Can’t Believe What You See? Sisuepahn Phila’s “Stars of Magic” takes place Saturday in Hermosa Beach
Sisuepahn Phila, Lady of Magic. Photo Sangria, at one time a popular nightlife destination on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, has long since vanished, but it was partly responsible for Sisuepahn Phila becoming a working, professional magician. That was 20 years ago, one night in 1996. Sisuepahn and some girlfriends had come down to the South Bay for some entertainment. “On Aviation and Grant we stopped at a stoplight,” she says, “and there was a car next to us,” with a fairly nice-looking man behind the wheel. Pleasantries were exchanged, and he asked where they were going and (after being told) could he join them? Oh, sure, yeah, come on over, they replied. “So he came, and he did magic for us,” Sisuepahn continues, “and he stole my watch. And I was so in awe with the magic; I had never seen anything like that. I was, oh my god, this is amazing.” That’s how Sisuepahn met Brian Gillis, one of the country’s top magicians. Six months later, because she was showing quite a bit of interest in wanting to learn the craft herself, Gillis asked Sisuepahn if she’d like to perform with him onstage. “That’s how I became a magician,” she says, although a lot of study and practice was involved…
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