Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Magic festival a winter treat
THE 2018 Traditional Children’s Magic Festival, presented by the worldfamous College of Magic, invites Cape Town’s families to escape from the freezing cold into a fantastical world of magic at the college’s warm and mysterious Victorian Manor in Claremont from Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 June.
Magical hijinks are the order of the day as the cast take festivalgoers on a whirlwind tour of the century-old manor with incredible magic shows, hands-on interactive workshops, thrilling games, magical photo opportunities and more!
The festival, now in its 24th year, is family entertainment at its best with more than 50 talented college graduates and students performing an array of fantastical feats including juggling, escapology, stilt-walking, mime and clowning.
It’s magic galore and all just for you!
The College of Magic, the only organisation of its kind in the world, has been teaching the art of magic and its allied arts as well as vital life-skills to children and adults since
1980.
It is thrilled to once again host the festival.
“Our Children’s Magic Festival is a popular indoor winter school holiday event in Cape Town and we’re always looking at ways it can be even more enchanting“says Yolandi van Jaarsveldt, chief executive of the College of Magic.
The Festival will be held at the College of Magic,
215 Imam Haron Road in Claremont, with the 90-minute show programme running daily at 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm.
Experience the impossible at the College of Magic this winter school holiday:
Tickets for the 2018 Traditional Children’s
Magic Festival are R90 per person with discounts for family bookings. Book yours today at www. collegeofmagic.com/tickets. – JBJ Reporter