Orcas Island magician Matthew Laslo is launching a summer tour of the San Juans.

“I absolutely love magic and performing,” he said. “It makes people believe in the impossible.”

The Magic Show is coming to the San Juan Community Theatre on July 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are an old fashioned $11 for adults and $6 for kids (service charge included) and are available online at www.sjctheatre.org and at the box office.

Laslo is an award-winning magician and illusionist who fell in love with the art of magic at seven years old when his grandfather gave him a magic kit for Christmas. Now, at 14 years old, he’s created his own full-length illusion show and regularly packs The Sea View theatre on Orcas with audiences lining up to see his amazing feats.

Laslo is best known on San Juan Island as “Matthew the Magician” who started performing at the San Juan County Fair at 10 years old. He says he’s thrilled to be able to bring his full illusion show to fans on San Juan. He is joined by assistants and aerial acrobatic performers Maria Bullock, Madi Jane West and Virginia Sides.

“Blending these two art forms is a natural,” says choreographer Bullock, who teaches students at her Orcas Island Aerial Acrobatic Studio.