NEXT PUBLIC SHOW:
Actual Wizard
at the Maritime Conservatory
of Performing Arts
Saturday May 17, 2025
7:30 pm
As seen on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2023 Halifax Fringe Festival
Actual wizard and Halifax magician Vincenzo Ravina brings his magic to mysterious and enigmatic venues across the city of Halifax and beyond.There will be: Potions! Ghosts! Playing Cards! Murder!Actual Wizard is funny, mystifying, absurd, and experimental.Tickets on sale now.Actual Wizard is Halifax's only monthly magic show, now in its third year. Frequently sold out and acclaimed by critics and audience members alike.Can't make it this time? Join the mailing to get notified about future shows (and secret shows).Or book Vincenzo Ravina for your private event or venue (perhaps your spacious attic).Read about the show at the TWISI Theatre & Music Blog.
Read about the show in the Chronicle Herald."Beautifully done."
– Penn Jillette, Penn & Teller"Truly remarkable magic."
– Mark Robins, Halifax Presents"Brilliant. I have never seen anything like that."
– Martin Brophy, MagicSeats.co.uk
Performance photos by Stoo Metz Photography. Black and white photos by Marco Astan Photography. Headshots by Annie Bee Photography.
UPCOMING PUBLIC SHOWS
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Wizard
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
Halifax, NS
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Wizard
The Bus Stop Theatre
Halifax, NS
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Wizard
The Bus Stop Theatre
Halifax, NSSign up for the infrequent Actual Wizard newsletter
to be notified when tickets go on sale!
September 2025
NEW SHOW:
ACTUAL SORCERY
Halifax, NS
Dates and Venue TBASign up for the infrequent Actual Wizard newsletter
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Saturday, September 20, 2025
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Sorcery
Acadia Cinema's Al Whittle Theatre
Wolfville, NSSign up for the infrequent Actual Wizard newsletter
to be notified when tickets go on sale!
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE WIZARD?
"I love you."
– Howie Mandel, actor & comedian"You were great! An actual wizard!"
– Trish Stratus, WWE professional wrestler"Beautifully done."
– Penn Jillette, Penn & Teller"I have not slept since. It was wonderful."
– Meaghan Smith, singer-songwriter"I loved that from beginning to end."
– Lilly Singh, actor & comedian"Truly remarkable magic."
– Mark Robins, Halifax Presents"Loved the show... Brilliant. I have never seen anything like that."
– Martin Brophy, MagicSeats.co.uk"My mind is blown."
– Eilish Bonang, Global News Morning"Superbly entertaining."
– Katy Jean, SaltWire columnist"Absolutely spellbinding."
– Amanda Campbell, TWISI Theatre & Music Blog"Nova Scotia’s literal BEST magician."
– Stoo Metz, Stoo Metz Photography"I loved the energy, your personality, everything
you brought, plus the magic was amazing."
– Kardinal Offishall, rapperTWISI Theatre & Music Blog:
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Magic ReviewSaltwire:
KATY JEAN: Shivers, wizards and
shuffling down sidewalks and cardsSaltwire:
KATY JEAN: Fun childhood experience
unlocked Vincenzo Ravina's inner wizardHalifax Presents:
Vincenzo Ravina is making online magicMagic Seats:
Review - Vincenzo Ravina: Savour The Sea From a Distance
ABOUT
Vincenzo Ravina is an award-winning magician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has performed on stage in Las Vegas for the CW's hit show, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and performed for an audience of thousands at the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls for Canada's Got Talent. He has made appearances on CTV, Global TV, and CBC Radio.His live show, Actual Wizard, is Halifax's only monthly magic show, now in its third year. Regularly sold out and acclaimed by critics and audience members, Actual Wizard appears in mysterious and enigmatic venues across the city of Halifax and beyond.Actual Wizard has previously appeared at Neptune Theatre, the Bus Stop Theatre, the Chester Playhouse, the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, and many more localities. If you'd like to bring Actual Wizard to your venue, please get in touch.Vincenzo's 2023 Fringe show won the overall Audience Choice Award at the Halifax Fringe Festival.His 2022 Fringe show won the "Fringiest Fringe" Audience Choice Award at the same festival.His magic is surreal, mystifying, and absurd. At his show, you may end up wearing Mind-Reading Glasses, bestowing luck to the unlucky, trying to the divine the future, testing out a Coincidence Machine, or cowering in fear at the might of the Ancient and Mystical Balloon of Ultimate Power. No matter what, you'll end up laughing and amazed.
