An Italian mentalist working with companies and private clients
Alessio Rastrelli is an Italian professional mentalist and magician, working since 2001. He is a member of the Club Magico Italiano, of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and of The Magic Circle in London.
Over more than twenty years he has developed a recognisable style: elegant, built on the participation of the audience, and calibrated each time on the occasion, with a declared preference for the stage format. He performs in Italian, English and French, in Italy and abroad.
Who he works for
Over the years he has worked for Montblanc, Barilla, Reply, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Tempur, Vileda, Farchioni, A-Derma and I Viaggi dell’Airone, as well as for luxury resorts, event agencies and private clients.
His audience is that of conventions, gala dinners, corporate meetings and private evenings.
Alongside the shows he runs corporate training, using the techniques of mentalism as working tools on communication, persuasion and body language for managers and sales teams.
Training
His interest in magic began early and developed through a path combining illusionism, theatre and psychology applied to performance.
He attended the Professional Magic Course directed by Tony Binarelli in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011. He studied acting, diction, improvisation and mime at the Anna Bolens drama school, and took a course in theatre direction with Girolamo Lucania, later collaborating on the direction of stage shows.
In 2006 he gave his first professional lecture for magicians, “Raise your level”, on improving performance through the tools of theatre.
Awards
First Prize in the close-up competition and the Mister X Trophy at the seventh Festival de la Magie in Cusset, France
Vanni Bossi Trophy for stage magic at the national competition in San Martino di Castrozza, organised by Tony Binarelli
Second international prize for close-up at the thirty-third World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas
Interpretation Award at the Italian Magic Championships, Masters of Magic, at the Casinò de la Vallée in Saint Vincent
Today
He works mainly with companies, event agencies and private clients looking for a refined experience rather than entertainment. The full picture of the corporate work is on the mentalist for corporate events page; anyone who wants to understand the discipline first can start from mentalism.
