Ramiro Vides - A joyful chaotic magician Storyteller Magician Berlin

Almost none — that's part of the charm. For close-up magic I need nothing at all: I move freely among your guests with everything in my pockets. For the group experience I only need a small performance area (about 2 x 2 meters) where everyone can see me, and ideally chairs arranged for the audience. For groups over 60 people or very large rooms, a simple microphone (I can provide mine) and speaker are helpful — most venues have this. No stage, no special lighting, no setup time that disturbs your event.

Just the essentials: the address, the type of space (restaurant, office, private home, garden — I've performed in all of them), the approximate number of guests, and a rough timeline of the evening so I can integrate the magic into the natural flow of your event. If there's a specific moment you want highlighted — a toast, a surprise, the cake — tell me and I'll build around it.

For most events I don't need any — my performance is designed for intimate, direct contact with the audience. I bring my own microphone and a small speaker for background music when needed. For larger groups or big rooms, I'd just ask the venue for a simple PA or speaker to connect my microphone to — almost all venues have one. No lighting needed.

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Hard to choose, but the gigs I treasure most are my own monthly show, "Confusion is Not Magic" — an intimate evening in Berlin that fills the room every time, where the audience and I build the experience together. As a venue, performing at the Zauberkönig, Berlin's legendary magic theatre, is always special: a place with more than century of magic history in its walls.

Honestly? The one that's about to happen. I've performed in theatres, gala dinners, gardens, offices and living rooms — and what makes a night unforgettable has never been the size or the budget. It's the moment a room full of people, whether 15 or 150, stops being an audience and becomes part of the same experience. My job is to make that happen anywhere. The setting just changes the flavor.

I started doing magic in Argentina over 15 years ago, and the road to Berlin shaped everything: performing across continents taught me that astonishment needs no translation. Today I run my own monthly show in Berlin, perform regularly at the Zauberkönig theatre, and bring magic to weddings, corporate events and private celebrations — in English, German or Spanish.

Impossible to answer briefly, but let's try. Every magician I've met on the road has left a mark — from the magicians of my hometown in Tucumán, Argentina, to those who gave me a place to belong far from home: Alberto Lorenzo and María Ibáñez in Miami, where Fantasio and his dear friend Fred Karis embraced a young magician with advice and warmth. The Spanish school shaped my thinking: Juan Tamariz, Gabi Pareras, Kiko Pastur, Miguel Angel Gea, Dani DaOrtiz. Derren Brown's mentalism. The great René Lavand (please stand up), whose stories still teach me every day. I was lucky to learn in person from Max Maven, Eugene Burger and many others. And today, the magic community in Berlin.
My style? Some rascal might say it's as if you locked Tamariz, Pareras, Lavand, a pinch of Fu Manchu and a splash of David Williamson in a box, shook it, and out came a tall bearded guy who sometimes performs in a police shirt — fingers that bend in ways they shouldn't, the silhouette of Jack Skellington.

Especially for them. Most people's idea of magic comes from cheesy TV specials or that uncle with a coin behind your ear. What I do is different: no one gets embarrassed, no one is forced on stage, and the goal is never to prove how clever I am. It's a shared experience built on curiosity, humor and genuine surprise — the skeptics usually end up being the ones who won't stop asking questions afterwards. A couple who had seen the best of Las Vegas told me my bar performance in Berlin blew them away. Bring me your toughest skeptic.

Setup is minimal — usually 15 to 30 minutes, and nothing that disturbs your event. Performance times are flexible by design: close-up magic among guests typically runs from 45 minutes to 2 hours, woven into the natural flow of your reception or dinner. The group experience is a concentrated 20–45 minutes. Many clients combine both for a full evening arc: spontaneous interactions first, then one shared highlight that brings the whole room together.

Yes — gardens, terraces and courtyards can be wonderful settings. Close-up magic works beautifully outdoors with no requirements at all. For the group experience I'd just ask for a spot where everyone can gather comfortably and, if it's windy, a little shelter (cards have a mind of their own, but the wind shouldn't get a vote). For evening events outdoors, some basic lighting so we can see each other's faces — that's where the magic happens.

The repertoire is mine — built over 15 years, and it works because every piece has been shaped by hundreds of rooms. What you have a say in is everything around it: tell me about the occasion, the people, the moments that matter — a toast, the couple's story, something the team will recognize — and I'll choose and adapt the right pieces for that room. For special occasions I can also create a dedicated final piece around your story.

In their own words: a couple who had seen Shin Lim in Las Vegas said my close-up performance in a Berlin bar blew them away. A corporate client wrote that her whole team was "begeistert, fasziniert, überrascht" — thrilled, fascinated, surprised. One guest told me she wanted "every week of my life to include magic." But my favourite kind of feedback is quieter: people saying it didn't feel like watching a magician — it felt like something happening to all of them at once. That's the part I work for.