California is the proud new owner of The Magic Broadcast, an all magic online radio site. He asked me to do some radio blogging for it and now there are a bunch of episodes up. Lots of it are about me documenting my time making Now and at the Hour i...

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Hey Guys! I thought some of you might like to see my performance at a TEDx conference in San Francisco yesterday afternoon. I did a small truncated segment from my show "Now and at the Hour" which is a semi-autobiographical, magic, mental, bizarre, solo show. {Yes...it really is all of tho...

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A new documentary on myself and magic with some wonderful magicians from the San Francisco scene helping out and making appearances. Hope you like our first teaser trailer...

Trailer http://www.vimeo.com/24816693

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Hey All, So, Obscura: A Magic Show has come to the end of it's run. I'll be lying low a bit for about a year. I will be doing a handful of one off performances around the Bay and in the San Francisco underground over the next 12 months. I will also be working on our documentary performance film of m...

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The critically acclaimed show Now and at the Hour is being turned into a movie! Wanna be a part of the LIVE filming??? Just a few seats left and just a few days left to be in the audience for Now and at the Hour the Movie! Info and FREE tickets here! <a class="postlink" href="http://christ...

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Thank you Ryan!

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FREE tickets to the filming of Now and at the Hour The Movie, directed by HP Mendoza, will be offered to Newsletter subscribers FIRST! Click and read carefully http://ymlp.com/xguwqseygmgm

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Thanks Ryan!
Yeah, Obscura: A Magic Show is on now but will close from mid Dec to mid Jan. We WILL be open again Jan 20th.

mrgoat,
let me know if you're coming :)

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Here's a clip of the open sequence of Obscura: A Magic Show (the live component of Obscura the webseries) Obscura is a teeny, tiny magic show played LIVE on a big screen! Hope you enjoy! <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5mPAxU48yw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5...

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Not Obscura related but it is sorta magic related. H.P. Mendoza's new Indie Movie Musical Hit "Fruitfly" has just hit iTunes and DVD!!!! Get it today! And...you might see a little magician do some acting and singing too. I play Gaz Howard, a slimy magician with a one man show! Yeah, yeah, ...

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Obscura: A Magic Show got the SF Weekly's Friday Pick!!!
http://www.sfweekly.com/events/obscura-2193111/

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Obscura: A Magic Show returns to The EXIT Theaterplex in the new EXIT Studio! Opening is this Thursday October 7th and we run every Thurs-Saturday until Dec 18th (no shows Thanksgiving weekend.) For tickets, videos, info and more please go to... http://www.christiancagigal.com http://www.theexit.org...

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Show's close for now but we shall return in October for an open ended run!!!!

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I've just been Awarded Broke !@# of the Week! That's not a joke! Learn a wee bit about my broke !@# life from Broke !@# Stuart's awesome site! <a class="postlink" href="http://brokeassstuart.com/2010/08/05/broke-ass-of-the-week-magician-christian-cagigal/">http://brokeassstuart.com/2010/08...

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Learn a wee bit about my broke !@# life from Broke !@# Stuart's awesome site! I'm the broke !@# of the week! <a class="postlink" href="http://brokeassstuart.com/2010/08/05/broke-ass-of-the-week-magician-christian-cagigal/">http://brokeassstuart.com/2010/08/05/br ... n-cagigal/</a>

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Thank you Marco! Yes, while it may be hard for many in the States to get a Corporate Event planner to want darker theatre-infused magic for a long weekend convention of Accounting or Sales and Marketing techniques, the general public seems to LOVE this stuff and they don't mind spending the own mone...

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A wee bit of love from San Francisco's trendy 7x7 Magazine
http://www.7x7.com/arts/obscura-magic-show

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(I guess I put this in the wrong section and it disappeared. Hopefully this is the right place.) Hey Gang! l've just been awarded the Best of the Bay Award by the readers of the San Francisco Guardian! This is a genuine surprise to me because I didn't try to campaign for it this year! Best of the Ba...

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Hello friends, Our show "Obscura: A Magic Show" has been running all Summer and closes August 14th! And, a surprise to me, I was awarded the Readers Poll Award for The San Francisco Bay Guardians Best of the Bay Award for 2010!!! This particular issue is kind of a big deal out here, so I'm...

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Hello Friends, "Obscura: A Magic Show" is now running Thursdays through Saturday nights until Aug. 14th at EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. Obscura is an evening of "close-up magic, fairy tales, dark fables and stranger happenings..." Here's some great Pre-Press we received from th...

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BA DOOM BOOM CHING!
IS DIS TING ON!?

:D

Admittedly, that was more amazing than my stuff...

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Here's another one for you Burger fans!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvj9FWdz ... re=related

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