It's Official! Tickets are now on sale for "Measured Magic".

I'm very excited about this upcoming show! I will be performing along with another 3 great Toronto magicians, Baldini, Rob Testa, and Baldini's student Mindbender on Friday, November 1st 2013.

The show will take place at Measure. If you've never had a chance to check out this venue, this is a great opportunity. I've watched Bobby Motta's show at the venue only about a month ago. (It was mind-blowing, and extremely inspiring of course.)

Baldini, and Rob are both performers that have fascinated, and inspired me. I honestly feel privileged to perform on the same stage with them. Moreover, I am going to try and mix some magic and mentalism with some clowning/miming arts. Not sure how this will go, I'm nervous. Come out and check it out for yourselves.

The show will close off with Dane Hartsel & Kiri Etzkorn's musical performance.

Tickets are only $15. 4 Magicians and a musician for $15? That's an amazing deal, but keep in mind that the venue only hold 100 people so I expect this show to be sold out well before Nov. 1st.

Tickets are available online at: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/379017-measured-magic-mindbender-toronto/

One Year Later ... I'm back at Absolute Comedy!

Literally one year after my first attempt at Stand up comedy, I've returned to Absolute Comedy for another performance. This time, I brought some magic tricks, and some confidence with me. It went very well.

Check this out for yourselves:

Yan Markson - Clown Act

Here's an old video (from 2007) of me improvising my own version of my favourite clown act.
I posted it on the Yan Markson YouTube channel... but it looks like it also got picked up by "SmileyVideos.info" <-- with a name like that, I can't complain.

Here's the video. (sorry about the quality.) - Enjoy!
http://smilevideos.info/2013/08/02/yan-markson-improvising-one-of-his-fav-clown-acts-2007/

New Facebook Page!

I've created a Facebook page for myself in order to be able to interact with my audience, and friends. Check it out: www.facebook.com/yanmarkson

Time to Stand-Up for Comedy!

I've done comedy for years, making people laugh as a clown, and I've been standing-up even longer .. since I was about 1-2 years old. However, I've never had the courage to put those two skill into one.

Stand-Up Comedy. What an interesting concept. No costume, no makeup, no props... just a mic.
After about a month of writing material, and watching as many live shows around the city as possible, I've finally made my way onto the stage for the first time last week. My 2nd ever performance was at Absolute Comedy. A really nice place with good people, and great environment. I did pretty well.... I've been told. :)

As you can tell from the photo... the clown shirt stayed on... just in case.

I learned a lot of interesting things about stand-up. It's not as easy as it seems. Writing, and delivery, different styles, and joke structures.... interesting stuff!

Also, I was fortunate to have a lot of friends present, who chose to laugh at my jokes rather than throw vegetables at me like they usually do at home. So to my friends, you guys know who you are. Thank you. You made the experience a lot easier for me.

Going forward, as my adventure in stand-up continues, and I'm looking forward to mixing in some magic, and clowning too.

Upcoming Stand-Up open mics:
Friday, July 13th 2012 - No Name Comedy Bar
Friday, July 27th, 2012 - Passion (1220 Danforth)
more to come.... I'll post them as they come up...

Introducing Magic to my Skill Set :)

I've always loved to perform magic tricks, however, it was never at the level that I wanted it to be. There's nothing better than seeing a person's face transform because for that instant, something that is impossible, became possible!

After spending about a year practicing, learning, and watching lot of magic. I began to introduce these skills into my clown acts. I can't wait to learn more, and to perform more. My first opportunites came when I performed a This is London Nightclub, Manabar, Indigo Corporate Party, Kind Edward Hotel, and the Niagara Street Festival.

Here's a video created by WcW when we performed at This is London:
(not too much of my stuff there.. I think my face pops up there at the end!)

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