PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT FOR CARE & RESIDENTIAL HOMES
Care Home Entertainment
Magic Shows & Traditional Punch & Judy
Memorable, visual and interactive entertainment for care homes, residential homes and family days. Choose an award-winning magic show, traditional Punch & Judy, or combine the two for something genuinely special.
Matthew Garrett Member of The Inner Magic Circle £10m Public Liability Insurance
Magic Shows & Traditional Punch & Judy
Magic Shows for Care Homes
A lively, highly visual magic show gives residents an opportunity to enjoy the entertainment together, with humour, surprises and plenty of audience interaction.
Performances can be adapted for different care-home audiences, including residents living with dementia or Alzheimer’s. The emphasis is always on clear, visual entertainment, enjoyment and creating a warm shared experience.
Magic is also an excellent choice for larger family fun days, where residents, children, grandchildren and staff can all enjoy the same performance together.
Traditional Punch & Judy
Colourful, visual and instantly recognisable, a traditional Punch & Judy show can be something wonderfully different for a care home celebration.
Matthew performs with professional handmade puppets and a traditional booth, creating a show that works particularly well for summer celebrations, seaside-themed events and special activity days.
Punch & Judy can be booked as a standalone performance or combined with magic to create a longer programme of entertainment.
SEE MATTHEW PERFORM
A Professional Show for Your Residents
Matthew is an award-winning professional magician with extensive experience entertaining audiences at events throughout the UK. Watch the showreel for a taste of the visual magic, interaction and audience reactions you can expect.
PERFECT FOR SUMMER & THEMED ACTIVITY DAYS
A Seaside Day to Remember
Traditional Punch & Judy has a wonderful connection with the British seaside, making it a natural choice for a care home seaside day, summer celebration or nostalgic themed event.
BRING THE SEASIDE TO YOUR CARE HOME
More Than Just a Show
A Punch & Judy performance can become the centrepiece of a complete seaside-themed day for residents. The familiar characters, colourful puppets and traditional seaside setting make it something distinctive and immediately recognisable.
Many homes build the theme around the entertainment, continuing the day with fish and chips, ice cream, seaside bingo or other activities for residents to enjoy together.
The performance can take place indoors or outdoors, depending on your facilities and the weather, and can also be combined with a visual magic show for a larger celebration.
CREATE A COMPLETE THEMED DAY
Your Seaside Celebration
Keep it simple with one performance, or use the entertainment as part of a full afternoon of seaside memories and activities.
Punch & Judy
Start with a colourful traditional performance for residents.
Fish & Chips
Carry the seaside theme through into lunch or supper.
Ice Cream
Add another traditional seaside favourite for your residents.
Seaside Bingo
Finish the theme with bingo, music or your own activity programme.
VISUAL, FAMILIAR & INTERACTIVE
Entertainment Designed Around Your Residents
Care home audiences can include residents with very different needs. The entertainment is therefore kept visual, engaging and easy to follow, with plenty happening for everyone to watch and enjoy.
Punch & Judy can work particularly well for residents living with dementia or Alzheimer’s because it is colourful, character-led and familiar to many people from earlier generations. Residents can also see the traditional puppets more closely after the performance where appropriate.
For residents with limited sight, the opportunity to handle and feel some of the handmade puppets can provide another way to experience the entertainment.
Every performance can be discussed with your activities team beforehand so that the format is appropriate for your residents.
PLANNING A SEASIDE OR SUMMER DAY?
Make the Entertainment the Centrepiece
Tell Matthew what you're planning and he can recommend a format to suit your residents, timings and activities.
FROM AN AFTERNOON SHOW TO A BIG FAMILY EVENT
Entertainment to Suit Your Care Home
Sometimes you simply want to give residents a really enjoyable afternoon. At other times you're planning a larger celebration with families, children, staff and visitors. The entertainment can be adapted to suit both.
A Special Show for Your Residents
Bring everyone together for a professional live performance created around your residents and your care home.
A dedicated magic show or traditional Punch & Judy performance can be ideal for an afternoon activity, residents’ celebration, summer event or special occasion.
The performance can be adapted to the size and needs of the audience, with an emphasis on strong visual entertainment, interaction and making residents feel part of the experience.
- Visual magic and audience participation
- Traditional Punch & Judy available
- Indoor or outdoor performances
- Adapted to your residents and available space
Care Home Family Fun Days
Create entertainment that residents, children, grandchildren, relatives and staff can enjoy together.
For larger care home family days, magic and Punch & Judy provide genuinely intergenerational entertainment rather than separating the audience into different age groups.
The format can be expanded for summer celebrations and special events, giving visiting families another reason to gather, participate and share the experience with residents.
- Entertainment for residents and visiting families
- Magic shows for mixed-age audiences
- Traditional Punch & Judy
- Flexible formats for larger celebrations
CREATE SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL
Combine Magic & Punch & Judy
You don't have to choose just one. For a larger care home event, Matthew can combine a professional magic show with traditional Punch & Judy to create a varied programme of live entertainment.
It's an excellent option for family days, summer celebrations and special occasions when you want the entertainment to feel like a genuine event rather than simply another activity on the calendar.
NOT SURE WHICH WOULD WORK BEST?
Tell Me What You're Planning
Let me know about your residents, expected audience and plans for the day and I'll recommend the entertainment format that I think will work best.
FOR THOSE EXTRA-SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Something Special for Your Residents
Sometimes you want more than the usual activity. You want to create an occasion that residents, families and staff will genuinely remember.
When you book Matthew, you're booking an experienced professional magician and entertainer who performs at weddings, corporate events, theatres and private celebrations as well as selected care home events.
A care home performance can be kept simple, or developed into something much bigger for an anniversary, summer celebration, seaside day, Christmas event or family fun day.
Larger events and combined Magic & Punch & Judy performances are individually quoted according to the entertainment required, timings and size of the event.
Not just another activity. An occasion to look forward to.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT • REAL EXPERIENCES
Make Your Next Care Home Event One to Remember
From a visual magic show for residents to a traditional seaside-themed Punch & Judy performance or a larger family celebration, the entertainment can be built around your home and the people who live there.
LET'S PLAN SOMETHING SPECIAL
Planning Entertainment for Your Care Home?
Tell me a little about your care home, the occasion, approximately how many residents or family guests you're expecting and the date you have in mind.
I'll recommend the entertainment format that I think will work best for your event.
Care home entertainment, residential home magic shows, traditional Punch & Judy and family day entertainment available across Northamptonshire and throughout the UK.