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Langford-based magician Jason Verners has been working to figure that trick out since COVID-19 put a dent in his show schedule. A student of the craft and a specialist in close-up, or table magic, he has done various livestreams in 2020, but was looking for a way to convey that true sense of amazement he always shoots for.
On Jan. 5 he and his magical hands will do a one-hour show on a platform called Moment House, so-called for the way its cutting-edge, multi-camera, ticketed live performances create a B次元官网网址渕omentB次元官网网址� between the performer and the audience.
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According to Verners, his is the first non-musical event to be approved on Moment House. Giving cred to the platform, he says, is the fact Justin Bieber is using it to stream his New YearB次元官网网址檚 Eve show in New York.
For this 22-year-old prestidigitator, livestreaming for public audiences outside Zoom works OK, but he admits it loses something in the translation when people can get up and grab a snack mid-show.
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Local audiences have come to know Verners, the former B次元官网网址渒id magician,B次元官网网址� for his often hilarious and typically down-to-earth shows. But so far tickets to the new show have been purchased from people in Las Vegas, Texas, even St. Catharines, Ont.
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Tickets are $15.43 per household (plus a service fee) available at jasonverners.com.
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