Product launches, company openings, galas, team-building sessions, birthdays and family events can be organized here around a magic show, for groups of 15 up to 80 seated guests in a single room. Houdini is a magic theater in the Prosperidad district of Madrid, at Calle García Luna 13, with four rooms that can each be hired privately.
Seminars and company events
Each event is built to order: the room, the format and the cast of magicians are matched to the audience and the goal of the day. Formats include an opening act or product reveal for a convention or launch, a gala for staff, and participatory team building in which the audience takes part in the tricks. The event can run as a cocktail with close-up magic, a full stage show in the theater, or magic at the tables. The team coordinates the whole day on site. Houdini can also send a performer to another venue, so a company dinner held elsewhere can still have a magic act.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, Houdini supplies close-up magicians who move between tables during the cocktail and end with a final act. The same magicians can perform at the couple's own reception venue. Private birthdays and family shows for children are also offered in the theater's own rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The Teatro Principal has 80 seats facing a stage and is the main room for shows and presentations. The Sala Frakson, the largest of the close-up rooms, takes more than 40 guests and has the feel of a private club. The Sala Egipcia seats 24 and the Sala Espiritista, the smallest, up to 15. The theater and the bar are on the street level. The three close-up rooms are on the lower floor, reached by stairs, and that floor has no elevator.
History and setting
Houdini has presented magic for more than 35 years. It was designed as a home for illusionists rather than a conventional theater, and artists of several generations have played there, with a program that changes every week. Objects, posters, automatons and memorabilia are displayed along the route between the rooms, so guests walk through a small working museum of magic on the way to their seats. The bar at the entrance serves drinks before the show.
Getting there
Houdini is at Calle García Luna 13, 28002 Madrid, in the Prosperidad neighborhood. The nearest metro stations are Prosperidad on line 4 and Cruz del Rayo on line 9, both a few minutes' walk away. Street parking is available in the surrounding streets. Guests who need assistance should contact the venue before the event, since only the street level is accessible.
