Magic consultant for film, television and theatre

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Portrait of mentalist and magic consultant Tijl Kerckhove

Some impossible moments are built for someone else to perform.

As a magic consultant I help design those moments behind the scenes: illusions, methods and dramaturgy for film, television, theatre and brands.

The work is just as often psychological as technical: a con that survives a second viewing, a twist the audience accepts instantly, a choice that feels free but lands exactly where the story needs it.

The work

Good consulting is invisible.

Sometimes that means a fully worked-out illusion, sometimes a method for a scene that already exists on paper, sometimes an honest answer about what will and won't fool an audience.

Background

A performer first

I've been in magic since 2006 and turned professional in 2021, first as a theatre consultant, today mostly as a close-up mentalist at events. That practice keeps the advice honest: I know what an audience actually sees, and what it only thinks it saw.

Working on
something impossible?

Tell me about the production or the idea: the medium, the stage it's at and what should feel impossible. You'll get an honest answer about what I can add.

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