Sephora is a French chain of cosmetics stores. They engaged my services as close-up magician to perform for their employees during the cocktail hour.
On June 18 I performed strolling magic at a private party. The guest were an international mixture of people from the UK, Singapore, India, South Africa and Ireland. This was a real fun performance and the reactions were awesome. Here an excerpt from an email I received after the performance:
Dear Stefan
It was a pleasure meeting you and thank you for doing such a great job on Saturday.
We have had masses of feedback from our guests and they almost all mention you and how much they enjoyed your show. We (and our guests) were very very pleased with everything you did.
The most common comment was that people were amazed at how you performed magic right in front of their eyes when they were so close to you, and watching your every move. And yet they still had no idea how you did it.
Thank you for helping to make our evening a success. We will definitely recommend you.
Trafigura hired me to entertain their employees during the annual company party. They also wanted to have a stage show. It was a costume party and they asked me not to dress in suit and tie. Usually I don’t wear a costume because I need my suit pockets for the items I carry. I proposed to come dressed in busker outfit with a hat and pouch. There was no stage in the restaurant and this is why I proposed to do a 15 minute busking style performance surrounded by the guests.
Event: Cocktail event – June 13
Venue: Parkroyal on Pickering
Package: Close-up Magic – Audience: 150
The Voyageur Group engaged to perform close-up magic for the participants of the ITIC – International Travel & Health Insurance Conference. The cocktail event was at the pool area on the 5th floor. Great audience, I met people from at least 15 different countries.
June 2 I was engaged by Barclays to perform roving magic for their client and Staff. Barclays has engaged my services multiple time over the past years. The event was at a new bar called Smoke & Mirrors at the National Gallery Singapore. I guess the hired me since the name fits perfect for a roving magic performance. It is all done with Smoke & Mirrors and the sleeves of course… 😉
The National Gallery is definitely worth a visit, additional sightseeing tips you can find in the article 100 Best Things to do in Singapore.
May 27 I was hired as Infotainer at an HP product launch. Below the case study:
Client Name:
Hewlett Packard Singapore Pte Ltd
Description
Develops and provides a wide variety of hardware components as
well as software and related services to consumers, small- and
medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including
customers in the government, health and education sectors.
Industry:
Computer Hardware and Software
Event:
HP PC & Print Launch event at the Park Royal Hotel
Audience:
150 partners and clients from the APJ region
Event Synopsis: May 27 HP launched 6 new products and services in APJ for consumer and enterprise. In the morning a press meeting was
hosted and in the afternoon the launch took place in separate
room.
Challenge:
To introduce the main four products and services in an entertaining
and informative way before the detailed introductions by the product
managers.
The goal:
• To give HP partners and clients an overview of the main product
• Allow audience to enjoy and relax prior to the main presentations
Solution:
A customized performance of 15 min prior to the main presentations.
The performance consisted of 4 presentations. Each included the main features and benefits of the product. The show featured a new laptop, print security, a printer and a new device that can be every
device, a computer, a laptop and a phone.
The highlight was when an audience member who just thought of a
playing card was asked to project the card to a new HP’s printer and a page with a picture of the select card was printed out. Tag line: HP PageWide Business printers print faster than you think.
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May 25 I was engaged as close-up magician by World Express Travel for a client event at the South Beach Hotel. The client was Genesys who was hosting a regional conference for C-level management. Genesys is a company that sells customer experience and call center technology to mid-sized and large businesses. I was hired for 3 hours during the dinner. About 150 people attended the event, it was a mix from all over the place, Japan, US, UK, Australia, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand. The event took place at the 14 floor at the roof top bar. The picture below shows a little of the set up before the guests arrived.
May 17 I was hired as roving magician by Yubase a Korean oil refinery. The event was dinner/hospitality suite for Yubase customers that visited an exhibit at Mariana Bay Sands. The event was held at the Mandarin Oriental in Singapore. The client also hired Jeremy Pei who is another full time performer in Singapore. We have worked together at other events before – it was great to see him again.
On May 17 I was performing my regular gig as a close-up magician at the Grand Hyatt Sunday brunch. I walked up to a table with about 15 people and realized they were all German. We started chatting and they actually came from my home state Baden-Wuerttemberg.
I could tell because of the accent. The cool part was one couple came from my home town – which is quite a coincidence but the best part was that the Lady is Gymnast trainer of my sister. Small World.
Panasonic held their annual dinner and dance event with about 130 guests at the Crowne Plaza May 13 . I was engaged to perform a 25 min stage show during the dinner. I felt slightly overdressed since everyone was dressed up in a Super Hero costume.