A white man with piercing blue eyes is mostly in shadow, with only the right edge of his face in the light. He has blue tape all over his face, covering everything but his eyes, nostrils and mouth. He is holding some playing cards to his mouth as if he is about to eat them, his hand is in a blue latex medical glove.

Jim Dahl Presents

Magic: An Illustrated History

Name: Magic: An Illustrated History
Start: 2026-11-07T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-14T15:50:00+00:00

Date

Sat 7 - Sat 14 Nov 2026

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Everybody knows it’s not real, it’s done with magnets and mirrors, an extra piece, some secret thing…

Combining live vocals, puppetry and illusion to create a shifting and dreamlike narrative, Magic: An Illustrated History is a new show in which performer and musician Jim Dahl Presents an oblique history of magic, and the conflicting role of the magician as conjuror, raconteur, and charlatan.

“Strikingly grotesque” The New Statesman

“Possesses the most beautiful, bluesy, bluegrass voice you can imagine”

Buzz Magazine

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