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The Management is proud to present
ANDY
DUFRESNE
Stage Magician of Budapest
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ASTOUNDING & MYSTIFYING
The Overture
For 14 years I have made the impossible look ordinary and the ordinary look impossible. My touring show runs 90 minutes with no assistants and 22 props, and it has played 480 sold performances across 9 countries. I taught myself card work before I could tie a proper knot, and I still practice two hours before every curtain.
Principal Engagements
Headliner & Creative Director
The Gilded Owl Theatre, Budapest
2019 – present
- Built the resident show "The Vanishing Hour" from a 20-minute set into a full evening, now running 5 nights a week to an average house of 240.
- Designed 7 original illusions, one of which (a levitation using no wires) took 11 months and 340 rehearsal runs to perfect.
- Grew the theatre's magic program from 1 to 6 performers and cut prop-failure incidents to under 0.3 percent of cues.
Touring Illusionist
The Crimson Curtain Revue (international tour)
2015 – 2019
- Performed 310 dates across 9 countries, closing the second act with a doves-and-cards finale that used 4 live birds and a 52-card cascade.
- Kept the show on schedule with a 12-minute reset between houses on 3-show Saturdays.
Close-up Magician
Café Moriška & private salons
2011 – 2015
- Worked 6 tables a night, roughly 900 guests a month, on a repertoire of 30 close-up routines.
- Won a Budapest close-up contest in 2014, judged over 3 rounds against 28 entrants.
The Programme
Feats & Honors
- Golden Card, Danube Magic Circle 2021
- Best Stage Act, Vienna Salon 2018
- Close-up Champion, Budapest 2014
- Featured, "Wonders" televised gala 2020
Secrets of the Trade
- Sleight of hand & card manipulation
- Stage illusion design & rigging
- Dove & animal handling (licensed)
- Mentalism & cold reading
- Prop fabrication & woodworking
Apprenticeship
Training
- Danube School of Conjuring Dip. 2010
- Apprentice to a retired vaudeville act 2008–2011
Tongues
- Hungarian native
- English fluent
- German working
✦ PREPARE TO BE MYSTIFIED ✦
No wires. No mirrors. No refunds for the merely amazed.