Your guests are the show
Thoughts, choices and memories from the people in the room. That is why it lands differently from an act that would be identical anywhere else.
Stand-Up Mentalism
Mind reading that is funny first, impossible second, and built around the people actually sitting in the room.
What It Is
Not a magic show with cards. A show about the people in front of me.
Mentalism is mind reading, prediction and influence. Done badly it is a man being mysterious at you for forty minutes. Done properly it is the funniest thing at the event, because the material is your own guests and nobody can see where it is going.
Comedy first
I am a comedy performer who reads minds, not a solemn one. People laugh the whole way through and then go quiet at the end of a piece.
Nobody gets embarrassed
Nothing forces a guest to reveal anything private and nobody is made to look foolish. Volunteers come out of it looking good, which is why the next person puts their hand up.
The Custom Piece
One moment built for your event only
On most bookings I will build a piece around something specific to you: the guest of honor, the company, the product, the reason everybody is in the room. It takes a conversation beforehand and it is usually the thing people describe to each other afterward.
That is the difference between hiring an act and hiring an act that turned up having done the homework.
Talk To Me About Your Event
Where It Fits
Rooms this was made for
Corporate dinners and awards nights
A seated room after a meal is the ideal setting: everybody facing one direction, nobody in a hurry, and a bar that has been open long enough.
Conferences
Something at the end of a day of sessions that is not another speaker. It works as a closing dinner set or an evening event.
Milestone birthdays and anniversaries
An adult room celebrating one person is perfect, because the custom piece can be built around them by name.
Fundraisers and galas
Entertainment that holds a room without dragging the evening off schedule, and gives the committee something to point at next year.
“Carroll was an amazing entertainer. He kept everyone captivated by combining his magic and humor, with audience participation for an event we will always remember.”
Jane LeeThe Ohio Society of CPAs
“Great with all ages and all of my attendees for a professional conference. Got only positive feedback!”
Jess B.Professional conference
Tell me about your event
Send me the date, roughly how many people and where it is. I will tell you whether I am free and what it would cost.