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
<strong>Holiday Parties</strong> Flip to reveal
<strong>Holiday Parties</strong> 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