Background
Reveen was born in Adelaide, Australia, and first came to North America in January 1961, landing in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Reveen was born in Adelaide, Australia, and first came to North America in January 1961, landing in Honolulu, Hawaii.
From there, he took an unpleasant boat ride to San Francisco, California and purchased a Greyhound Business ticket to Vancouver, British Columbia. Reveen began his career in the town of Chilliwack, British Columbia, booking himself into local community halls and legions, calling himself Reveen, the Impossibilist. To promote his shows, Reveen offered complimentary tickets to all businesses willing to put a poster in their storefront window.
In many towns, he also offered local radio stations a percentage of ticket sales in exchange for advertising.
In 1962, The Manitoba They Call Reveen was given the opportunity to perform in a movie house and his career took official He toured extensively through Canada and the United States for 35 years, eventually performing for over 6,000,000 people.
In September 2007, Reveen came out of retirement with a mini-tour of Atlantic Canada called The Return of Reveen. In December 2009, International Business Machines Corporation Ring 257 named Reveen their 2009 Magician of the Year.
As both Canada and Australia are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Reveen was granted a six-month visitor"s visa on 16 March 1961. Reveen was one of the founding members of the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, California, and in 1987 wrote the book The Superconscious World.