The Sydney Opera House was forced to cancel a sell-out show on Saturday after one of the world's most renowned hypnotists fell to his death from an 11th floor unit in Pyrmont.

Dr Scott Lewis, known as the Hypnotist, was in Sydney for a show entitled The Illusionists 2.0, which opened at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday. But two days into the Vegas-style spectacular, tragedy struck when the master performer failed to board the morning shuttle bus that was to transport him and his onstage colleagues to the venue.

Dr Scott Lewis: Plunged to his death from a Pyrmont apartment block.

His body was found about 9.40am on Saturday on a fourth floor balcony at the Goldsbrough Mort building in Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont.

He was dead when ambulance crews and police arrived. Investigations continued throughout the day.