Artifice with Stuart Lightbody

Stuart Lightbody brings you a magic show about making connections and rediscovering wonder. In the right hands, there might just be art in artifice. Winner of the Theatre Award at the FringeWorld Festival in Australia (2018). "Splendid... sitting wide-eyed in the presence of the obviously impossible." - The Times (2017)

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Stuart Lightbody has spent over 20 years studying and sharing the art of magic. This is his 10th year in a row performing at the Grahamstown National Arts festival.

Stuart tours his theatre shows across 3 continents. He can be found entertaining anywhere from private parties on the island of Capri, Italy, to theatres on luxury cruise liners, to corporate shows for the biggest Fortune-500 companies.

As a South African Magic Champion, Stuart has represented his country at the World Magic Championships in Sweden and at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. He has also won numerous local and international awards at arts festivals and magic gatherings, including two "Silver Ovation Awards" at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival, a "Weekly Best of Festival Award" at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the "Creative Award" at the Prague Fringe Festival and the "Theatre Award" at Fringe World Festival in Australia.

He spends his life pondering, practicing and performing moments that are beautifully impossible.