From Jan. 20 to 25, “The Illusionists,” a group of seven magicians, will perform a magic show at the Old National Centre in downtown Indianapolis. Haley Beach, magic enthusiast and junior, said she is considering attending the show because she and other students should expect to have a fun time seeing magicians performing acts of artifice and deception.

According to the tour’s official website, students are able to purchase the show’s tickets on the venue’s website in order to witness “The Illusionists” magicians perform tricks that feature levitation, mind reading, life-threatening illusions and a water-torture escape since each of the seven magicians, Anti-Conjuror, Warrior, Futurist, Inventor, Trickster, Escapologist and the Manipulator, specialize in a specific type of magic. These fields range, respectively, from shock illusions, weapon magic, technological acts, magic innovation, comedy magic, death defying acts and sleight-of-hand manipulation

Beach said these various magic genres and performances will allow the audience and students to experience a variety of unexpected magic tricks that only a magic show can provide because each illusionist will performs a variety of tricks unique to them“A magic show is really cool to go to, and it’s really interesting to watch illusions because they bring your attention away and around the person who is trying to perform and what (he or she) is performing. And the result is that it looks like magic and seems like magic as well,” she said. “So a show like (“The Illusionists”) sounds pretty cool.”

“My favorite part about magic shows and magic, in general, is how unexpected it can be especially like when you see a scene or show, and the magicians will change positions from making jokes before their magic tricks to being super serious. It’s really interesting, and whenever you’re watching them, you’re not expecting anything because it’s always something different,” Beach said.

So as a result, she said students, such as herself, should attend the show if they have background and interest in magic or enjoy performing illusions, collecting magic accessories and experiencing the element of surprise in the tricks.

“I always had an interest in magic, but I always remember in elementary school, we have people come over, and they occasionally had performances in the school cafeteria. So I remember this one time when they had a magic show there, and I just thought it was the coolest thing. So I wanted to learn how to do magic, and I kind of read (about magic) and went to a magician and balloon camp before, and I still remember a couple magic tricks like a bunch of really small stuff such as making things disappear in your hands.”

As a result, she said her interest in magic continued to grow from there and thinks that students will be more interested in it as well if they attend “The Illusionists” magic show. She said more students would be more encouraged to perform and learn about magic tricks based on her own personal experience.

“I was once at a fair, and there was this guy who had a small guillotine. Then, there was a girl who put her arm in it, and he dropped the guillotine down so it went through her arm. However, it didn’t slice (her arm) off, and I don’t know how he did it, but it was just really cool,” she said. “Now, I don’t perform professionally, and I never had performed in front of crowd. But if it’s a party and someone asks ‘Hey, anyone know a magic trick or something?,’ I will do a magic trick or if I’m really bored as well.”