THE SEATED SHOW.
Thirty to forty-five minutes of comedy, sleight of hand, and mind-reading, built for a room where everybody sits down and watches.
WHEN THE ENTERTAINMENT IS THE EVENT.
Some events have a natural moment where everyone is already seated and facing the same direction — after dinner, before the awards, at the end of a long day of sessions. That’s what this is for.
It’s a full show with a shape to it: an open that gets the room on side, a middle that builds, and a close people are still talking about at the bar. It’s funny first — the astonishment lands harder when a room is already laughing — and it’s clean throughout.
WHEN A SHOW IS THE RIGHT CALL.
After Dinner Flip to reveal
After Dinner the room is seated, fed, and ready to be entertained rather than mingled at. Check availability
Awards Nights & Annual Meetings Flip to reveal
Awards Nights & Annual Meetings a break in a program that's otherwise slides and speeches. Check availability
Conference Closers Flip to reveal
Conference Closers something to send people out on after two days of sessions. Check availability
Holiday Parties Flip to reveal
Holiday Parties the centerpiece for a party with a real room and a real timeline. Check availability
Twenty-five years in, the tricks are the easy part. What takes that long is knowing exactly when to shut up and let a room react.
shawn preston
THE PRACTICAL STUFF
Stage show
- What it is
- A seated show — comedy, sleight of hand, and mentalism
- Length
- 30 to 45 minutes
- Audience size
- 10 to several hundred
- Stage
- A riser helps but isn’t required — works on a ballroom floor
- Sound
- Microphone and a house PA
- Timeline
- Runs to the minute; hard stops are fine
- Volunteers
- Yes — nobody is embarrassed or pulled up unwilling
- Best for
- After dinner, awards nights, conference closers
LOOKING FOR THIS AT A SPECIFIC EVENT?
Corporate Events
Corporate Events
Holiday Parties
Holiday Parties
Private Events
Private Events