Masters of Illusion - Live! Tickets

This was our second Masters of Illusion show and it was not nearly as entertaining as the first one. A lot of the tricks didn’t translate well to a theatre audience who couldn’t see the card tricks up close. The tricks also had such long setups that I lost interest in what was happening.

For the price of the show, I was expecting more from it. My one son really enjoyed it but my other son didn’t. It had some laughs but really dragged on in places. It could’ve been at least 30-45 mins shorter and still presented all the content. The show should be called Masters of Mentalism not Illusion.

The show was entertaining but not worth the amount of $$ We were charged for a half decent seat. The performers were good but we felt like there were very little illusions. We thought we were going to more of a magic show than a comedy show. Don’t get me wrong, the comedy was good and the illusions were decent, it just wasn’t what we thought we were going to get.

Was nothing like the preview I saw on YouTube. No magic, was hard to stay concentrated to the show. Thought after the 30 min break the 2nd half would be actual magic but no it was just more guessing your card. I wouldn’t go see again. Don’t waste your time I’m disappointed.

Very disappointed with the show. Don't know what the levitating woman on the poster had to do with it as it was basically very amateurish card tricks. More of a comedy review with audience participation. All in all definitely not worth the ticket price.

Low quality amateur performance .I would not recommend it to anyone

I guess the best trick of all was fooling you into believing you would be seeing some illusions. The first hour of the show consisted of a girl-in-a-box trick that wouldn't fool anyone over the age of 12, three card tricks, a trick using a not-too-reliable (at the Calgary show at least) handheld printer, and a WHOLE LOT of padding out. It's a 2,000 seat auditorium and the bulk of the first hour is based on three basic card-force and palming card tricks that no-one beyond the first couple of rows can see. I can't review the second half of the show because we performed our own disappearing act at the interval - along with quite a number of other people. Maybe the second half was where the action was, maybe the second half included an act that did the show poster justice, maybe the second half of the show left David Copperfield in the dust. Maybe........but I'd bet my house it didn't. What I saw would have been more suited to entertaining senior citizens in a care home rather than 2,000 paying customers in a large auditorium. Awful. Truly....TRULY awful.

Entertaining show for sure. Comedy and characters are good. "Masters of illusion" they are not, if you want a good magic show you will be disappointed. Was quite gimmicky and cheap in regards to illusions. If you just want a fun night out and a laugh then check it out. If you want mind blowing magic, wait for the illusionists to return to spend your money.

All the videos we viewed and the advertisements we saw where for masters of illusion. I felt we saw more birthday party magicians without any amazing acts. Lots of funny moments and laughs, but the magic was VERY disappointing. Not worth the money.

Old acts, seemed liken the show was a last minute put together. Dis not enjoy

We waited a long time for this show due to the pandemic. It was disappointing as you could actually see how many of the tricks were performed. I have seen magic shows in Vegas etc and this was not in my opinion worth the money. Not professional and even a little cheesy!

Too long looking for audience members, too many card tricks abs terrible video allowed for it to be next to impossible to see. Was certainly expecting larger tricks.

This show was a waste of money, it absolutely was no illusions. It was low quality card tricks and if you didn’t sit close you couldn’t see a thing. The sound quality was awful too. I can say in my many years of shows, I have never left something before until this event. I was very disappointed, nothing like advertised.

Masters of Illusion is a very entertaining and fun show. Extremely funny and incredible illusions.

The show was made up of run of the day tricks. The game of the numbers took way too long. Chip was the only redeeming part of the night however couldn’t overcome the dreadful other acts. In all my years of going to events I’ve never been that disappointed.

I would not recommend this show. The quality of magic was very low . Painful long card tricks , bad comedy. It felt like a show you would see in 1970 . There was multiple people leaving during the show .

Chipper was fantastic, the other two acts were average at best. The sound quality was poor. We have been to other Master of Illusion shows and they were much better. Too many card tricks. Not very entertaining except for Chipper. I would not recommend this show with the current line up of magicians.

Saw the Illusionists 3 years ago in Calgary, very professional. This show…far from it. Very amateur. Did they just pick up these so called “world famous” magicians off the street! Brutal, waste of time and money. Left during intermission, couldn’t stand it.

I want to start off by saying Chipper was genuinely funny, but the rest of the show was completely underwhelming. Was really excited for big magic tricks and crazy illusions but all this show served was basic card tricks and childish humour. Would not go again.

Title was better than show. Was more slight of hand / card tricks and party magic then major illusions. Some of the acts were slopping and depending on where you were seating you could see how the "magic" was done. Did not start well as they were doing the appearing assistance from.an empty box buy when they titled the box forward to show it was empty you could clearly see the black blanket hump she was hidding under.. Still all the preformers had great personalities, had great interactions with audience and was a very pleasant time. From talking to a few fellow audience members over 25 they all felt the same way.. maybe we should have watched the show on tv prior to buying tickets lol who knows but everyone was like thiught we were seeing somethingike Kris Angle