He is also a writer. His collection of short stories, Peril & Exploit and Other Mysterious Tales, is available in both print and ebook form.For more on Vincenzo Ravina's writing and other doings, visit VincenzoRavina.com
BOOK
VINCENZO RAVINA
Vincenzo Ravina is available for public and private events. Book Vincenzo's show for your theatre, cafe, bar, museum, or living room, or for a memorable wedding reception, Christmas party, company event, team meeting or other gathering.Please note Vincenzo does not perform strolling, mingling, or walkaround magic. His show is performed for audiences in a theatre-style set-up, typically with a seated audience in front of him. Large groups or small, small rooms or large.Available for shows in Nova Scotia and across Canada (travel expenses apply).
Special Rope on Global News Morning with Eilish Bonang
Potions & Doppelgängers on Global News Morning with Paul Brothers
Actual Wizard promo
Vincenzo Ravina presents his Mind-Reading Glasses on Penn & Teller: Fool Us!
The Ancient and Mystical Balloon of Ultimate Power on CTV Morning Live
Virtual Magic Show Clip
Media Inquiries
Please email vravina@gmail.com with interview requests or other inquiries.
Press Clippings
• TWISI Theatre & Music Blog: Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Magic Review• Halifax Presents: Vincenzo Ravina performs Actual Magic• CBC Radio: Mainstreet: Hear an ACTUAL wizard perform magic on air• Saltwire: KATY JEAN: Fun childhood experience unlocked Vincenzo Ravina's inner wizard• Global News: Vincenzo Ravina the Actual Wizard• CBC Radio: Information Morning - Art 'n Soul: Magic at the Maritime Conservatory • Saltwire: KATY JEAN: Shivers, wizards and shuffling down sidewalks and cards• Halifax Presents: Vincenzo Ravina is an Actual Wizard• CBC News: How a Halifax man ended up reading minds on magic's biggest stage this week• Saltwire: Presto and prestidigi-tainment: Halifax magician appears on Penn & Teller: Fool Us• Halifax Presents: Vincenzo Ravina is making television magic• CityNews: Do you believe in magic? Local magician's talent to be featured on TV show• InTalksicated Podcast: Making Magic With Vincenzo Ravina• CTV News: Halifax magician uses sleight of hand to earn way into Vegas-based show• Halifax Presents: Vincenzo Ravina is making online magic• Magic Seats: Review - Savour The Sea From a Distance – A Virtual Magic Show By Vincenzo Ravina (Spoiler Free)• Saltwire: Virtual magic: From live audiences to online performances, East Coast entrepreneurs finding new ways to share skills• Magic Seats: Vincenzo Ravina Interview - "Magic From the Twilight Lodge"
Posters
Festivals and Shows
• Halifax Fringe Festival – Virtual Magic Show – "Savour the Sea From a Distance" – 2020
• Evergreen Festival – 2020
• Halifax Fringe Festival – Bus Stop Theatre – "Magic From the Twilight Lodge" – 2021
• Capt. William Spry Public Library's 35th Anniversary Celebrations – 2021
• Valley Communities Picnic – 2022
• Halifax County Exhibition – 2022
• Halifax Fringe Festival – Bus Stop Theatre – "Actual Wizard" – 2022
• Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts – "Actual Wizard" – 2023
• Halifax Fringe Festival – Neptune Theatre – "Actual Magic" – 2023
• Halifax Fringe Festival – Neptune Theatre – "Actual Secrets" – 2024
• The Halifax Examiner 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Appearances, Credits, and Awards
• Zomblet – Magic Consultant – 2019
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us! – 2020
• CTV Morning Live – 2020
• CBC Radio – Maritime Noon – 2020
• News 95.7 – The Sheldon MacLeod Show – 2020
• Audience Choice Award: Fringiest Fringe – Halifax Fringe Festival – "Actual Wizard" – 2022
• Global – Global News Morning – 2023
• CBC Radio – Mainstreet – 2023
• Audience Choice Award – Halifax Fringe Festival – "Actual Magic" – 2023
• Canada's Got Talent – 2024
VINCENZO RAVINA
Actual Wizard & Halifax Magician
