Tom Cassani

Tom Cassani is a UK based performance maker working with choreography, magic and live art.

His performances draw on an expanded approach to magic examining the nature of perception and truth. Using his body as a site of deception the work explores the construct of performing the impossible.

Cassani’s illusory texts, imagery and physicality expose the body as an unreliable measure of truth, and his unique approach reveals the mechanics of trickery ensuring we stay aware of our own role in experiencing something that isn’t real.

"Iterations" centres Cassani’s obsession with the skill and precision of sleight of hand magic. It invites us to consider the performance of the seemingly impossible. Through deconstructed routines and text that re-imagines the aesthetic tropes of magic, we are offered time to reflect and re-interpret.

This exposé of the practising magician explores how impossibilities emerge through repetition, actions, gestures and self-reflection. See how placing a coin into a pocket becomes a lifetime's work.

Learn how hard it really is, to do something impossible so effortlessly.

"Cassani toys with us, replaying his mystifying act with variations, even standing right among the audience."
— Chris Wiegand, The Guardian

"Intertwining entertainment with performance art, Cassani both captivates and inspires introspection."
— Fatemeh Esmaeilghorbaninejad, Springback Magazine