Inside the secretive world of Australia’s award-winning magicians | elizabethflux
Every three years, the best of the best in the world of magic get together for FISM – or, as it’s more affectionately known, “the olympics of magic”. It’s prestigious and selective, with each country only allowed to send a set number of competitors.
Chambers, who lives in Melbourne, fell in love with magic when introduced to it by his grandfather, who learned tricks to connect with his grandchildren. From there, Chambers threw himself into the craft and started working as a magician when he was a teenager and just never stopped. He was a semi-finalist onMagic is his full-time career – if he isn’t performing in a show, he’s developing one. His work blends humour and magic skill, mixing the absurd and the amazing.
Tim Ellis, artistic director of the Melbourne Magic Festival, one of the biggest Australian gatherings of magicians, says: “We have been surviving and thriving without government support.” He points to the many magic events that take place around Australia every week and the annual Magic Festival which supports magicians to innovate. “I try to rent all the rooms out so that if you sell 10 tickets, you break even, which is unlike any other festival in the world,” Ellis explains.
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