It’s Magic, But Is It Art?

“It’s Magic, But Is It Art?” is a modern magic show that explores the changing meaning of art and magic through storytelling and mind-bending performances. The show takes audiences on a journey from the Middle Ages, when magic was associated with witchcraft and persecution, to contemporary conceptual art.

Sold-out Preview Run

The performance challenges perceptions and engages the mind, demonstrating how both art and magic can transform our understanding of reality. Through carefully crafted illusions and thought-provoking narrative, the show creates a unique space where the boundaries between performance art and magic blur, leaving audiences to question their own definitions of both.

  • Year: 2023
  • Medium: Performance Art / Magic Show
  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Location: Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  • Venue: Paradise in the Vault (Venue 29)
  • Venue Address: 11 Merchant Street, Edinburgh EH1 2QD
  • Age Rating: 12+
  • Ticket Price: £12 (£10 concession)

How would it feel to watch a conjuror perform in the Middle Ages, when suspected witches and sorcerers were cruelly tortured or burnt alive at the stake?

What if you then traveled, via some shamanistic ritual and a shared dream through an imaginary plane … all the way to the conceptual art of today?

In this modern magic show, Dimis takes you on a journey to explore the changing meaning of art and magic. He will tell stories and challenge your mind, as good art and magic must always do.

  • Preview Run: June 2023, Cyprus (Fully sold-out)
  • World Premiere: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2023
  • Performance Dates: 14-19 and 21-27 August, 2023
  • Show Times: 12:20
  • Starring: Dimis Michaelides
  • Producer: Elias Vasnic
  • Partners:
    • Artos Foundation
    • Mitos Centre of Performing Arts
    • Paradise Green (UK)