stage magicians

Theatrical sleight-of-hand artists

Stage magicians are performers who create illusions of impossible feats—making objects vanish, producing things from nothing, escaping restraints, or appearing to read minds.

The term distinguishes entertainers who perform tricks from those claiming actual supernatural powers.

The stage magician sawed his assistant in half.

Related

grand illusion · smoke and mirrors · sleight of hand · conjurer · legerdemain · hat · misdirection · Blackstone · showmanship · Houdini · disappearing act · entertainment · audiences · performance · cape · assistants · hidden compartment · trap door

Opposites
authenticity of supernatural power

stage magicianssupernatural beings

Entities beyond physical reality

shamans · miracle workers · faith healers · necromancers · psychics

transparency of method

stage magiciansskeptics

Those who doubt claims

rationalists

entertainment context

stage magiciansjournalists

News gatherers and writers

scientists · lecturers · witnesses

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G