Woman Disguises Herself as Man, Outsmarts Magic Circle’s Boys’ Club—Then Outs Herself

Woman who tricked her way into mens-only Magic Circle to rejoin it is the kind of magic headline you need today—in 1991, Sophie Lloyd posed as a man to bypass the club’s strict rules, but revealed the stunt on the same night female magicians were finally admitted. Britain's most exclusive conjurer clique got schooled in illusion.