Hayden Childress is a close-up magic and mentalism and stage magic artist based in New York. Television appearances include featured guest performances on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Regularly featured on the bill at Urban Illusions.
Hayden Childress is a close-up magician and mentalist based in New York, New York. Hayden Childress's career includes appearing on Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1 times. Hayden Childress headlines a residency at Urban Illusions in New York.
Magician and mentalist Hayden Childress treats magic as an artistic medium rather than a puzzle, drawing on indie music, analog art and the cultural gaps between perception and reality. He has appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us on the CW network, and his work has been covered by Bloomberg and Timeout New York.
Every weekend he performs Urban Illusions, his 20-seat close-up residency in an East Village basement: a dark room, free black coffee, haze and VHS tapes, a show built on word of mouth into a cult following. He has also been commissioned for private events with groups such as Google, AirBnb, Microsoft and Gatorade, tailoring each performance to the moment, from mingling close-up work that escalates through the night to a banquet of 500 guests or a sit-down show for 20 in a private room.
One appearance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
Aired 19 November 2021
Did not fool Penn & Teller
Search YouTube We haven’t confirmed a clip of this performance yet.FindMagic has documented 78 individually dated public performances across 2 venues in New York from 2019 to 2026. With 37 documented performances at Urban Illusions, New York serves as an enduring artistic home, drawing magic enthusiasts night after night to witness world-class deception.
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Urban Illusions · New York, NY
The Players Theatre · New York, NY
Sleight of hand at intimate distance — cards, coins, and sleight of hand.
Mind reading, psychological predictions, and telepathy.
Full-scale stage presentation crafted for seated audiences.
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