Card Ninja

Javier Jarquin
from Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand

: November 8 – 22, 2023
Recommended Grades: Grades 3 – 6
Price: Students: $2
Chaperones: $5
What Kind of Show?: Comedy; cheeky and interactive; not a magic show
Running Time: 70 minutes with no intermission
Venue: Stage 42 422 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

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About the Show

Stand-up comedy meets standout card tricks when Javier Jarquin, aka Card Ninja, captivates with wry wisecracks and dazzling displays of dexterity. You won’t believe how far, how fast, how flawlessly he flicks a playing card at its target! A sold-out hit at festivals around the world and viewed over a million times online, this one-man-many-cards show will have you laughing and gasping in equal measure. We cannot emphasize this enough: It’s not a magic show. 😜

A top-notch royal flush of fun for the whole family

—The Edinburgh Reporter

Please note that the New Victory is temporarily relocating for three productions this fall due to some reconstruction in our home theater. Because of this, all performances of Card Ninja will take place at Stage 42 instead of the New Victory Theater.

Learn about this short-term change.

Things to Know

Born in Costa Rica, Javier Jarquin was raised in New Zealand by Latin American and Chinese parents. Growing up, he loved martial arts films and pretended to be a ninja.
Instead, he became a computer programmer and would fling business cards while bored at work. One day, he got a card to boomerang and thought, “Let’s take this on the road!”
The official term for the art of card throwing is “scaling.”

About the Artist

Javier Jarquin won the “So You Think You’re Funny?” competition in 2007 in New Zealand and quickly became a star on the comedy circuit Down Under. In 2010, he moved to London and is now a headline act around the UK and in Europe. Known for thinking fast and talking faster, Jarquin has performed Card Ninja at clubs, corporate events, arts festivals and on Pepsi Max’s Unbelievable web series.