Visitors to the Redondo Beach Castle may wonder a bit about all of the vintage magic posters, antique figurines, and emphasis on magic that can be seen throughout the home. The reason for these “magic touches” is that the castle is owned by world-class magician and “Entertainers to the Stars”, Brian Gillis.

Inspired by his preternaturally accurate and entertaining fortune telling grandmother, Brian took up magic as a hobby while acquiring degrees & teaching Psychology in college. He eventually apprenticed under the late, great Eddie Fechter, a man considered to be one of the greatest close-up magical entertainers of our time.

With his move to Hollywood, Brian almost instantly acquired an impressive list of credits including film and television roles; numerous Magic and Mentalism specials and high profile events such as entertaining at the Olympics and for the sequestered OJ Simpson jury. An eight-time nominee for Magician of the Year by the famed Academy of Magical Arts (Academy Awards of Magic). Brian was named”The World’s Best Close-up Magician” on the television special “The World Magic Awards”. He was featured on the CBS special “The World’s Greatest Magicians from the Magic Castle”. AND after appearing on the “Tonight Show” several times became known as “Johnny Carson’s Favorite Magician”.

Brian’s performing partner, Laotian born Sisuepahn combines the sexy image of Lucy Liu with the fast paced physical comedy of Jackie Chan. She adds an exotic Oriental mystique and comedic charm to her amazing demonstrations of Mentalism and Body Magic. As a young girl in her remote village of Southeast Asia, Sisuepahn displayed a natural flair for playfulness and puzzle solving. After moving to America, she quite by chance (or fate) met Brian at a traffic light in LA. When the light turned green, an extraordinary new professional relationship was born. Recognizing her intense interest in Magic and Mentalism, Brian enlisted the aid of the great mentalist Eddie Fields (now deceased) to help showcase her innate talents.

After thousands of hours of assiduous practice and research, Sisuepahn has mastered Psychic/Comedy/Body-Magic techniques that have not been witnessed in over a century.

Brian and Sisuepahn do not perform traditional Sleight-of-Hand Magic or Mentalism. They don’t use props. They achieve dimension to the show by virtue of the fact that they have such an interactive show. They have created a show that is as strong in strolling through the crowd as it is in a 2000 seat showroom; a show that is designed for intelligent audiences who love to laugh and to be mystified.

Learn more about Brian and Sue, and their world-class magical act by visiting their website at: http://www.gillismagic.com