For two months at the beginning of each year, Bermuda becomes an international hub for entertainment at the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts.
The Outerbridges were invited to bring their Time Capsule Tour show to the festival on February 4 and 5, 2011.
The summer edition of the ACTRA Montreal Grapevine, published by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, congratulates the Outerbridges on their recent Touring Artist of the Year Award from the BC Touring Council.
After more than 30,000 km (18,000 miles) of driving and over five months on the road for the Outerbridge - Magical Moments in Time tour, Ted and Marion are now on vacation in Dusseldorf, Germany. They always blend in with the locals.
Ted, Marion, and Zelda the Psychic Weather Chicken were interviewed on radio station Ocean 100 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island by Kirk and Kerri Wynne. Zelda once again successfully predicted the weather! Watch it here.
Ted and Marion performed their signature levitation outside the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The illusion was performed for local and national media to promote their April 16 performance on the island. The Outerbridges sold out the 1100 seat venue on their two previous visits.
Ted and Marion are pleased to announce that they are the recipients of the BC Touring Council’s 2010 Touring Artist of the Year Award. The annual awards presentation was held at the Pacific Contact booking conference and tradeshow from March 26-28, 2010, in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Outerbridges’ business agent Cameron Smillie, and booking representative Carolynn Clark, were in attendance to accept the award on their behalf.
“Nominations for Touring Artist of The Year were made from member presenters and the award is presented to an artist who toured BC within the past year, demonstrates artistic excellence in their discipline and the highest degree of professionalism in touring,” said the BC Touring Council.
“We are extremely honoured to receive this award,” said Marion. Ted added, “We have been touring annually in BC since 2006 with our Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time show and we are delighted that our performances have been so well received. Many theatres have presented our show two or three times.”
Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time played to a full house at the Prince of Wales Auditorium in Assiniboia, SK. The Assiniboia Times reviewed the performance.
For the second time, Ted and Marion have been nominated for the British Columbia Touring Council's Artist of the Year award. To qualify, artists must demonstrate artistic excellence in their discipline and the highest degree of professionalism in touring.
The poster, banners, and key artwork for the 2010-2011 Outerbridge – The Time Capsule Tour have been finalized and are now in production. Many thanks to graphic artist Samantha Youssef and photographer Andrea Hausmann for their contributions.
Ted, Marion, and their stage manager Gerry Lefebvre took time out from touring to give a lecture to a group of magicians in Edmonton, Alberta. The lecture offered a peek into the inner workings of Canada's most successful touring illusion show.
Tune in to the Newcap News on CITL-CTV (Lloydminster, Alberta) this Thursday and watch an interview with Ted to promote his upcoming performance of Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time at the Vic Juba Community Theatre in Lloydminster. Check local listings for times.
Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time has just toured Saskatchewan with performances in Redvers, Assiniboia, and Swift Current. Highlights included sold-out houses, broken box office records, and standing ovations. A big thank you to the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils for coordinating this tour
Ted and Marion dropped by the Radio-Canada Television studios in Regina, Saskatchewan for an interview in French with Le téléjournal. You can find the interview here.
Following a photo shoot at the River Run Centre with Ross Davidson, new high resolution photos are now available in our 'Hi Res' photo album. We have also added a new 'Live 2010' photo album.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge performed their signature levitation illusion outside the Sanderson Centre in Brantford, Ontario to promote their upcoming performance. The Brantford Expositor covered the story.
In an interview with Brant News reporter Cheryl Stornelli, Ted Outerbridge discusses how he felt like a million bucks when he realized he could give audiences goosebumps by creating an illusion. The interview helped to promote the Outerbridges' show in Brantford, Ontario on January 16.
Ted and Marion arrived at the River Run Centre in Guelph, Ontario this week for rehearsals of the Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time show. Their team loaded the show's 10,000 pounds of props and equipment into the theatre and spent the week teching the show. The Outerbridge's four-month, coast-to-coast tour kicks off on Saturday, January 9 at this prestigious 785-seat venue.
May the holiday season levitate your spirits to new heights!
In 2011 Ted and Marion Outerbridge will be touring with a new show, Outerbridge – The Time Capsule Tour, with new posters, photos, and key artwork. One of the highlights of the new show will be a prediction of the contents of a time capsule for each theatre.
