Jay & Joss

Jay & Joss (Jamie Docherty and Lewis Joss) are a UK contemporary magic and illusionist couple. They met at the world's largest magic convention, got engaged in 2019 and further got married in 2023. Jay & Joss have appeared on Britain's Got Talent, BBC Three, Channel 4, Penn & Teller's Fool Us  and Radio X's Chris Moyles Show. They have performed together for over 10 years and are regular entertainers at the Royal Variety Aftershow Party. They are currently regular performers at the three Butlin's sites in the UK.

Characters
Jay is played by Jamie Docherty AIMC (Associate of The Inner Magic Circle), a magician born in Northamptonshire in 1995.

Joss is played by Lewis Joss AIMC, born and raised in Bedfordshire. Lewis started work as an actor before turning his hand to performing magic full-time. Lewis has been promoted to the Associates of The Inner Magic Circle with a Silver Star.

Career
Jay & Joss have performed twice at the Bedford Fringe Festival, the UK's 4th largest fringe festival. In 2020 Jay & Joss co-starred in the BBC Three mini-series School of Hard Tricks, where with other magicians they taught six strangers, battling personal challenges, to master the art of magic for a performance in a sold out theatre. They were featured in the 2020 Channel 4 documentary, A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain.

In November 2021 Jay & Joss appeared via a video link in the Rock Paper Magic! episode of Penn & Teller's Fool Us magic competition television series. Their trick was described as "...a really funny routine and perfectly done," but Penn and Teller were not fooled. During 2021 Jay & Joss adapted their shows for a coronavirus lock-downed virtual audience and described to the press the challenges this raised.

They performed at a fundraiser in April 2021 for the Huntington's Disease Association Youth Engagement Service. In September 2022 Jay & Joss performed in London's longest-running theatre magic show on tour, West End Magic, in Norwich. Radio X's Chris Moyles Show featured Jay & Joss in February 2023 assisting a presenter to perform sawing a woman in half live. For the last 3 years Jay & Joss have performed in 250 shows a year across all of Butlin's holiday resorts.

In May 2024 they appeared on Season 17 of Britain's Got Talent, with a wedding-themed routine that captivated both the judges and the audience. The couple, involved judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli in their act.

Awards
In 2017 Lewis Joss won the Northamptonshire Close-Up Magician of the Year Award.

In 2021 Lewis Joss was promoted to the Associates of The Inner Magic Circle with a Silver Star.