Corporate event entertainment in Dubai

One performer covering the whole evening. Stage mentalism as the headline, close-up magic through the cocktails, your brand woven in.

How corporate entertainment with James works

The magic is not one slot in your running order. It covers the three moments where a corporate event usually sags.

What a full evening looks like

A typical Dubai gala, hour by hour, with the entertainment already in it.

Which corporate events James performs at

Any room where a flat evening would cost you something.

What is included in a corporate booking

Everything you need to put him in your running order without a second meeting.

Why corporate clients book James

A booking nobody has seen is a risk. Here is what removes it.

James is a member of the Magic Circle, the London society founded in 1905 where members are admitted by examination rather than subscription. He has performed for eight years across nine countries, for private royal family events and for over 20 global brands. FTI Consulting have used him for their top tier corporate events for half a decade, across the Middle East and the UK. Their head of marketing and communications for the region has said so on the record. For a procurement team choosing between performers they cannot audition, that record is the closest thing to a guarantee.

MEMBER OF
THE MAGIC CIRCLE
LONDON, EST. 1905

Putting your brand inside the show

The strongest moment of the night can carry your message instead of just filling time.

James builds brand work into corporate bookings regularly. A prediction sealed on stage at the start of the evening turns out to be the new product name. A word chosen freely by a guest matches the line on your campaign. A number nobody said out loud is the target your team has been chasing all year. Coca-Cola, Bentley, Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce and illy have all booked James. The brand work is agreed on the consultation call, because a reveal has to land as magic first or it lands as an advert.

Entertainment that works for an international room

Dubai audiences are not one audience, and most entertainment is built for one.

A comedian needs a shared sense of humour and a shared first language. A band gives you atmosphere but nobody stops talking. Mentalism needs neither, because a thought is a thought in any language and the effect happens inside somebody's head rather than on a small object nobody at the back can see. James performs regularly for rooms of ten or more nationalities, and the material is written to be culturally neutral by design, not softened afterwards. Nothing is religious, nothing is political, and nobody is embarrassed in front of colleagues.

What changes the price of corporate entertainment

Three things move the number, and none of them is a rate card.

The first is how long James is on. A 30 minute headline slot is a different booking from a full evening with walk-around either side. The second is what the show has to carry. A straight performance is simpler than one built around a product launch, where the reveals are written and rehearsed for you. The third is travel. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are local, and Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia are quoted with the booking rather than added afterwards, so the number in your budget is the number you pay. Send the date, the venue and rough guest numbers and you will get a figure rather than a range.