Performing at a Corporate Office Launch in Altrincham, Manchester
There is something psychologically interesting about office launch events.
They sit somewhere between a corporate function and a social celebration. Part business. Part party. People arrive still carrying traces of “work mode” with them, yet the entire purpose of the evening is usually to encourage connection, conversation and excitement about the future.
Performing at the LawNet National Conference at Heythrop Park
There are certain corporate events that quietly stay with you because they represent a step forwards in your career.
Not necessarily because of celebrity guests or huge theatrical productions, but because you suddenly realise that organisations operating at a national level have trusted you to become part of one of their most important events of the year.
That was very much how I felt when I was booked to perform at the LawNet National Conference at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire.
Performing at Eton College - A Private Garden Luncheon Filled with History, Warmth & Mind Reading
Last summer I found myself performing somewhere I never expected my career would eventually take me - the private residence of the House Master at Eton College. Even before the performance itself began, it already felt like one of those events that would stay with me for a very long time.
Performing Corporate Shows at Old Trafford, Manchester
Looking back now, the corporate events that probably shaped me most as a performer weren’t necessarily the biggest or most prestigious.
Many of them happened through a series of corporate events held at Old Trafford in Manchester roughly a decade ago whilst working regularly as a corporate entertainer in Manchester. The events were organised by a travel industry company called TIPTO, and over the course of around eighteen months I found myself regularly travelling around the UK performing at their “Super Shows” alongside comedian and compère Jed Stone.
Performing at the Four Seasons Ten Trinity Square, London
London always feels slightly different in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
The city becomes busier, brighter and somehow even more cinematic than usual. Office buildings begin glowing against the dark winter evenings, decorations appear across the streets and luxury hotels transform themselves into these warm islands of gold light amongst the cold London air outside.
In November 2023, I travelled down to London to perform at a corporate Risk Summit hosted by Marsh UK Construction Practice at the Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square.
Entertaining Aboard the Thames at Night
Standing on the deck of a private Thames cruise at night, watching London drift slowly past around you, genuinely feels surreal.
The reflections of city lights across the water. The low hum of conversations between guests.
Tower Bridge glowing in the distance while the skyline slowly shifts beside the boat.
Several years ago I was hired to provide close-up mentalism and psychological entertainment aboard a private Thames cruise for senior international guests attending a corporate networking event in London.
Even now, it remains one of the most visually beautiful environments I’ve ever worked in.
Performing Alongside a Mentor at Gleneagles
There are certain moments in your career that feel quietly significant whilst they are happening.
Not because thousands of people are watching.
Not because cameras are rolling.
Not because the event itself is necessarily the largest you’ve ever performed.
But because somewhere deep down you realise you’ve arrived at a moment you once only imagined from a distance.
From Virtual Performances to Brussels - Returning to Live Corporate Events in Europe
Like many performers, March 2020 changed everything almost overnight.
One by one, corporate bookings disappeared from the calendar. Conferences were postponed indefinitely, gala dinners vanished and international travel came to a complete standstill. Entire industries suddenly found themselves trying to work out how to operate in a world where people could no longer gather together in person.
Live entertainment simply stopped.
Networking, Noise & Mind Reading at the OXO Tower
London networking events have a very particular kind of energy.
They begin politely enough. Small conversations over drinks. Name badges. Business cards. Groups standing slightly too formally around tables pretending not to scan the room for people they recognise.
Then slowly, over the course of the evening, the atmosphere changes.
People relax.
Conversations loosen.
Laughter becomes louder.
The room begins to breathe properly.
What BIBA Taught Me About Trade Show Entertainment
One of the biggest misconceptions about exhibition entertainment is that it exists purely to create noise.
Good trade show entertainment should do far more than simply attract a crowd.
It should create conversations.
Introduce opportunities.
Generate momentum.
And ultimately help companies connect with the right people.
That became particularly clear to me while working at the BIBA Conference and Exhibition in Manchester for Proximo Ltd.