About

You Married A Witch!

🪄 Starring Calista Sinclair, direct from Paris!  

World champion prize-winner and Australian magician Calista Sinclair brings her signature mix of magic and theatre. Using illusion to tell the truth about being a female human in this world; will she be burnt at the stake or simply sawn in half?

Calista will be bringing a brand new 45 minute full stage show to this year's Melbourne Magic Festival.

Calista Sinclair is a multidisciplinary artist—magician, dancer, and performer—whose work redefines the boundaries of illusion. Originally from Australia, she began her artistic career as a contemporary dancer and graduated with honors in Performance Studies from the University of Sydney. A founding member of the DirtyFeet dance collective, she honed her stagecraft through her interactions with avant-garde choreographers and a deep immersion in contemporary Aboriginal dance with Vicki Van Hout. These formative experiences inform her unique vision of magic: an art of movement, symbolism, and embodied storytelling.

She now develops her own solo creations:

• 2018: How to become a magician in less than 57 minutes , show for young audiences (Gaîté Montparnasse).
• 2024: Magician, in turn , an autofiction show exploring the place of women in magic. This project benefited from a residency at the Magic WIP in La Villette

Highlights
✨ You will be the first in the world to see Calista's brand new stage show
🎩 Born in Australia, Calista has been studying and performing in Paris for the last 20 years
🏆 She is a FISM World Champion Award Winner!
🍸 Enjoy a drink and a snack before the show in Magic Central (bring it in with you!)

*Learn more about Calista by clicking here*

General Info
📅 Dates and times: 6.45pm from Tuesday June 30 to Saturday July 4, 2026
⏳ Duration: 45 minutes
📍 Location: Arrow on Swanston: The Houdini Theatre. 488 Swanston St, Carlton
👤 Age requirement: This show is a family-oriented show and recommended for ages 6+
♿ Accessibility: the venue is fully accessible
❓ Please find more information about The Melbourne Magic Festival here

Reviews
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This movement, which essentially seeks to promote a more thoughtful, more theatrical species of magic show, here finds its expression in a series of ten or so short scenes that are at once funny, poetic and charming.' - Time Out Paris

Location

Arrow on Swanston: Houdini Theatre
488 Swanston Street, Carlton Vic 3053

Get directions

 DATE:  Tuesday 30 June 2026 - Saturday 4 July 2026 (UTC+10)

Contact Event Organiser