Performing at Eton College - A Private Garden Luncheon Filled with History, Warmth & Mind Reading
Last summer I found myself performing somewhere I never expected my career would eventually take me - the private residence of the House Master at Eton College. Even before the performance itself began, it already felt like one of those events that would stay with me for a very long time.
Performing at the Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square, London
London always feels slightly different in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
The city becomes busier, brighter and somehow even more cinematic than usual. Office buildings begin glowing against the dark winter evenings, decorations appear across the streets and luxury hotels transform themselves into these warm islands of gold light amongst the cold London air outside.
In November 2023, I travelled down to London to perform at a corporate Risk Summit hosted by Marsh UK Construction Practice at the Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square.
Entertaining Aboard the Thames at Night
Standing on the deck of a private Thames cruise at night, watching London drift slowly past around you, genuinely feels surreal.
The reflections of city lights across the water. The low hum of conversations between guests.
Tower Bridge glowing in the distance while the skyline slowly shifts beside the boat.
Several years ago I was hired to provide close-up mentalism and psychological entertainment aboard a private Thames cruise for senior international guests attending a corporate networking event in London.
Even now, it remains one of the most visually beautiful environments I’ve ever worked in.
Networking, Noise & Mind Reading at the OXO Tower
London networking events have a very particular kind of energy.
They begin politely enough. Small conversations over drinks. Name badges. Business cards. Groups standing slightly too formally around tables pretending not to scan the room for people they recognise.
Then slowly, over the course of the evening, the atmosphere changes.
People relax.
Conversations loosen.
Laughter becomes louder.
The room begins to breathe properly.
The Night I Realised Mentalism Could Be More Than Entertainment
There are certain performances that stay with you long after the applause fades.
Not necessarily because they were the largest audiences or the highest fees, but because something shifted internally whilst you were there.
One such evening for me took place high above Canary Wharf during a corporate event for KPMG.
Even now, years later, I can still remember the feeling of standing inside that building looking out across London at night.
It genuinely felt like the city stretched on forever.
What I Learned Performing at IFSEC - One of Europe’s Largest Trade Shows
Trade shows are exhausting.
That probably sounds like a strange opening line coming from somebody hired to work at them, but it’s true.
They are loud, relentless, crowded and mentally draining environments where hundreds of companies are all competing for exactly the same thing:
attention.
And after performing at IFSEC at London’s ExCeL Centre, I quickly realised that successful trade show entertainment has very little to do with simply “doing tricks.”
It’s about stopping people walking past.