Close-up mentalism
Mentalism that turns your guests into the show.
Edward moves through the room reading thoughts for small groups at a time. Your guests become the stars, with interactive moments they will still be describing to each other weeks later.
- Completely mobile, no technical setup
- Mind reading, predictions and psychological effects
- Light hypnotic moments can be added
- French, English or both in the same room
What actually happens in the room.
Edward arrives in the crowd rather than on a stage. He joins a group of four or five, borrows something ordinary, a name, a memory, a number nobody said out loud, and gives it back in a way that has no reasonable explanation. Then he moves on, leaving that group arguing about what just happened while the next group watches him arrive.
That ripple is the point. Close-up mentalism does not interrupt your event, it circulates through it. Conversations start between strangers because they have something to compare. By the time you call people to their tables, the room already feels warm.
Nothing to set up
No stage, no sound, no lighting, no load-in. Your floor plan does not change by a single chair.
Breaks the ice for you
Guests who arrived not knowing anyone end up in the same huddle, talking about the same impossible thing.
Fills the dead time
Cocktail hours, waits between courses and the lull before speeches stop being gaps in your programme.
Scales with time, not space
Bigger reception? Extend the performance window rather than rebuilding the room.
Where this format earns its keep
Walk-around, answered.
Still unsure whether close-up or stage fits your evening? Describe the run of show and Edward will tell you which one he would actually recommend.
None of it. Walk-around mentalism is completely mobile. Edward works standing among your guests with nothing but what he carries, so there is no load-in, no sound check and no change to your floor plan.
During the parts of the evening where guests are already mingling: the cocktail hour, the reception before dinner, a networking window, or between courses. It fills the awkward gaps rather than competing with your programme.
Edward moves group to group, so the number of guests reached scales with time booked rather than room size. For larger receptions, extending the performance window is the usual answer.
Give your guests something to argue about.
Send your date, guest count and the shape of the evening. Edward will confirm availability and how many performance hours the room really needs.