Close Up Magic
Cards, coins and borrowed objects create impossible moments only inches from your guests.
Magician
Mr. VailProfessional magician for unforgettable events
The magic is closer than you think.
Mr. Vail creates unforgettable moments through close up magic, mind reading and storytelling, performed with a mysterious and sophisticated style for weddings, parties and corporate events across Colchester, Essex and London.
Close Up Magic
Mind Reading
Storytelling
Stage Magic
Behind the veil
Meet Mr. Vail
For more than 10 years, I have dedicated myself to learning, performing and constantly refining the art of magic. What began with a deck of cards has grown into a style that brings together close up magic, mind reading and storytelling to create experiences that feel personal, unexpected and genuinely impossible.
Whether I am performing around a table at a private event or standing in front of a larger audience, I focus on the people in front of me. Every reaction, conversation and moment is part of the performance.
For me, the best magic is not simply about showing someone what I can do. It is about giving them a moment they will still be talking about long after the performance is over.
Discover his storyThe performance
The art of misdirection
Mind Reading
Thoughts, choices and decisions become the material for deeply interactive experiences.
Storytelling
Every performance carries a narrative, making the magic feel personal and remembered.
For larger audiences
Stage magic
A full performance designed to entertain an entire room. Built for larger celebrations, corporate audiences and events where every guest should share the impossible.
View stage packagePrivate occasions
Where the magic belongs
Weddings01
Birthday Parties02
Private Parties03
Corporate Events04
Restaurants05
Dinner Events06
Celebrations07
Stage Events08
Private Gatherings09
Every kind of booking
What Mr. Vail is booked for
Close Up Magic
Magic performed inches from your guests, using cards, coins and objects they are holding themselves.
Read moreMind Reading
Thoughts, choices and decisions become the material of the performance, and your guests supply all of it.
Read moreStage Magic
One performance, one room, everybody watching the same impossible moment at the same time.
Read moreWedding Magician
Entertainment for the parts of a wedding day that nobody plans for: the waiting, the gaps, the standing around.
Read moreParty Magician
Something for guests to talk about, at the point in the evening where a party normally goes quiet.
Read moreCorporate Magician
Entertainment that gets guests talking to each other, which is usually the entire point of a corporate event.
Read moreMagic Lessons
Private one to one tuition in the parts of magic that actually matter: handling, timing and performance.
Read moreRestaurant Magic
Close up magic performed around tables, during drinks and between courses, giving diners an experience they will remember long after the meal.
Read moreAreas served
A magician near you
Mr. Vail performs at client venues across Colchester, Essex, Suffolk and London, travelling to weddings, parties and corporate events throughout the region.
See every area servedMagician in Colchester
Colchester is home ground. It is where the practice happened, and where most bookings still begin.
Magician in Essex
One county, very different events, and a performance that adapts to each of them.
Magician in Ipswich
Close enough to Colchester to be routine work, far enough to be a different kind of event.
Magician in London
London events are usually tighter, larger and more scheduled, and the performance is planned accordingly.
Magician in Chelmsford
Central Essex brings bigger rooms and busier schedules, which changes what the right format is.
Magician in Suffolk
Rural venues, long days and guests who arrive early. Suffolk events have their own rhythm.
The journal
Choosing entertainment, explained
6 min read
Read the journal How to choose a magician for your wedding
Most couples book wedding entertainment once in their lives, with no reference point for what a good booking looks like. Here is what actually matters.
5 min readWhat does a close up magician actually do?
Close up magic is the most commonly booked kind of magic and the least commonly understood. This is what it looks like from the inside of an event.
5 min readClose up magic vs stage magic: which suits your event?
These are two genuinely different jobs. Choosing the wrong one is the most common mistake people make when booking magic.
“The best magic is not simply about showing someone what I can do. It is about giving them a moment they will still be talking about long after the performance is over.”
Mr. Vail
Invite the impossible
Ready to experience the impossible?
Whether you are planning a wedding, birthday, private party, corporate event or stage performance, get in touch with Mr. Vail to discuss your event.