Virtual magic show
Magic that reaches through the screen
30 to 45 minutes live over Zoom, Teams or Meet. No video, no recording — your people hold their own cards and become part of the show.
What it is
A show where your guests take part — not watch
Nothing is pre-recorded. What happens, happens in that moment, with what your people do in it.
The difference
The difference to a video is the decisive one: your people hold their own cards, think of their own numbers, make their own choices — and Oliver Henke works with what they do in that second. Anyone can check at any point that nothing was arranged. That is what turns an online show into an experience rather than background.
The second difference is reach. For a team spread over three sites, the virtual show is often the only format that genuinely reaches everyone at once, with no travel time. Whoever watches from home is not in the back row; they have the same view as everybody else.
Technically it stays simple. You send a link, he joins. He broadcasts from a fixed set-up with his own camera, lighting and sound — not from a laptop webcam at the kitchen table.
How it runs
What actually happens, step by step
Four steps from enquiry to the end of the show. The most demanding one takes ten minutes.
Four steps
- Beforehand
A short conversation
Occasion, number of participants and platform — that is all it takes to start. It also settles whether the show opens your meeting, closes it or fills a break.
- A run-through
Ten minutes of technology
A few days ahead the connection is checked once: picture, sound, sharing, permissions in your conferencing system. That prevents the quarter of an hour of delay online events otherwise tend to open with.
- On the day
He joins
Fifteen minutes before the start he is in the room, with his own camera, lighting and sound. You install nothing and brief nobody.
- 30 to 45 minutes
The show
Interactive from the first minute. Participants are addressed by name, hold their own objects and see their own decisions reappear on screen.
The point
People who watch forget it. People who take part tell someone about it.
Why interactiveThe show is one hundred per cent live; no video is played
Occasions
What it gets booked for
Team meetings and kick-offs
As the opening or the close of a long online session — the point at which the cameras come back on.
Christmas parties
For teams in different places. One shared moment everyone experiences at the same time.
Client events
Online festivals, product launches, partner evenings. On request with a reference to your company.
We were thoroughly impressed by the professionalism and the sheer level of the performance. What struck us most was the closeness he built with the audience.
Event management
Romaco Group
Our guests and we were left speechless more than once. The audience was picked up perfectly and left astonished. Our expectations were exceeded by a distance.
Event management
Hexagon
He works in a smart, modern way that genuinely enchants people. Absolutely recommended.
Philipp Sauer
GEDORE
Before you ask
What organisers ask most
Is the show really live?
Yes, one hundred per cent. No video is played and nothing is pre-produced. Your participants make choices nobody could have known in advance — which is precisely why the show only works live.
Which platform is needed?
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet are all proven. Other systems usually work too — the technical run-through settles that beforehand. You install nothing; Oliver Henke joins your meeting.
How many participants are possible?
There is no fixed upper limit. Up to about 50 participants a great many people can be involved personally; with several hundred it shifts towards individual volunteers acting for everyone. Both work — the approach is agreed beforehand.
Do participants need to prepare anything?
Only small things, and you get the list in good time: usually a deck of cards, paper and a pen. Anyone without them can still take part. What matters more than props is that cameras are on.
How long does the show last?
30 to 45 minutes. Online, that is the span in which attention holds reliably — beyond it, even the best entertainment becomes hard work. If your meeting is long anyway, a shorter show at the end is often the better choice.
What happens if the technology fails?
That is what the run-through a few days beforehand is for. Oliver Henke broadcasts over a wired connection with a backup line. If individual participants drop out, the show continues — the format does not depend on everyone being online throughout.
Is the show available in English?
Yes. For international teams the whole show runs in English, and a large part of the material needs no language at all.
How short notice can we book?
Shorter than for an on-site event, because travel and accommodation fall away. It happens regularly that a date in the same week is still possible.
Read on
The other formats
Tell me about your event.
Occasion, date and rough guest count are enough to start. From that it is easy to say which format carries your evening — and where in the run of show it belongs.