Why You Should Consider Live Magic for Your Next Awards Evening, Product Launch or Team Building Day

Are you looking for something to take your next corporate event to the next level? Then you should consider hiring a different style of entertainment. We may be biased, but we believe that a corporate magician for your next event is a great idea.

For event managers and marketing teams, you want your function to be as memorable as possible. And what better way than to hire a magician to create guaranteed moments of shock and excitement? Everyone will have a magical time and it’ll reflect well on you.

Why live magic works at corporate events

Think about who will actually be in the room. There may be people who share an office daily, and directors who want the night to go smoothly. Whatever you book has to land with every one of them, without awkward silences and without taking away from the event itself.

Close-up magic suits that mix well. Because it unfolds right under people’s noses, often with a card in their own hands, it invites them to join in instead of singling them out. A skilled performer like Chris Whitelock gauges the mood of a table before he begins and knows when to move on. 

This can be a great conversation starter as the tricks will leave your guests wondering how they did it and theorising with the person next to them. A magician at your event will help to keep everyone entertained and engaged and that’s something no DJ or band can do.

Magic fills the gaps between the big moments

Most awards evenings follow a familiar pattern in which guests arrive, dinner is served, trophies are handed out and the celebrations begin. The significant moments are planned to the minute but the spaces in between are not often thought about.

Magic during welcome drinks gives people an easy reason to gather and start chatting, so by the time they take their seats the room already feels connected and high energy.

Once the meal is under way, roaming magic during the pauses keeps that momentum going. A professional magician fits around your timings, and hands the floor back to your host the moment the awards begin. Entertainment should enhance your event, never dominate it.

Make your product launch memorable

A product launch has a different job to do. You need people to notice and talk about what you have created. Magic is built on the same idea – a moment of surprise that people cannot wait to share.

Chris offers brand activations and customised performances shaped around your audience and event format. Depending on your brief, that might mean close-up magic as guests arrive, a short stage performance to build anticipation before the big reveal, or magic that carries the key message of your launch.

Why does that matter? Because guests rarely repeat a slide deck to their colleagues the next morning but they do repeat the moment something impossible happened right in front of them. When that moment is connected to your brand, your launch travels further than the room.

Team building days that everyone can join in with

Looking for a team activity that breaks from the usual formats? A magic lesson suits people of every age and ability, with nothing physical involved and no experience required. Colleagues learn real magic from a professional and then try it out on one another, which tends to help people (even those in different departments) bond surprisingly fast.

Book your corporate magician today

Chris has been a professional magician for more than 18 years so he has the knowledge and expertise to deliver an unforgettable experience.

He has performed at multiple corporate events and team away days and has built a solid reputation on professionalism and unforgettable experiences, performing for guest lists that have included names such as Stephen Fry and Roger Federer.

“I have witnessed many trends happen but the constant fact is magic that happens in front of your own eyes is remembered forever.” – Chris Whitelock 

Whether you’re planning an awards evening, a product launch or a team event, get in touch and let’s create an evening your guests will still be talking about the next morning.