How the glamorous assistants are taking over: Women make better magicians than men, claims president of the Magic Circle..
Women are taking a leading role in magic which could soon see men ‘dressed in Spandex’ and being sawn in half after nearly a century of being excluded.
The Magic Circle was founded as a gentleman’s club in 1905 but women were not allowed to join until 1991.
But after such a long time being excluded, the club’s president Scott Penrose now thinks that women could become better magicians than men.
In an interview with The Independent, he said that the tide is turning on the male-dominated art, and that women’s bodies may even be better suited to certain tricks. Read more and watch the videos at: