For two nights only, an interactive modern illusion show that won the Traveller’s Choice Award is coming to Perth’s oldest five-star hotel

Step into a night where misdirection, laughter and impossible moments unfold inches from your table at Theatre of Magic Perth. Created by illusionist Christopher Wayne, the original Boston experience was a 2025 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award winner, placing it among the top 10% of experiences worldwide. Now, this intimate format brings close-up magic, modern illusion and playful audience interaction together in a way that feels stylish, surprising and wonderfully hard to explain.

What is Theatre of Magic?

Theatre of Magic is an intimate live magic experience where sleight of hand, illusion, comedy and suspense happen at close range, with the audience drawn right into the mystery. Rather than a distant stage spectacle, it leans into the thrill of seeing the impossible unfold up close—through modern showmanship, interactive moments and the kind of clever misdirection that has long made close-up magic so irresistible.

📍Location: 14 Mill St, Perth, 6000

📍Venue: Parmelia Hilton Perth

📅 Date: September 19 & October 17

♿ Accessibility: the venue is wheelchair accessible (ADA compliant)

🎟️ Ticket price: From $69.00 per person

What makes Parmelia Hilton Perth the perfect venue?

The Parmelia Hilton Perth contains a rich, multi-layered history stretching back to the city’s colonial roots. Opened in 1968 as Perth’s first international five-star hotel, it takes its name not from a luxury corporate brand, but from the 1829 ship Parmelia that brought the original British settlers to the Swan River Colony. Adding to its historical footprint, the property was built next to the demolished 1936 Hotel Adelphi—a lavish, vanished landmark whose memory lives on in the Hilton’s signature restaurant. Today, updated by a 2021 redesign, the hotel stands as a highly specific historical bridge between Perth’s foundational origins, its early hospitality culture, and its mid-century emergence as a global luxury destination.

At Parmelia Hilton Perth, the setting adds an extra layer of polish to the evening, grounding all that wonder in a venue made for a sophisticated night out. Over the coming months, on selected dates, you can settle in for an experience shaped by award-winning origins, intimate illusions and the shared electricity of a room reacting in real time