Black Table · Aachen
An evening worth leaving Cologne for
No stage, no opera glasses: 62 seats, and every one of them is the front row.
The promise
Cologne has big houses and big stages. What a big house structurally cannot do is let you close enough that excuses run out of room. At the black table the furthest guest sits four metres from the action — which is why guests travel here from Cologne rather than staying in their own city.
Why make the trip
What cannot be scaled up.
Almost everything about a theatre evening scales: more seats, more light, more technology, bigger names. One thing does not — the distance between your eyes and two hands. Past a certain hall size, magic needs projection, a screen or large props, because otherwise the back rows see nothing. That is the exact moment magic turns into a picture of magic.
The Black Table goes the other way and stops at 62 seats. There is no back row for which anything has to be enlarged. You shuffle the cards yourself, you hold the coin, your ring vanishes in your own hand. There is no substitute for that and no technical shortcut — only the closeness.
That is the whole reason guests from Cologne make the journey. Not because Cologne has nothing, but because this format has a hard ceiling on audience size that is difficult to sustain commercially in a big city. Anyone who has seen it once from four metres understands the difference without further explanation.
How an evening unfolds
Arrive
A glass of sparkling to welcome you — warm light, quiet laughter, reality turns a little softer.
Enjoy
Good food and drinks; at the big shows, tarte flambée in the interval.
Marvel
Close-up magic within reach — right at the black table, in the middle of you all.
Why Black Table
on Google — from guests who have been here
seats — no seat more than four metres from the table
evenings a year — a permanent house, not a guest run
In guests’ own words
Two sentences that say it all.
„A firework of magic tricks.“
„To this day I can’t work out how any of it is done.“
Practical
Right in Aachen, easily found.
Borngasse 30, 52064 Aachen — inside the Cineplex (Kapuziner Karree, 1st floor), step-free by lift. Car parks are a short walk away.
An evening usually lasts around two hours; doors normally open 20 minutes before the start with a glass of sparkling. The exact time is shown with each date.
Frequently asked
Questions about magic show Cologne
Where exactly does the show take place?
At the Black Table – Magic Theater, Borngasse 30 in Aachen, inside the Kapuziner Karree (first floor of the Cineplex building, reachable by lift).
Is the trip from Cologne worth it?
That is yours to judge — what awaits you: 62 seats, no seat further than four metres from the action, an evening of usually around two hours. Factor in the journey back; performances start in the evening.
Can I come with a group?
Gladly. For groups and private bookings we arrange the evening in advance — just send a no-obligation enquiry.
One of the 62 seats still has your name on it tonight.
Over 240 evenings a year — but only 62 seats each night.