Jay & Joss

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Jay & Joss
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Jamie Docherty (left) and Lewis Joss (right) at the Royal Albert Hall in 2022
Born
Jamie Docherty

(1994-09-19) September 19, 1994 (age 30)
Lewis Joss
(1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 28)
Occupation(s)Magicians, entertainers
Years active2012–present
Known for Magic
Website jayandjoss.co.uk
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Jay & Joss (Jamie Docherty and Lewis Joss) are a UK contemporary magic and illusionist couple. They met at the world's largest magic convention, got engaged in 2019 [1] and further got married in 2023. [2] Jay & Joss have appeared on Britain's Got Talent, BBC Three, [3] Channel 4, [4] Penn & Teller's Fool Us [5] and Radio X's Chris Moyles Show. [6] They have performed together for over 10 years and are regular entertainers at the Royal Variety Aftershow Party. [7] They are currently regular performers at the three Butlin's sites in the UK.

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Characters

Jay is played by Jamie Docherty AIMC [8] (Associate of The Inner Magic Circle), a magician born in Northamptonshire in 1995.

Joss is played by Lewis Joss AIMC, [9] born and raised in Bedfordshire. Lewis started work as an actor [10] before turning his hand to performing magic full-time. Lewis has been promoted to the Associates of The Inner Magic Circle with a Silver Star. [9]

Career

Jay & Joss have performed twice at the Bedford Fringe Festival, the UK's 4th largest fringe festival. [11] [12] In 2020 Jay & Joss co-starred in the BBC Three mini-series School of Hard Tricks, where with other magicians they taught six strangers, battling personal challenges, to master the art of magic for a performance in a sold out theatre. [3] They were featured in the 2020 Channel 4 documentary, A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain. [4]

In November 2021 Jay & Joss appeared via a video link in the Rock Paper Magic! episode of Penn & Teller's Fool Us magic competition television series. Their trick was described as "...a really funny routine and perfectly done," but Penn and Teller were not fooled. [5] During 2021 Jay & Joss adapted their shows for a coronavirus lock-downed virtual audience and described to the press the challenges this raised. [13] [14]

They performed at a fundraiser in April 2021 for the Huntington's Disease Association Youth Engagement Service. [15] In September 2022 Jay & Joss performed in London's longest-running theatre magic show on tour, West End Magic, in Norwich. [16] Radio X's Chris Moyles Show featured Jay & Joss in February 2023 assisting a presenter to perform sawing a woman in half live. [6] For the last 3 years Jay & Joss have performed in 250 shows a year across all of Butlin's holiday resorts. [17] [18]

In May 2024 they appeared on Season 17 of Britain's Got Talent, with a wedding-themed routine that captivated both the judges and the audience. The couple, involved judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli in their act. [1]

Awards

In 2017 Lewis Joss won the Northamptonshire Close-Up Magician of the Year Award. [19]

In 2021 Lewis Joss was promoted to the Associates of The Inner Magic Circle with a Silver Star. [9]

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