Wizard World: Top Five Illusionists

Do you believe in magic? Not the everyday kind where for reasons unknown to man nor beast, the toast you left in 2 minutes too long didn’t burn; real magic, the kind where you are caught completely off guard and you become so intrigued you lose sleep at night trying to uncover the mystery. Well this particular form of magic is something that has fascinated society for millennia, inspiring folk tales, cult movements and entire commercial industries – and its power over us doesn’t seem to be in any danger of waning as our curiosity and appetite for magicians, wizards and magic-makers of all kinds is at an all-time high. From magical movie franchises to event artists extraordinaire, magic is everywhere and in honour of those that bring it to us, here are five of the moment’s best loved magic makers: