Master mind-reading performers from another century who did remarkable, and sometimes verging on unlawful things with their abilities. Before we go any further, what did the audience think of the show? I wasn't brave enough to do this in front of Derren. I watched carefully, the usher was not checking to see if these 3 people were OK after hypnosis. You really could sit there all night and listen to him. Showman is the much-anticipated live show tour by British performer, Derren Brown, now touring the UK until 2022. The man is a fecking genius innit. As those 3 people leave the stage, DB says "please will you 3 wait at the bottom of the stairs, we just need to check you are all OK following the hypnosis". I honestly don't know how the hell he did it other than hypnosis. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. It was a life changing time in history which will live with us forever. There is no other explanation. Its important that the camera is in exactly the same position here, and that the watcher is stood in the right position, hence why DB had to move her ever so slightly last night. I'm guessing none of this was half as obvious on the big screen.Serial number trick:I can 100% confirm that the bank note I brought on stage was the bank note that we used. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The hand thing didnt work, I have a hypnosis book called "reality is plastic" which teaches a VERY similar routine for the hands sticking together and forgetting your name, and the number 7.However, when the light thing happened, and they showed the video afterwards, I thought that there was no way ANYONE other than the guy (or girl) on stage would be affected. Our guy (Bham show, 29th Oct) had to stand on a chair to even reach the box! For me, a Derren Brown event is as much about the audience as it is him, and the 1500 people packed into the New Theatre were a crucial part of this live spectacular. As I sat there looking at Derren and trying to gauge the audience reaction, I wondered how I was going to describe him to you. I was sat in the stalls by the stage left exit a few nights ago. In our show tonight he "didn't press hard enough" too and had a light "5" on there. Meanwhile, the usher and those 3 audience members have disappeared, I assume through the stage door they were stood next to. The hand and memory thing is just to try find the kind of person he needs. Author Andy Nyman, Derren Brown . In A Book of Secrets, Derren Brown shows us that it is in thosemoments when we are faced with adversity that we can find lifes most lasting rewards. I've read about the table which can effect the dice roll but what about the coin tosses ? Looking forward to seeing it myself next year! By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. My theory, and it may very well be wrong, is similar to yours where I think that part of it was filmed during the interval, specifically where the person put the card in the box, but I dont believe the box watcher was there for this part. As its one of the main acts of the show. Ive spent the whole day convinced that you must of been a stooge or something..but now I dont know what to think! This is all being filmed from a very carefully positioned camera at the side of the stage, from the same position where they filmed the part described above during the interval. Its definitely one of those shows where you need to start a WhatsApp group with fellow audience members so you can share all your how on earth did he do that? messages. Derren Brown began his career on British television 20 years ago and has become something of a fixture since. But I'd take a pretty educated guess I'm right. For just over two hours this consummate professional has the audience in the palm of his hand. Derren has created a new show that does not feel like any of his previous shows (based upon what we have seen on DVD). Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. His stage persona is immaculate. So let's focus on that person. Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. It worked on me though, I didn't see a thing. Again, I stopped listening shortly afterwards, not because the subject matter wasn't itneresting but because I just wanted to watch the show without some loudmouth fanboy getting in the way! Which in reality is true, accepting that every performance is different. Yeah, the table trick is pretty straightforward, and old school. You can pay a visit HERE if youd like to check. Its a trick, its always a trick with Derren, To rule out the potential that he hypnotised the audience, someone needs to watch the show again and look at the second hand on their watch when Derren counts 1,2 and then see if it magically moves 15 seconds, or if it simply carries on as normal. I saw you at the show last night! So during the blackout, one of two things happens. I will say. Take a look at Derrens website for all the DATES. Hell of a show though, and well worth seeing. Derren told me in our telephone interview ahead of . He wants us to believe, in showing that video, that each and every one of us in that theatre missed/forgot 15-20 seconds of the show. But then, strangely, a second curtain came down, which I immediately thought must be to hide the first curtain from us in case there was movement that affected the curtain. Incidentally, if anyone you know has been to see the show, tell them to be quiet, not tell you anything, and dont dare ruin it. You can also see when Derren does the hand waving in front of the box watcher, he isnt looking at them directly in the eyes because its spliced together. Opening 4 March at King's Theatre, Glasgow, SHOWMAN will tour the UK and Ireland until 29 October 2022. At this point DB says sorry it needs to be someone who wasn't up on stage earlier on, and instructs her to throw the Frisbee to someone else. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. But now I assume it's so they could film that 30s clip. He then chooses a second person (who's hands also stuck earlier) with the Frisbee. It does make the most sense but its still a major trick to pull off by moving all that stuff around in such a short amount of time. He saw the whole thing, Derren getting the chair, the guy standing on it, putting card in etc etc. In my show lots of people put their hands up saying they saw it? They're waiting, watching the amazing chair trick to end act 1. For more information, please see our The "watcher" is in place guarding the box. The card didnt get used in the show I saw. swear I heard some kind of electronic buzzing as it was rattling in the glass. I have no idea how he did it, the hand thing didn't work at all on me, but that must have. Press J to jump to the feed. Yes of course the show has themes, script and direction, but given the obvious unpredictability of the audience it makes for a great, and challenging experience. Reading time: 2 mins Seen on: 10 May 2022 by Dawn Geddes. Before he was known at all, I saw him perform close-up magic to a handful of people, me being one of them. I have a Derren Question. When he guessed the numbers, Derren was doing his best to direct him but he got loads wrong so just moved straight to the reveal, so this makes sense. He showed the video at the end of the trick and we all was like, "Nah, that didn't happen." I like this theory. 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. In thirteen fascinating chapters, Derren takes us on a personal journey to the scene of a childhood humiliation, to lonely evenings on tour, to being paralysed by shyness at a dinner party, to navigating middle age and to finding love. Starts 09/12/2022. His experience of the last couple of years has been parallel to all of us, and it was this shared bond which held the theme of the show. We saw on stage in act 2 that she couldn't remember putting the playing card in the box on the floor, so equally she wouldn't remember doing all of what I have just described during the interval. He places the box on a stand which requires someone to stand on a chair to get to. From March 8 to October 29, 2022, Derren Brown, the ever-popular multi-award winning master of mind control and illusion, will be taking SHOWMAN back on the road for . Following SHOWMAN's world premiere last autumn which wowed audiences up and down the country, Derren Brown is back on stage with his biggest ever live tour! I'm fairly sure our guy got an interval. envelope on stage, there was nothing else in there (so forget dividers/flaps/duplicate notes or anything like that). Maybe I should go again and secretly film when I get backstage. First rule of seeing a Derren Brown show is: you don't talk about what you saw in the Derren Brown show. I can't remember how much of the actual architecture is in the shot to begin with but if he just needs a large black floor and his table then it could work. A small venue, which hid nothing from the audience. At the time, I couldn't think of a legitimate reason why it would have been there. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. So how did the signed card get into the box? Hope you enjoy it as much as I did pal. And as we were to discover, Covid was going to have a profound effect not just on the scheduling but the contents of the show, too. Care to point me in the right direction regarding the thumb tip? To be honest, Im still not totally a believer. Honestly felt like everything I knew in life was shattered. video filmed in interval? Now I still often blame myself - why am I so suggestible? I say challenging, and I am of course referring to Derren himself. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I was the participant for one of the shows for this trick and when Derren handed me the cardboard, it was completely blank. Derren has well and truly earned himself a fan. His one-man shows have received wide critical acclaim and more Olivier wins and nominations than any other in history! He didn't get me to put on the blindfold until after he gave me the card, and they filmed me writing the whole time (I think, lol) but Derren did instruct me to keep adding more numbers at the top, bottom etc until he was satisfied. Press J to jump to the feed. So now they have two pieces of footage. The first thing we need to do is eliminate what DB wants us to believe. These are the obvious tricks. Our Opening Night Review, Cludeo at the New Theatre Cardiff Our Opening Night Review, We Meet the Real Copper Topp Ahead of RuPauls Drag Race UK Tour, Celebrate the Legendary Max Boyce at His 50th Anniversary Concerts, Fresh Sounds and Powerful Stories Spring at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Wolf A New BBC One Prime Time Thriller Rooted in Wales, Everybodys Talking About Jamie At The WMC All Week, Willow Returns and Filmed in Wales Check Out the Nine Locations, Bronwen Lewis More From The Living Room. I was at the show last night (Thursday) too and was also very confused but when 50% of people put their hand up the first time I had actually put my hand up out of confusion because it wasnt quite clear what he had asked I thought he asked who saw the lights flash, nobody actually saw what happened the video at the end must have been pre recorded during the interval like a few people have suggested, its a brilliant trick and very well executed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Interestingly, the Frisbee landed with someone who had already been up on stage in act 1, I think for the first game of guessing the partners. I really don't want the experience of that show to be ruined for anyone. I've seen a woman - totally convinced of her own genuineness - do a similar thing on herself! Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. - no. Read more: Derren Brown gears up for Bristol on his smash-hit 'Showman' tour Please mark as spoiler or respond with PM. Same for person 2. 18/03/2022 00:21. I'm pretty sure it was filmed during the 1st blackout of the card trick where he told the card trick audience member that they reached across the table and put a card in the box. He is a naturally engaging performer than the audience are willing to interact and empathise with. This person, who was also a woman last night, is then instructed to stand in a specific place on stage to guard the box. He has the utmost respect for his audience, delighting in the things he is able to extract and share from the willing volunteers head, but also ever mindful of the powerful affect he has on each and every one of us. My guess is that it was an e-ink display and a stagehand wirelessly transmitted the numbers onto the board after my serial number had been shown on the big screen. Because as far as the audience are concerned, their segment of the show is finished. If you dont have a ticket, its unlikely youll get there as, at this point, there isnt one single seat left for the rest of the week. 2nd trick, he walks across and puts it in on the floor. ago. He was just staying with them while DB finished act 1. Be prepared to laugh, a lot, and maybe cry too. 20 Questions The giveaway with 20 Questions was that the 6 people had to write down the answers on a bit of paper at the back of the stage. Derren Brown, the multi award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion is back, bringing his critically acclaimed production SHOWMAN to the West End for the very first time. Thinking about it in hindsight, my guess is that one edge of the coins would have been shaved so that, looking through the camera, one could tell whether the coin was heads up or heads down once it landed. But. He then moves onto the chair balancing trick, while the other 3 are waiting with an usher at the bottom of the stairs. 1 35 Ok so only problem is, the trick didn't work on my Dad. He is engaging and funny and not once do you feel he is wrestling to get to his final goals. He most definitely didnt film it with me during the intermission. DB chooses 4 of these people to go on stage, probably the most suggestible ones. Any one have any theory how that would be possible? Showman Coin in the Box (Spoilers) Anyone know how tf Derren pulled off the card in the box trick? Hope you enjoyed it as well as I did. Derren talks about the themes of his new show, and how it is constantly evolving.Derren Brown's SHOWMAN is out on a mega tour of the UK & Ireland until Oct 2. Originally scheduled pre-pandemic, COVID has clearly had a significant influence on the show that is now being performed across the country. But some of the things aren't fake in the way of being straight up lies. Press J to jump to the feed. I laughed along to the person the first and second time, but the 3rd time he got about 70% of the audience, me included. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. For tickets, go to https://derrenbrown.co.uk/Welcome to the official Derren Brown YouTube channel. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Showman is a 10 out of 10 knock out. I'll inbox you conclusion we came too, as I don't want to ruin anything for anyone. Yeah my guess is. If you put the two cards next to each other there will be small discrepancies, but that's irrelevant. I feel like there was something inside the dice (a thumper) that was vibrating the dice until it could be confident that it would land with the predicted number facing upwards. There was no 'security check' for hidden cameras. info@southwaleslife.com, Derren Brown: Showman Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review, Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! His ease on stage is second to none, and the way he reacts with the audience and volunteers is masterful. A PM or just commenting in code will be great! Went to see it in Birmingham in October. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. If you have a ticket for this weeks run at the New Theatre in Cardiff, hang on to them and make sure you go, and when you do, keep your experience spoiler free. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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