The close-up magiciansyou won't have to apologise for.
A hand-picked team of the UK's finest corporate magicians, matched to your event.
Every magician in the Collective is vetted by working professionals who only send people they'd put in front of their own clients. Whether you need one corporate magician for a drinks reception or a full team across a multi-room event, it's the same single booking and the same single point of contact. We started it because we'd sat through one too many bad magicians, so if we wouldn't book them ourselves, you'll never meet them. Book us, and the entertainment is the one thing you won't have to worry about.
"This isn't an amateur. This is a class act."Halfords
Founded and hand-picked by Close-Up Chris,ranked #1 in the UK.
This isn't a directory. It's a collective.
There are plenty of places to browse magicians online. Filter by price, filter by availability, pick one and hope for the best. The Close-Up Collective isn't that.
We've all seen it. The magician who couldn't read the room. The one who killed the atmosphere instead of lifting it. The one that had you quietly apologising to your boss on the way home. Booking entertainment is a risk, and when it goes wrong, it's your name on it.
With us, the room changes. Every time. Conversations spark, strangers connect, and your guests leave talking about something other than the commute home. And you? You look like a genius.
Networking
Gala Dinners
Trade Shows
Christmas Parties
Award Evenings
Product Launches
Team Building
Casino Nights
Business CelebrationsNetworkingGala DinnersTrade ShowsChristmas PartiesAward EveningsProduct LaunchesTeam BuildingCasino NightsBusiness CelebrationsYou're not booking magic. You're booking the reaction.
The second a magician starts, phones go down and strangers start talking. That shift, from polite to genuinely amazed, is the thing you're actually paying for.
Pick your kind of astonishment.
Seven kinds of corporate magic, from a card magician working the crowd to a rigged casino running on the other side of the room. Not sure which one fits? That's our job.
Mix & Mingle
Name a better icebreaker. We'll wait. Close-up magic on the move, in the crowd, completely unpredictable, with strangers talking within minutes.
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Table Magic
Magic delivered table to table between courses. It doesn't interrupt the evening, it unlocks it, and the quietest table becomes the loudest in the room.
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Mind Readers
They know the unknowable, a name, a memory, a thought you never said aloud. The moment a stranger knows something only you know, nothing prepares you for it.
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Pickpockets
Watches, wallets and ties lifted before anyone notices, then handed back in a reveal that stops the room. The one bit of entertainment nobody sees coming.
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Tech Magic
Magic built for screens and big reveals, objects leaping out of the digital world into the room. Made for product launches and brand moments.
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The Close-Up Corner
The UK's first magic booth. A crowd-pulling installation of non-stop close-up magic that becomes the centre of the room.
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Conman Entertainment
Rigged casino tables run by a charming cheat. No real money, all real reactions, dishonest entertainment done honestly brilliantly.
Explore Conman Entertainment →Name a better icebreaker. We'll wait. Close-up magic on the move, in the crowd, completely unpredictable, with strangers talking within minutes.
Explore Mix & Mingle →Magic delivered table to table between courses. It doesn't interrupt the evening, it unlocks it, and the quietest table becomes the loudest in the room.
Explore Table Magic →They know the unknowable, a name, a memory, a thought you never said aloud. The moment a stranger knows something only you know, nothing prepares you for it.
Explore Mind Readers →Watches, wallets and ties lifted before anyone notices, then handed back in a reveal that stops the room. The one bit of entertainment nobody sees coming.
Explore Pickpockets →Magic built for screens and big reveals, objects leaping out of the digital world into the room. Made for product launches and brand moments.
Explore Tech Magic →The UK's first magic booth. A crowd-pulling installation of non-stop close-up magic that becomes the centre of the room.
Explore The Close-Up Corner →Rigged casino tables run by a charming cheat. No real money, all real reactions, dishonest entertainment done honestly brilliantly.
Explore Conman Entertainment →Like what you've seen so far?
The hard part is choosing. Tell us about your event and we'll match the act that lands best with your room.
The one thing you can stop worrying about.
One booking. Every base covered.
Whether it's one magician or a team of five, it's a single booking with the whole Collective standing behind it. If anything changes on the day, we handle it quietly in the background, no frantic calls, no gap in the running order. And if someone can't make it, you'll never know.
Handpicked, personally.
From Magic Circle performers to underground talent, we know every magician personally and stake our reputation on each one.
Corporate magicians.
We're not weekend warriors. Every magician here works the corporate world for a living and reads a business crowd.
Early, every time.
We turn up early. Partly because it's professional, and partly because we know you're already worried we won't.
We work the room so you don't have to.
One brief from you. The right act from us.
No two events are the same, so no two get the same act.
Like a sommelier pairing wine to a meal, we pair the magician to your room.
Tell us about it
The event, the guests, the vibe you're after. A two-minute conversation, that's all.
We match the act
We choose the performer, or performers, who'll land best with your crowd. Vetted, briefed and sorted before the day.
They steal the show
They turn up early, work the room, and become the thing everyone's still talking about on Monday.
It's as simple as that.
Start The Conversation →The moment it lands.
It starts with a two-minute conversation.
Tell us about your event, and the rest is on us.
The reviews are in.
Trusted at corporate events across London, Birmingham, Manchester and the whole of the UK.
"Everyone really enjoyed the show and were genuinely amazed by some of the magic. We'd happily book again."
Shell, London
"The magic was out of this world. Weeks later, our staff are still baffled at how you got smoke from a sleeve and read the minds of our Spanish team."
Lysander, London
"The crème de la crème of magicians."
Halfords
"Funny? Yes. Clever? Very. Entertaining? Off the scale."
EU Automation
"We use the Collective twice a year. They delight our guests every time."
Birmingham Audi
The questions we get asked most.
- Check the date. Get in touch and we'll confirm availability.
- Easy online booking. A simple form, no unnecessary back and forth.
- Pay the invoice to secure your date.
- Feet up. We handle everything else from here.
Tell us about your event.
Give us the essentials and we'll match the right act to your room and come back with a clear price. No call centres, no chasing.
- One booking, one point of contact.
- Every magician fully insured.
- A fast reply with the right act and a clear price.
Prefer email? hello@closeupcollective.co.uk
Let's make your event the one they remember.
Tell us the date, and we'll take it from there.
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