Magician Jason Bird will perform at The Delamar West Hartford on Dec. 14.

Jason Bird’s ‘Parlor of Impossibilities’ is coming to West Hartford. Courtesy image

By Michelle Bonner

West Hartford is about to host something it has rarely, if ever, seen before – a magic experience designed not for an arena, not for a theater, but for a room small enough that you can hear a pencil scratch across paper and feel the weight of a deck of cards in your own hands.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, master magician and longtime Las Vegas headliner Jason Bird will debut Parlor of Impossibilities at The Delamar West Hartford, a one-night-only immersive magic and mentalism event with just 70 seats per performance.

The show marks a return to the long-lost art of parlor magic – an intimate style of performance once reserved for private salons and elite gatherings, where the audience sits close enough to see everything and still leave questioning what they just witnessed.

Bird, who spent more than 20 years headlining over 9,000 shows on the Las Vegas Strip, said the idea for this show emerged from a simple question: what happens when you remove the distance between the magician and the audience?

“I’ve spent years performing big shows in big rooms,” says Bird. “But the magic that stays with people – the magic they talk about years later – is the kind that happens close enough to touch. That’s what this show is built around.”

Unlike a traditional stage show, Parlor of Impossibilities relies heavily on audience involvement. Guests handle objects, make choices, and become part of the mechanics of the effects unfolding around them.

“This isn’t a show where you sit back and watch,” Bird explains. “The audience is part of the machinery of the magic. Their choices shape the experience.”

Jason Bird’s ‘Parlor of Impossibilities’ is coming to West Hartford. Courtesy image

The 80-minute experience blends sleight-of-hand, unpredictable mindreading, and quietly theatrical moments meant to feel “shared rather than shown.” The production intentionally avoids spectacle – no trapdoors, no smoke machines – in favor of refined close-up magic that happens at conversational distance.

Audience members should expect a show that is less about flashy stunts and more about tension, interaction, and the uncanny feeling that reality is bending in real time.

The Delamar will transform one of its private spaces into a bespoke parlor setting specifically for this limited engagement, aiming to create an atmosphere that matches the sophistication of the performance: candlelit, quietly cinematic, and designed to make the room itself feel like part of the illusion.

“Wonder is underrated,” adds Bird. “Adults should feel it more often. If people walk out questioning what they just saw – and maybe what else might be possible – that’s the goal.”

Tickets for both performances – 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. – are available now and expected to sell out quickly due to the extremely limited seating.

Jason Bird’s ‘Parlor of Impossibilities’ is coming to West Hartford. Courtesy image

SHOW DETAILS

• Venue: The Delamar Hotel, Hartford, CT
• Date: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
• Times: 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• Tickets: parlorofimpossibilities.com

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