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.
After winning national ‘Young Magician of the Year’ competitions the duo wrote and starred in their own television series, the award-nominated “Magick.” This ground breaking series featured psycho-induced conjuring feats and continues to be shown all over the world.
In 2005 they hosted the Channel 4 Friday night comedy series, “Dirty Tricks,” a live studio magic show in which Barry and Stuart presented the greatest and strangest acts from around the world and which was nominated for a Golden Rose at Montreux.
In their Christmas and Easter special, “The Magic of Jesus,” and “Tricks from the Bible,” the pair raised the dead, walked on water and even made a real honest-to-goodness virgin pregnant. These feats were so impressive they resulted in Barry and Stuart being nominated by BAFTA Scotland for an award in the category of Best Performance.
Their weird illusions have also earned them places in “The Twenty Sickest Tricks of All Time,” (Sky One) “The Top Fifty TV Moments,” (Five) and even a shameful place in the Off Com twenty most complained about programs on television.
When performing live Barry and Stuart present a mixture of jaw-dropping magic, head-warping feats and comedy sketches involving genuine members of the audience.
More magical than even Merlin himself, more laughter inducing than a bed full of extremely tickly feathers and more twisted that your twisty DNA structure Barry and Stuart are dark, often bloody but above all very, very funny.
PRESS QUOTES
“Subversive magicians Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod boldly go where others fear to tread. Watch and marvel.” Scotland on Sunday
“Their own brand of darkly humorous, bizarre illusions has proved a cult hit.” The Press and Journal
“Barry and Stuart work modern-day magic.” Radio Times
“Funny but a bit sick and twisted too.” Daily Record
“Beneath the gore there are some genuinely remarkable tricks.” The Sunday Telegraph
“MacLeod and Jones’ approach to magic is refreshing… for those of you old or brave enough, its pure magic.” The Big Issue
“Burn the sorcerous blasphemers!” The Guardian
