HISTORY
Since the age of 8, he has been practicing his craft, honing his skills and perfecting an art form that has astounded audiences both live and on television. Erik Mana’s skills in the art of illusion, sleight of hand, hypnosis, pick pocketing and mentalism has taken him across the globe performing for world leaders, celebrities, royalty and many of the world's most powerful corporations.
He began his professional career as a magician in 1989 in Toronto, Canada, and toured across the country with some of Canada’s respected masters in the industry. In ’95 he went on to study stage hypnosis and has since been a continuous student of the human condition, magic and all things bizarre. His skills developed to incorporate magic, mentalism and stage hypnosis all in one show, which made him one of a very select few in Canada to bring such skills together at that time.
In 2001, Erik moved back to his homeland of the Philippines and has since taken the country by storm with his own brand of magic and mayhem. He was the first Filipino magician to bring magic to television and into the mainstream. Erik Mana’s magic has also reached across the world, seeing stages in Canada, U.S.A., Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Qatar and Dubai. He is surely becoming an international phenomenon with the world as his stage and magic as his language.
Erik Mana is also a member of the world’s oldest and most prestigious magic society - The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.), whose members include Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone Jr., and David Copperfield.
Since the age of 8, he has been practicing his craft, honing his skills and perfecting an art form that has astounded audiences both live and on television. Erik Mana’s skills in the art of illusion, sleight of hand, hypnosis, pick pocketing and mentalism has taken him across the globe performing for world leaders, celebrities, royalty and many of the world's most powerful corporations.
He began his professional career as a magician in 1989 in Toronto, Canada, and toured across the country with some of Canada’s respected masters in the industry. In ’95 he went on to study stage hypnosis and has since been a continuous student of the human condition, magic and all things bizarre. His skills developed to incorporate magic, mentalism and stage hypnosis all in one show, which made him one of a very select few in Canada to bring such skills together at that time.
In 2001, Erik moved back to his homeland of the Philippines and has since taken the country by storm with his own brand of magic and mayhem. He was the first Filipino magician to bring magic to television and into the mainstream. Erik Mana’s magic has also reached across the world, seeing stages in Canada, U.S.A., Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Qatar and Dubai. He is surely becoming an international phenomenon with the world as his stage and magic as his language.
Erik Mana is also a member of the world’s oldest and most prestigious magic society - The Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.), whose members include Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone Jr., and David Copperfield.