Beyond the Cabaret

Barry and Stuart

Barry and Stuart are two Scottish BAFTA nominated comedy magicians. They regularly perform wonder invoking, laughter inducing, awe-inspiring magic. Stylistically dark and weird they are creepy, cool, and funny.

Originally from Aberdeenshire in Scotland the duo made their television début with the Channel 4 Golden Rose nominated series Magick. Following its runaway success, they went on to host the comedy series, Dirty Tricks, a live studio magic and variety show which was nominated for a Golden Rose at Lucerne in 2006.
They caused a national outcry with their Channel 4 Christmas and Easter specials, The Magic of Jesus and Tricks from the Bible in which the pair visited Egypt to walk on water, raise the dead, and even make a real honest-to-goodness virgin pregnant. As a result of these specials they were jointly nominated for a Scottish BAFTA in the category of 'Best Performance.'

Their weird and funny illusions have earned them places in "The Twenty Sickest Tricks of All Time," (Sky One) "Music Hall Meltdown" (BBC4) and, more recently The List magazine's Hot 100 of 2008.

In 2009 they created a revolutionary new form of magic for the internet which the BBC used on the iPlayer as their official April Fools Day stunt. It ranked up millions of hits and had people all over the world convinced that they had real psychic powers! Within just one week it officially became BBC3's most successful online clip.

More magical than even Merlin himself, more laughter inducing than a bed full of extremely tickly feathers and more twisted than your twisty DNA structure Barry and Stuart are dark, often bloody but above all very funny.

"Dark Vaudeville for the 21st century"
Metro

"Hugely enjoyable, funny and engaging"
The Stage 'Must See'

"Subversive magicians Barry and Stuart boldly go where others fear to tread. Watch and marvel."
Scotland on Sunday

"Barry and Stuart are masters of dark comedy magic."
TV Times

"Grisly trickery and quick-witted Scottish banter…talented young guys"
Time Out

"Impeccably slick magic provided by the ultimate dark showmen Barry and Stuart"
BBC Comedy

"They are about as far away from plucking white rabbits out of hats as you are likely to get."
WhatsOn London

"Genuinely remarkable"
Sunday Telegraph

"The most consistently original, creative and exciting force in British magic."
Derren Brown