Close up / Table Magician

UK magician Rob James is a contemporary entertainer specialising in providing astonishing interactive close up magic and table magic for events across the UK. Rob is one of the country's most highly rated professional magicians and has performed at hundreds of events nationwide.

Watch the video below to see Rob performing close up magic on the streets of London and getting a standing ovation at the Magic Castle in Hollywood!

To find out more about hiring a close up magician for your event see party magician, corporate magician or wedding magician. Also have a browse through the full gallery and references pages!

All year round, and especially the summer Rob works as a wedding magician and entertainer, providing unique wedding entertainment in the form of close up and table magic for weddings across the UK. Please see the wedding page for more detail about a close up magician or a table magician at your wedding!

Magician Profile

International engagements at the Magic Castle Hollywood (more than 60 shows), The House of Commons London and Jumeirah Beach Hotel Dubai.
75% of work comes from repeat clients and word of mouth referrals.
One of very few full time close up magicians in the country.
Has performed close up magic on BBC2, Channel 4, Five and worldwide on BBC America.
Clients include Samsung, BBC & Yorkshire Building Society

For a more detailed CV please see Rob's magician profile.

Magicians for Hire

Magician Rob James is an expert performer of close up and table magic for adult audiences at corporate events, dinners, parties and weddings across the UK as well as internationally.

Prices and costs for magicians: How much do table magicians cost to hire? If you are looking to hire a close up magician, street magician or table magician for your event in the UK then please get in touch. If Rob is available to book for your function then you will be provided with a quote within 12-24 hours. Or, alternatively for an instant price quote for a table magician please call. Prices for magicians.

Close up and Table Magic: A magician performing tricks (card tricks and mind reading tricks, that sort of thing) at a table is generally referred to as close up magic or as table top/ tabletop magic. In recent times more funky close up magicians have been referred to as performing street magic. Magician for parties London: If you are looking to hire one of the best close up magicians for your wedding, party or event in London, the South East, the South West, the North West, the Midlands, South and North Wales then please look through the site and fill in the enquiry form - you will get a quick reply! Orginally from the South West Rob has performed across the country and regularly works as a London magician as well as in the North West from Liverpool and Manchester to Yorkshire - Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, York and Wakefield. Rob is one of very few table magicians/close up magicians covering North East/Yorkshire area as well as nationwide.

Street Magician : Close up magic performed in a modern way in informal envirnoments is sometimes these days referred to as Street Magic.

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To find out about hiring Rob James as your close up magician or table magician click on one of the links above!

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Need a Wedding Magician?

Many couples planning their wedding are looking for different sorts of entertainment. Close up magicians or table magicians are a great choice as it they provide amazing entertainment with cross generation appeal! The close up magician mixes with wedding guests and gets them involved with incredible interactive sleight of hand - card tricks and coin tricks and things with borrowed items as well as mindreading, psychological illusion Derren Brown style tricks! Rob James works as a magician for weddings all over England, Wales and Scotland delighting guests at wedding receptions with his amazing table magic. Your guests may have seen street magicians on the television but this sort of amazing interactive entertainment is best witnessed live!

For full details please see wedding magicians.

Magician UK

As one of the UK's very few full-time professional magicians Rob spends several days a week on the road so the location of your event is often not too much on an issue.
Areas Rob has worked in the last few years include: Magician London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Basingstoke, Berkshire, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentwood, Bridlington, Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff South Wales, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Coventry, Crawley, Dartford, Derby, Donnington, Dundee, Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter, Folkestone, Gloucester, Grimsby, Guilford, Harrogate, Henley on Thames, Hitchin, Hull, Inverness, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Luton, Margate, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Newport, Newcastle, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, Reading, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Southampton, Southend, St Albans, Stoke, Surrey, Sussex, Swansea, Taunton, Warrington, Watford, Wiltshire, Winchester, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Wrexham, York and Yorkshire! So if you are looking for a close up magician in Liverpool, a table magician in Newcastle, a street magician in York, a mind reader in Manchester, a sleight of hand magician in Hampshire, a wedding entertainer in Warwickshire get in touch. If your area isn't in that list then it's still very likely we cover that part of the UK.