Best Comedy Magic Show at the Melbourne Magic Festival
Carisa Hendrix (born 1987) is a Canadian magician, comedian, and fire eater who often performs in the persona of Lucy Darling, inspired by the wisecracking socialite characters from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hendrix's interest in magic began while watching a David Copperfield special with their father at the age of six or seven.[4][5] Later, while volunteering at a library, they created a well received magic trick involving library cards.[4]
At the age of 16, Hendrix was kicked out of the family home. Needing to make money, they worked a variety of retail jobs, and at a haunted house for $50 per night, performing a ten minute set using skills learned from sideshow performers at a youth summer arts program, such as fire eating.[4][1][6]
Hendrix began booking gigs, learning additional skills such as stilt walking, which allowed them to leave retail jobs and focus on performing. They incorporated a comedic flair, combining magic with circus arts.[6]
Their career skyrocketed following an invitation by an Italian world record television show to break the record for Torch Teething, which is holding a flaming torch between the teeth.[6]
Hendrix is a regular performer at The Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California, performing as Lucy Darling, the Mistress of Magic: a sharp-tongued, comedic magician partly based on Dorothy Parker.[5][10]
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