Benoît, close-up magician in Paris, performing a card trick up close

Close-Up Magician
in Paris

Card tricks, coins and everyday objects inches from your eyes.

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Magic within arm's reach

Close-up is the art of intimate magic: tricks take place just inches from the spectators, with no stage or technical apparatus. Cards, coins, banknotes, rings, phones — everyday objects become the medium for impossible effects that literally happen in the audience\'s hands.

With 25 years of experience, Benoît excels in this demanding discipline that requires as much dexterity as psychology. Each performance is tailor-made: corporate cocktails, wedding receptions, private dinners, or event evenings throughout Paris and the Île-de-France region.

Three close-up specialties

Close-up card magic by Benoît

Card magic is the cornerstone of close-up. Benoît masters the most advanced card manipulation techniques to create stunning effects: chosen cards appearing in impossible locations, inexplicable transpositions, sealed predictions that prove accurate.

  • Total interactivity: spectators choose, shuffle, and hold the cards themselves.
  • No visible gimmicks: everything happens right before the audience\'s eyes and in their hands.
  • Suited to any setting: from informal cocktails to gala dinners.
Magic with everyday objects

Benoît transforms the most ordinary objects into instruments of wonder. Coins that pass through the table, rings that travel from hand to hand, banknotes that change value, mobile phones that become the medium for stunning effects.

  • Borrowed objects: Benoît uses your guests\' own objects for maximum impact.
  • Amplified surprise: when magic happens with a familiar object, the effect is even stronger.
  • Lasting memories: your guests will leave telling everyone what they saw with their own eyes.
Table magic during a dinner

During your seated dinners, Benoît moves from table to table, offering each group of guests a private mini-show. Between courses, he creates moments of intimate magic that punctuate the evening and spark conversation.

  • Perfect timing: Benoît adapts to the pace of service, performing between courses.
  • VIP experience: each table enjoys an exclusive, personalized moment of magic.
  • Ideal for weddings: during the cocktail reception or dinner, he enchants every table.

They trust Benoît

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Close-up tricks are performed less than a metre from the spectators, often directly in their hands. This is what makes this form of magic so striking: there is no distance to hide behind, everything happens right before your eyes.

Close-up adapts to all formats: corporate cocktails, weddings (reception and dinner), private parties, birthdays, product launches, trade shows. It is particularly effective during welcome drinks and between courses.

A close-up performance typically lasts between 1 and 2 hours. Benoît circulates among guests in small groups of 3 to 8 people, giving each group a 5 to 10 minute mini-show. Duration is adjusted according to the number of guests and your event schedule.

Benoît is based in Paris and performs throughout the Île-de-France region at no extra charge. For events in other French regions or abroad, he also travels. Contact him to discuss.

Simply fill in the contact form specifying the date, venue, type of event, and number of guests. Benoît will reply within 24 hours with a detailed proposal and a free quote.

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