VIP Magician · Richard Stooker
Magic for the hardest rooms
Close-up and stage magic for corporate events, at arm's length in a room full of people who negotiate for a living.
Corporate work is a different job from a birthday party, and it is the only job he takes. Launches, galas, trade shows, conferences, client evenings.
- Where
- Based in the Netherlands, booked across Europe and the Gulf
- Languages
- Performs in English and Dutch
- The model
- A performance fee, with travel and stay quoted separately at cost
The reel
Two and a half minutes of reactions
Nobody books an act from a paragraph. This is the room from the side, at the moment it stops being a reception.
The reel plays from Vimeo and only loads once you press play.
Three formats
Pick the one your room needs
Most evenings want close-up at the reception and a stage set after dinner. If it stretches to one, the room decides which.
Occasions
What changes is the room, not the deck
A trade show stand and a black-tie gala need the same performer and nothing else in common.
- Product launch The reveal, done by someone who reveals things for a living.
- Gala and awards The pivot between the dinner and the dancing.
- Trade shows Stopping traffic on a stand, and holding it long enough to talk.
- Conferences The coffee break, and the twenty minutes before the keynote.
- Client events Twelve people you cannot afford to bore.
From the floor
Real rooms, real guests
Not staged, not lit for the camera. Whatever the venue gave him, on the night.
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Black tie, and the middle left open -
A gala hall, seen from the back -
Dubai, during the reception -
Around the table, mid-spread
Silver is the corporate one
Richard works under two names on purpose. Millionaire Magician is the private ultra-luxury side, booked through someone acting for a principal. VIP Magician is the corporate side, and it prices the way companies buy.
If you are organising a private party rather than a company event, Millionaire Magician is the right card to hold.
How a booking runs
Four steps, no brochure
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You send a date
The date, the city, roughly how many guests. Enough for a yes or no, usually the same day.
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A ten-minute call
What kind of evening it is, and which format the room actually needs.
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A written quote
One page. The fee, the format, travel and stay at cost, the VAT, the terms.
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He turns up
The man on the quote walks into your venue. Nobody else in the chain.
What it costs
A fee, plus the travel
One fee for the performance, quoted for your date and format. Travel and stay sit underneath it at cost, itemised, so you can see what you are approving.
What moves it: how long he performs, how far he travels, and whether your date falls in Q4.
Check a date
Send the date, the city, and roughly how many guests. You get an honest yes or no, and a quote that separates the fee from the travel.
Most enquiries are answered the same day.