Award Winning Magic and Comedy in Branson! Dave & Denise Hamner and Jim Barber are certainly recognized worldwide by their peers. Individually and jointly, these masters of variety entertainment have received many of the top honors delegated only to the best in their industry. Branson audiences are in for a treat when they experience the [...]

Magical Parrots & A Talking Mutt at the Hamner Barber Theater From the moment the curtain opens on the Hamner Barber Variety Show, the audience is transported to a magical world where beautiful tropical birds appear seemingly out of nowhere, flying over the heads of the astonished audience. With all the action, one would think [...]

Article by Stephen Landis. Reprinted with permission from Vent Arts, Issue No.7 Vol.2 Summer 2004 Vent Arts – The Publication about The Art of Ventriloquism Branson, Missouri must be the magician and ventriloquist capital in the area of the country I live in. There are more ventriloquist and magicians performing there than I have ever [...]

Comedian Jim Barber and illusionist team The Hamners announce today that they will star in a new production show entitled the HAMNER BARBER VARIETY SHOW opening the evening of April 9, 2004 at “The Victorian,” formerly known as the “Sons of the Pioneers Theater” next to the Victorian Shopping Center on Shepherd of the Hills Expressway in Branson, Missouri. This new [...]