The best corporate magicians in Sydney
This listing holds two jobs that barely resemble each other, and Sydney has plenty of both. One is the exhibition floor during a convention week, where a performer works as a stopping device for eight hours and your sales team collects the conversations that follow. The other is twenty minutes after dessert at a company dinner, which is a performance rather than a lead generator.
Say which one you want in your first message, because the two are quoted on entirely different clocks. The list of Sydney performers who do this seriously is not long, and the last quarter of the year takes most of them, so treat an early enquiry as part of the plan rather than a courtesy.
Top picks in Sydney
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Questions people ask about corporate magicians in Sydney
How much does a corporate magician cost in Sydney?
The format sets the number more than the performer does. Close-up work at a dinner is sold by the hour or the set, exhibition work by the day or half day, and anything needing product knowledge built into a routine carries preparation time on top. Compare the from-prices on this page against the kind of booking you actually want.
Is close-up magic worth it at a conference dinner?
It earns its fee in the stretch where a room has stopped eating and has not yet started drinking properly. Table-to-table work gets the senior table and the graduate table making the same noise, which is most of the reason organisers rebook it. Ask the performer to start away from the top table and arrive there once the room already has some volume in it.
Can a magician work our trade stand at a Sydney convention?
It is standard work for the handful of Sydney performers who specialise in it, and many will talk about dwell time as fluently as your marketing team. Tell them the stand size, the aisle position and how many staff you have available. A crowd on a narrow aisle upsets the neighbouring exhibitors, and an experienced performer will say so before you book.
When should we book for an end of year function?
By about August if your date falls in the last six weeks of the year, because Sydney's office party season compresses into a short run of Thursdays and Fridays and the performers who do this full time fill those first. A February or a mid-winter date is far easier. If you are locked into December, enquire with several at once rather than working down a list.
Booking tips
Quote by the day for exhibition work
A stand booking across three days of the same convention is usually cheaper per day than three separate bookings. Give the performer the full schedule in the first email instead of the first day only.
Decide where the routine hands over
A crowd gathered on your stand is worth nothing if it drifts off at the end of the trick. Agree with the performer how the set finishes and brief your own people to be standing ready when it does.
Get the site paperwork early
Sydney's big convention and hotel venues ask suppliers for a certificate of currency and sometimes a risk assessment before they will let anyone on the floor. Ask the performer for it when you enquire; nobody here checks it for you.