Mentalist · Sydney

A SYDNEY MENTALIST,
IN THE ROOMS YOU ALREADY BOOK.

Mind reading and impossible predictions for corporate events, gala dinners and awards nights across Sydney. Twenty-five years of it, most of them within an hour of the CBD. If you are booking a Sydney venue, there is a fair chance this show has already played there.

Played in Sydney

THE VENUES, NOT THE ADJECTIVES

A short list of Sydney rooms this show has actually worked, rather than a claim about being the best in the city.

ICC Sydney

Opening for the Rob Thomas tour. Rob Thomas also appears on the praise wall on the homepage, so the room and the quote corroborate each other.

Crown Towers

The black-tie end of the market, where the show has to work for a seated dinner audience rather than a standing one.

Doltone House

Several times a year. Repeat bookings at one venue group are the only endorsement that costs the venue something.

Hilton Sydney

CBD conference and gala floors, which is the shape most Sydney corporate bookings actually take.

Luna Park Big Top

A big room with a hard back wall. Mentalism has to reach the last row without a screen doing the work for it.

The Sydney television studios

Sunrise, The Morning Show and Studio 10, all filmed in Sydney, plus Australia’s Got Talent.

Sydney credentials

ASKED, NOT ADVERTISED

Anyone can describe themselves as a mentalist. None of the below was applied for. Each one arrived as an approach rather than a pitch, each one was done, and each has a name attached that can be checked without taking anyone’s word for it.

Consulted for a university

UNSW Future Minds Lab, on psychology and intuition, contracted by Professor Joel Pearson.

Spoke at SXSW Sydney 2025

“Neural Sorcery”, with Professor Joel Pearson of the UNSW Future Minds Lab.

Judged the Sydney Fringe Festival

Four of the last five years, missing only a year spent performing overseas. The panel judges the whole festival, theatre, comedy, dance and acting, not just magic, which means being asked to assess performance itself rather than one trade.

Judged the Melbourne Magic Festival

On the panel alongside Cosentino, at the festival that had previously given him two awards.

Consulted for Hollywood

Official consultant and trainer on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, working with Taylor Kitsch on the card handling for Gambit. The story.

Opened for Rob Thomas

At ICC Sydney, on the tour. Rob Thomas also appears on the praise wall on the homepage.

5.0 from 42 Google reviews

On the Google Business Profile, from real clients rather than selected testimonials.

Worth knowing

A MENTALIST IS NOT A MAGICIAN

Search for a mentalist in Sydney and much of what comes back is magicians using the word. They are not the same job, and the difference shows up in the room: a magician performs a prepared effect, a mentalist works with whatever your guests are thinking on the night. Phoenix does both, and the magic and escape work has its own page rather than being sold as mentalism. Read the difference in full.

What it suits

BUILT FOR THE SYDNEY CORPORATE CALENDAR

Gala dinners and awards nights

A seated room, a stage, and a moment when everyone is looking the same way. The strongest fit of the four.

Conferences

An opener that wakes a room up, or a closer that sends it out talking. Built around the people actually in it.

Christmas and end of year parties

Sydney’s busiest season and the one that books earliest. November and December go first.

Roving and close up

No stage, no AV, no setup. Small groups at a time through arrivals, cocktails and networking.

Before you ask

NO HYPNOSIS IN ANY OF THESE SHOWS.
UNLESS YOU’D LIKE THAT.

Nobody goes under and nobody is put on the spot against their will. It is psychological mind reading and composed outcomes. But if comedy stage hypnosis is what you were actually after, that is very much on offer. It is a different show with its own site: sydneyhypnotist.live.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SYDNEY EVENT

Date, venue and roughly how many guests is enough to start. If a mentalist is the wrong call for your night, I will say so.

Enquire 1800 MINDGUY (1800 646 348)

A SYDNEY MENTALIST,IN THE ROOMS YOU ALREADY BOOK.