Close up & mingling magic · Orlando
The best part of the night happens between the courses.
Thirty to forty five minutes, table to table, while your guests are holding drinks and talking to people they half know. No stage, no setup, nothing for you to arrange.
Performed for
What it actually is
I come to them.
There is no announcement, no stage and no moment where the room has to stop and pay attention. I arrive at a table, something impossible happens a metre from their hands, and I move on before anyone gets restless.
01
Nothing to arrange
No stage, no sound system, no lighting, no space set aside. I work standing, in whatever room you already have.
Best forAny venue
02
It breaks the ice for you
Strangers who were politely avoiding each other end up leaning over the same table arguing about what they just saw.
Best forReceptions
03
It fits around the food
I work the gaps, so nothing in your running order has to move and the kitchen is never waiting on me.
Best forDinners
Where it fits best
The awkward half hour
Every event has one. Guests have arrived, not everyone knows each other, and the food is not ready. That half hour is where close up magic earns its money.
Format
Cocktail hour and drinks reception
The classic use. Table to table, or standing groups.
30–45 min
Format
Between courses at a dinner
Worked around service so nothing is delayed.
30–45 min
Format
Trade stand or product launch
Stopping people who did not plan to stop.
By arrangement
Format
Before a stage show
Warms the room up so the main show opens to a crowd that is already laughing.
30 min
Why me for this specifically
This is the work I am hired for.
Close-up is what I do at private events and corporate functions. Receptions, dinners and company parties. On a stage the room is already looking at you. At a reception you earn each table on its own, while people are mid conversation and holding a drink. It is a different job. Twelve years of weekly stage work at the Outta Control Magic Dinner Show and on cruise ships taught me to read a room quickly, and close-up is where that gets used a metre from someone’s hands.
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This show was Amazing!!!!!! Jimmy Rook is such a funny guy and really knows how to make everyone laugh.
Genesis
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It was an incredibly entertaining magic and comedy show, perfectly tailored to the venue.
Eduardo V
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Went to Jimmy Rook’s show and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life.
Sean
Close up magic
Tell me about the room.
The date, the venue and roughly how many guests is enough to start.
Let us get your date held.
Send me the date and the kind of room it is. I will tell you straight away whether I am free.