Paul Gleeson

Rua is a multi-award-nominated Corporate and Wedding Magician from Dublin, Ireland, who for the past 12 years has been the leading force in modern magical entertainment. In this time as a professional entertainer he has written and starred in his own massive ten part TV series, Draíocht, on TG4, which saw him combining mind-blowing street magic with impossible mentalism, and death defying escape stunts.

His skill-sets have been featured heavily across the Irish media with featured performances and interviews on The Late Late Show, The Saturday Night Show, Today Live, Ireland AM, Exposé, TwoTube, The BBCNIand many more. An additional host of high-profile radio interviews (RTE, Today FM, Spin, Newstalk etc.) and magazine articles alongside two highly acclaimed one-man shows have garnered him waves of notable attention which have forged a clear path in making Rua the magician unto the world’s elite, and the first choice for Weddings & Corporate events. He is also the 2018 finalist for BEST CORPORATE ENTERTAINER in the prestigious 2018 Event Industry Awards, and the only Magician / Mentalist to be nominated and shortlisted this year.

His one-man shows Of Rogues and Knavesand Secrets for Sale have been sell-out hits in the Dublin Fringe Festival, leading critics to write that ‘Rua has firmly established himself as a Master in the dying though still fascinating craft of live deception ‘ (The Irish Theatre Magazine), and ‘Rua clearly has Derren Brown within his sights’ (The Irish Times).