Corporate Magician & Mind Reader · Oxford
Mind reading for the brightest room in Oxford
College dinners, science park celebrations and conferences at the Saïd Business School: Jack performs mind reading that thrives in front of clever, sceptical audiences, an easy run along the A40 from his Cheltenham base.
If your date is free, you'll have a quote within 24 hours.
Jack Thomson is a corporate magician and mind reader covering Oxford and Oxfordshire, a little over an hour from his base near Cheltenham along the A40. He performs at college dinners, science and tech company events and black-tie evenings for audiences of 10 to 2,000, a Full Member of The Magic Circle rated a perfect 5.0 on Google.
- The Magic Circle · Full Member
- Thrives with sceptical audiences
- Audiences of 10 to 2,000
- Just over an hour from Oxford
- Corporate & adult events only
Corporate entertainment in Oxford
A city that will try to work out how it's done
Oxford's corporate calendar is unlike anywhere else: candlelit dinners in college halls, conferences at the Saïd Business School, celebrations for the biotech and software firms of the Oxford Science Park, Milton Park and Harwell, and grand evenings at Blenheim Palace up the road in Woodstock. The common thread is the audience: clever, curious and professionally sceptical. That is exactly the room mind reading was made for, because the harder people try to explain it, the better the night gets.
Where Jack fits
Three ways Oxford organisations use him
From high table formality to science park informality, the show is shaped to the room.
College and black-tie dinners
Historic dining halls rarely allow staging or AV, and close-up mind reading needs neither. Jack works the tables between courses and can close the evening with a short show performed entirely unplugged, matched to the formality of the night.
Science and tech company events
For the labs and software firms around Oxford, an audience of researchers is not a risk, it is the point. The performance stands up to intelligent scrutiny, and the post-show debate becomes part of the entertainment.
Conferences and awards
A keynote-grade slot or an after dinner show at a conference venue or hotel, with your key message woven in if you want it. PMCA accredited, Jack can host the running order as well as headline it.
Coverage
Straight down the A40
Oxford is a little over an hour from Jack's base near Cheltenham, straight along the A40 through the Cotswolds, with Blenheim Palace, Woodstock and the Oxfordshire science campuses all comfortably in range. Late finishes at college dinners are routine.
Travel is included, every quote is fixed with no hidden extras, and Jack performs at corporate and adult events only.
New to Jack? Start with the full corporate magician and mind reader page or the Jack Thomson magic and mind reading homepage.
Reviews
Rated 5.0 on Google
He isn't the cheesy, rabbit-out-of-a-hat type. He captures the attention of the whole room. Even people who 'don't like magic' end up saying 'do another one!'. Very nice guy, even better magician.
The room that can explain everything, meeting something it can't.
Check Your DateQuestions
Booking in Oxford, answered
Can you perform in an Oxford college dining hall with no AV?
Yes, that is the natural habitat for this show. Close-up mind reading between courses needs no microphone, stage or power, and the short after dinner set can run completely unplugged for rooms of up to a few hundred. Jack liaises with the college's events team directly on timings and etiquette.
Will a room full of academics and researchers ruin the show?
The opposite: they make it. The performance welcomes scrutiny, nobody is a plant, and the material survives clever people testing it in real time. The sharper the audience, the bigger the gap between what they can explain and what they just watched, and that gap is the entertainment.
Do you cover the science parks and business parks around Oxford?
Yes. The Oxford Science Park, Milton Park, Harwell and the business venues around Oxfordshire are all within easy range of Jack's Cheltenham base, a little over an hour along the A40. Travel is included and quotes are fixed, so an out-of-town campus costs no more than a city centre venue.
What size of Oxford event suits the show?
From a team dinner of 10 to a conference audience of 2,000. Close-up mind reading suits receptions, high tables and private dining rooms, while the stage show anchors larger rooms. Many Oxford bookings combine both: mingling through drinks, then a show once everyone is seated.
How far in advance should we book an Oxford date?
As soon as the date is fixed, especially for summer balls, end of term celebrations and Christmas, when Oxford's calendar is at its busiest. Checking a date costs nothing and carries no obligation: if it is free, you will have a fixed quote within 24 hours.
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Booking
Planning an Oxford event? Check your date
Tell Jack the date, the venue and the audience. If the date is free, you will have a fixed, no-obligation quote within 24 hours.
- Fully insured, self-contained, works with your venue and AV team
- Every quote is fixed, with no hidden extras
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Get your quote
Share the date, venue and audience. Quote back within 24 hours.
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Confirm date and time
A small deposit locks Jack in. Everything confirmed in writing.
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Enjoy the show
Jack handles the rest. You take the credit.