Biography
For a long time now, Chew Eng Chye has been helping a range of corporations make their events fun, memorable and successful.
Eng Chye is a magician and illusionist who specialises in corporate entertainmentperforming an intimate and interactive form of close-up magic or stage magic where you’ll be able to hear gasps of amazement and laughter.
Clients such as Crown Perth call on Eng Chye to entertain their high rollers from around the world with some coming from as far away as Las Vegas in the USA. He was also invited to perform at the grand opening of the exclusive $30 million Pearl Room for the VIP guests that attended the event.
He’s also amazed and delighted audiences from ANZ, Argyle Diamonds, BHP Billiton, Coca-Cola, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Konica Minolta, KPMG,Malaysia Airlines, National Australia Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rio Tinto, TNT Express, Toyota and Westpac Banking Corporation having appeared at their award nights, cocktail parties, conferences, corporate events, gala dinners and special events.
When you enlist Eng Chye’s magic and illusions you’re guaranteed to an interactive experience, where the performances are as much with the audience as they are for the audience, leaving guests and clients something to talk about for a long time.
Having been interested in magic and illusions from a young age and having met the likes of David Copperfield, Eng Chye’s true passion is to touch the hearts and minds of the people he performs for and to bring back that sense of wonder they experienced as a child. He’s a little like Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up.
Eng Chye has appeared on national television where he was the featured studio guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s program George Negus Tonight, which profiles ordinary people doing extraordinary things and explores the unique character of Australia and its people. During the interview, Eng Chye also performed some magic and illusions for George Negus who exclaimed “That’s impressive!… That’s impressive!…”.
Eng Chye has also received widespread recognition from the national media having been featured in Charter, Scoop Magazine, The Sunday Times, The Deal – The Australian Business Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, The West Australian, The West Magazine and the West Weekend Magazine. The West Weekend Magazine said that Eng Chye’s fashion sense is “immaculate” and that his magic and illusions are performed with a “calming hypnotic rhythm”. Very muchDavid Copperfield meets James Bond.
Beyond his magic and illusions, Eng Chye likes to make his performances light hearted and fun, but friendly and warm at the same time, so much so that we hardly question his ability to make the impossible possible. Eng Chye’s style is also what sets him apart, as he likes to present his performances in a refined and elegant manner, letting people experience what it was like when magicians and illusionists were celebrities of the highest order.