What would you put in a time capsule?
Several months before their performance at a theatre, the Outerbridges will predict the contents of a time capsule, lock the prediction in a metal chest, and ship the chest for display in the theatre lobby or another public place. On the evening of the performance, randomly-selected audience members will decide what items the time capsule should contain. Then the local mayor or another public figure will open the time capsule, and the contents will match!
Ted and Marion are thrilled to announce that Cameron Smillie now represents them as Business Agent. Cameron is now in charge of negotiations and contracts for all Outerbridge performances. Cameron provides marketing services to a range of clients including Ballet Jorgen Canada, the Brampton Arts Council and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
Following their coast-to-coast tour of Canada in February 2011, Ted and Marion will tour the northwestern United States from March 8-20, 2011.
At the redesigned www.tedouterbridge.com you will find the latest news about the Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time show, as well as tour dates, all-new photos and videos, and exclusive merchandise. Also new to the site are dozens of press articles as well as a corporate page showing how Ted and Marion use the art of illusion as a powerful communications tool.
The 29th Annual Northwest Booking Conference will be the largest gathering of artists, their management and presenters of the performing arts in the region.
In 2009 hundreds of participants from the Northwest and beyond will attend the conference in Boise, Idaho, October 12-15, 2009.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge will be meeting and greeting at Ontario Contact in Richmond Hill, Ontario on October 23-25, 2009.
Ontario Contact is an annual opportunity for those working in the performing arts field to come together. It gives presenters, artists, artist agents and managers time to network, to discover new work, to be introduced to best practices and to do business.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge will be performing in the Shrine Fantasy Show Tour, touring British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan from December 2 to 19, 2009.
Proceeds from this show benefit many Shrine activities.
The Canadian Association of Magicians is dedicated to the promotion and encouragement of magic and magicians in Canada.
Their members and friends meet every second year for a convention which in 2009, presented some of the most talented and gifted magicians in Canada.
Ted and Marion were chosen to close the final gala performance.
To promote an upcoming performance in Montreal, Ted and Marion brought Zelda the Psychic Chicken to one of Montreal’s most popular radio stations, 92.5 the Q.
With the help of a deck of weather flash cards, Zelda the Psychic Chicken successfully predicted the temperature on live radio.
Ted Outerbridge makes the front page of the Business section of The Montreal Gazette with a story titled “Marketing Magic – When it comes to selling, start with yourself. Ted Outerbridge is a perfect example”.
The story explains how the Outerbridges work with theatres to promote their performances of the Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time illusion show, and how they make it easy for theatres to sell the show.
It refers to Ted as “the most successful professional magician in Canada.”
Ted and Marion performed their levitation illusion for The Calgary Sun.
An RCMP officer was on hand to confirm that Ted’s magic on the radio was for real in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Ted and Marion are the first magicians to be nominated for the British Columbia Touring Council's Touring Artist of the Year award, and they are greatly honoured. To qualify, artists must demonstrate artistic excellence in their discipline and the highest degree of professionalism in touring.
Following performances at the Maple Ridge Arts Centre & Theatre in British Columbia Ted Outerbridge took time out to levitate the world’s largest ball of gaffer tape.
Zelda the Psychic Chicken, who performs live with Ted and Marion, made her media debut when she successfully predicted the weather on The Weather Network.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge are the first illusionists ever to be selected to showcase in the adult category of Ontario Contact, an annual presenter’s conference held in Mississauga, Ontario.
A new Magical Moments in Time poster is designed by Walt Disney artist Samantha Youssef.
Ted and Marion’s new levitation illusion, “Tango Flotante” has made the front page of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review online magazine in an article about how reversing the direction of a quantum force could prevent nano devices from sticking together--and even make them levitate.
Ted and Marion create the ultimate magical moment in time by getting married in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ted appeared on Season Four of the Discovery Channel’s Mystery Hunters TV show.
Ted and Marion make regular appearances at the Casino de Montreal.
Ted and Marion’s illusions appear in a high school Science and Technology textbook published by GTK Press. The Grade 8 Optics textbook by GTK Press uses a photograph of the Outerbridges performing an illusion to demonstrate that relying on our sense of vision can sometimes be misleading.
