Close-up magic in London is performed at conversational distance — in the guest's hands, at the table — for the most magic-literate audience in Europe. Matteo Cammisa, a Magic Circle member, performs at London corporate evenings, private dinners and celebrations. From €2,500.
London audiences have a higher baseline than almost anywhere: the city has hosted table magic for over a century, the craft's oldest institution sits here, and a surprising number of dinner guests have an opinion about it. That literacy is an advantage — a room that knows what good looks like is a room worth performing for.
The material is chosen live. A table of gallerists in Fitzrovia wants a different piece from a table of fund partners in St James's, and reading which is which is most of the job. What stays constant is the standard: at eighteen inches, with borrowed objects, the work is clean or it is not.
London's venues are this format's natural habitat — private dining rooms, clubs with amplification rules, townhouses, restaurant back rooms. Nothing is needed from any of them, which in a city of listed buildings is worth more than it sounds.
Matteo has performed close-up among the tables of a private members' club in Mayfair, and works across the city's calendar in English, Italian and Hungarian.
Matteo moves through the room during drinks or dinner and performs for small groups at a time. No stage, no microphone, no soundcheck — the whole show happens at arm's length. Typically booked from 30 minutes to two hours, sized to the cocktail hour or the dinner it covers.
From $2,500
A seated, focused piece for the full room, built around thought, choice and influence rather than props. Runs 20 to 30 minutes and works as the pivot between dinner and the rest of the evening.
From $3,000
A full theatrical set for a seated audience, with close-up work projected live to screen where the room is large enough to need it.
On request
Magic Circle membership, checkable at the source — this is the one city where that sentence closes the question.
It reaches sixty to a hundred guests an hour at high intensity, inside the evening's own manners.
Matteo Cammisa is a member of The Magic Circle in London, of FISM — the international federation of magic societies — and of the Society of American Magicians. Twenty years of performing, more than 500 events, over 30 countries.
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London has the deepest close-up tradition in Europe, so no honest performer claims the title. The checkable record: Matteo Cammisa is a member of The Magic Circle — headquartered in this city, directory public — plus FISM and the Society of American Magicians, with 500+ events across 30+ countries and close-up work performed among the tables of a Mayfair members' club. Judge the record.
From €2,500, quoted per event rather than per hour. The figure moves with the length of the evening and the format more than with guest count.
Those are the natural London settings. Nothing is staged, nothing is amplified, nothing arrives in cases — which in a city of listed interiors and strict house rules is precisely the point.
Almost everything except the word. A party magician performs a set: the same routine, in the same order, whoever is in the room. What Matteo does is closer to hosting — the material is chosen live for the people in front of him, it is built to be photographed, and it is timed around your evening rather than interrupting it. The practical difference shows up in the details: how he dresses, how he works with your planner, whether he needs anything from the venue, and what the room sounds like ten minutes after he leaves.
Bookings start from $2,500. The figure moves with the format, the length of the evening, the number of guests and where in the world the event is. Fees are quoted per event rather than per hour, because what you are booking is presence across a window of the evening, not a block of stage time. Tell Matteo the date, the city and roughly how many guests, and you will have a firm figure within 24 hours.
Yes — Matteo Cammisa performs worldwide, year-round, and has done so at more than 500 events across over 30 countries. Wherever the event is, send the date, the city and roughly how many guests, and you will have availability and a firm figure within 24 hours. Where travel applies, it is quoted separately and transparently.
Send the date, the city and roughly how many guests. You will have availability and a firm figure within 24 hours.
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