a bearded man with a gleam in his eye is wearing a graduation cap and hoarding piles of academic and magic books. a cocktail glass holding two red cherries and a messy spread of red playing cards are on the table in front of him.
Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout
Rob Teszka, almost-PhD of magic, presents an irreverent magic show about failure! Enjoy a mindblowing cocktail of tongue-in-cheek takes on topics from Mai Tais to academic burnout. Join Rob Teszka, Magic Dropout, for the unexpected results of a decade delving into the psychology of magic. All ages — even the swearing part!
Next Stop On The Fringe Tour: EDMONTON! August 14-24 at Venue 2: Backstage Theatre - Arts Barns.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1 2025
Hit Magic Show About Failure makes edmonton Fringe debut
Impossible tricks mix with academic trials in this irreverent autobiographical magic show.
Edmonton, August 1 – Magic Dropout, the fun magic show about failure, opens at the Edmonton Fringe on August 16th.
Rob Teszka spent a decade researching the cognitive psychology of magic, burned out hard, and quit academia to become a real magician. Magic Dropout out tells his story with hilarious, idiosyncratic magic that gets the audience sharing and laughing at their own personal failures. Judging by audience & press reviews (and the fully sold out run at Vancouver Fringe): it’s an engaging way to soothe the pain of never actually graduating!
Rob Teszka has performed magic for over two decades, and is president of the Fraser Valley Magic Company. He produces and hosts The Parlour Magic Show: Vancouver’s only monthly magic show. Magic Dropout premiered in 2020, and this is Rob’s first time touring to Edmonton. Rob developed the show with fellow magician and multiple Pick of the Fringe winner Travis Bernhardt.
Magic Dropout runs August 16-24 for Edmonton Fringe Festival, in the Backstage Theatre at Arts Barns, 10330 84 Ave NW, Edmonton. Tickets on sale August 6th, $15+fees on fringetheatre.ca/
QUOTES
"an emotional mixture of magic and memoir from a world built on illusions"
- Sarah Rose, Capilano Courier
"audience participation absolutely makes the show and all participants walk away with their very own badge of honour or shame, depending on how you’d like to see it."
- Rachel Levine, Montreal Rampage
“Teszka is an engaging presence, and his tricks are well paced and have enough “How’d he do that?” awe to keep an audience engaged to the very end.”
- Jen Zoratti, Winnipeg Free Press
“all delivered with Teszka’s infectious, self-deprecating manner that made Magic Dropout a hit”
- Stuart Nulman’s Grapevine
"In England, while researching the psychology of magic, I became a member of the prestigious Magic Circle. As toxic academia tried to crush my spirit, I found joy in performing magic, and themes of psychology bled into my performance. This show is about my disillusionment with my academic career and my re-illusionment with magic."
- Rob Teszka
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For Immediate Release 01/08/2025 Arts & Entertainment, Theatre | Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout | Dates August 16-24 at Edmonton Fringe Festival | Venue 2 Backstage Theatre at Arts Barns | Tickets $20 | Full Details & Show Times fringetheatre.ca/
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