Ted was chosen to lecture on the art of illusion design for the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology. His lecture was the most highly attended lecture at the CITT’s conference.
Ted and Marion celebrate New Year’s Eve with performances to audiences of over 8000 at SkyDome in Toronto. Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome, is one of the most dynamic and versatile entertainment centres in the world.
The Outerbridges’ magic is hip enough to appear on MuchMusic.
The success of the Magical Moments in Time tour results in return bookings on Princess Cruises’ newest ship, the Coral Princess.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge combine real-life experiences with a unique fusion of magic, dance, and theatre – and the result is a new show called Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time, which is now touring North American theatres and casinos.
Award-winning choreographer Pattie Obey assists in the creation of new choreography for several new Magical Moments in Time original illusions, including “The Time Machine” and “The Museum of Time”.
Ted makes his debut on the Discovery Channel’s Mystery Hunters TV show with Doubting Dave. Mystery Hunters is an award-winning Discovery Kids documentary series on the paranormal, the supernatural and the incredible.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge perform for Princess Cruises aboard the Crown Princess.
Despite offers to extend the tour in Germany, Outerbridge – Magical Moments in Time returns to Canada. The show amazes magicians and laymen alike with its latest illusion, “A Lady Divided... Under Test Conditions”.
Ted and Marion perform a one-month run at the oldest variety theater in Germany, the Hansa-Theater in Hamburg.
Ted’s innovative media stunts and top-notch performances earn sensational reports from the critics, including the front page of Canada’s The National Post newspaper and an invitation to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Working with award-winning choreographer Don Jordan and lead assistant and dancer Marion Outerbridge, the Ted Outerbridge Magician Extraordinaire show tours Canada.
Ted Outerbridge tours Eastern Canada and performs at his second run in the Montreal Casino.
Ted Outerbridge introduces his “Straitjacket Escape” to the show, an illusion in which he escapes from a straitjacket and reappears in the middle of the audience.
Ted Outerbridge makes his casino debut in performances with the famous Québecois singer Michel Louvain at the Montreal Casino.
Ted Outerbridge’s illusion show is chosen by the Canadian Embassy to represent Canada in the United States.
Ted Outerbridge receives the Tom Auburn Award for magical excellence.
Ted Outerbridge designed, created, and performed a series of illusions for Gillette’s Cavalcade of Sports, which toured across Canada. The Cavalcade of Sports was the largest health and beauty aid promotion of its kind in the country.
Ted Outerbridge receives the Magician of the Year award from his peers.
Ted Outerbridge brought his illusions to the National Hockey League, performing a televised pre-game show in hockey arenas across Canada.
Ted’s latest show, Ted Outerbridge Illusions kicks off its tour of Eastern Canada.
Ted Outerbridge introduces a new high-tech illusion, The Woman in the Television, to his show and returns to the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival for the second time.
Ted Outerbridge makes his 60th television appearance on Télé-Métropole’s Ad-Lib hosted by Jean-Pierre Coallier.
Ted Outerbridge performs at the internationally renowned Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
Ted and Marion Outerbridge were the highlight of an Avon sales convention, incorporating magical product unveilings into their performance.
Ted Outerbridge performs at a trade show for A&M Records.
Ted Outerbridge produces a motorcycle on stage for a Yamaha sales convention.
The Cirque de Soleil once again recruits Ted Outerbridge and a Walt Disney special effects expert to collaborate on the development of its new show, Eclipse.
Tri-Star Pictures hires Ted to create the magic in the movie Switching Channels starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Reeves.
The Cirque du Soleil hires Ted Outerbridge as the magic consultant for its national TV special L’Enfant du Cirque.
Ted Outerbridge’s innovative style earns him first prize in two international magic competitions.
Ted Outerbridge’s TV career takes off with regular appearances on local English and French television in Montreal.
Ted Outerbridge stars in his own TV special, Magic with Ted Outerbridge on CF Cable Television.
Ted Outerbridge makes his international debut and front page headlines while performing at the Rosebank Theater in Bermuda.
At the age of 12, Ted Outerbridge is a sensation in his neighbourhood, performing at birthday parties as Magic Ted for $5.00 a show.
