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'sFool 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.
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]
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'sFool 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]
