Any one have any theory how that would be possible? But now I assume it's so they could film that 30s clip. Learn how your comment data is processed. He often claims his impossible effects are merely achieved through \"\"magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection, and showmanship\"\". We need to look back at her movements from the moment she was chosen to go on stage. During the blackout, there simply wasn't time for the person to get off the chair, walk across with DB, climb up, put the card in the box, climb down and walk back to their seat. Again, this is completely spoiler free. I also noticed that on my finally throw, it seemed to roll around in the glass a LOT longer than the previous times I had rolled it. His ease on stage is second to none, and the way he reacts with the audience and volunteers is masterful. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. Like the rest of the world - the tour had been rescheduled multiple times due to the pandemic. He said that twice. Since his television debut with Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000 hes produced multiple series and specials, winning two Laurence Olivier Awards. Press J to jump to the feed. Derren Brown: Showman. 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. Firstly; during the interval - I was at the show in Glasgow on Thursday night. Im guessing this was him using his powers of suggestion to the audience that some people saw something that you did not. We were all there to be entertained, but also retained some scepticism. Being up on stage, I noticed that the back of the chair that the hypnotised guy was sitting on was hella thick, so I am pretty convinced that a stagehand was indicating to the hypnotised guy how the coin landed through pulses in the back of the chair. Derren Brown: Showman is at Bristol Hippodrome On May 24-28 at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on May 28. To be honest, Im still not totally a believer. As to how the numbers are guessed Im not sure, Hi! I have a Derren Question. (Showman: Light Spoilers) Laura Masters 597 subscribers Subscribe 441 views 5 months ago On 28th July 2022, I saw Derren Brown perform. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Or coffee? I kinda want to go again and film it to see if its real. Or maybe were all under some kind of mass hypnotic spell. But I won't post public Spoilers. We are led to believe by DB that just like the first 2 times, it was the person with their hand on the box who has done this. But believers will believe, and it is the willing participants which will make every single show a different experience. Running time 2hrs 40mins. Where did you write it and where did it go? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Third time round when he put the box up a good ten foot high and counted up, all the lot of us heard was "1.. 2.. 5.". KindEnvironment5098 5 mo. Would love to hear your theory about how the final peice was done. I watched carefully, the usher was not checking to see if these 3 people were OK after hypnosis. 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. Apparently he got someone to pick a book at random from a library and then a page, and then a paragraph, and then Derren read it word for word. *Why is this post marked AD? Fresh from a sold out tour of the UK and Ireland, his new, interactive show, has received the most off-the-chart reviews of his career. SYNOPSIS: 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 . Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. 3rd trick, he walks over and puts it in the suspended box. They are stood out of sight of most of the audience, at the bottom of the stairs, next to a stage door. He saw the whole thing, Derren getting the chair, the guy standing on it, putting card in etc etc. So the person who eventually got chosen was totally random and DB had no control over this. His Majesty's Theatre British illusionist wows audience with his most personal show to date. This is simply not true. I was sat in the stalls by the stage left exit a few nights ago. At the start of the interval the doors were opened and the four of them - including the guy who later got called up to do the box trick - were quickly swept out. The sleeves being rolled up is just another little detail that makes us reject that it's happening now, though of course he has plenty of time to roll them back down and back up between appearances. 1st trick, he reaches over the desk. 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! His connection with us was life affirming. But that's another story. There's a coup in the closing moments so mindblowing, so laser-guided, to undermine the hold-out scepticism of an unbeliever like me, that I ended up feeling he had surpassed even himself. Oooh I never considered that! However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. Whether you are a believer or not, however you view what Derren so skilfully does, what is unarguable is that he really is the ultimate showman. It was a life changing time in history which will live with us forever. As for the original signed card, DB probably took this out of the card box during the blackout when the person was sat there under hypnosis. I wasn't brave enough to do this in front of Derren. I think the 50% thing was intentionally confusing. Even already seeing it months before and knowing what to look for, I don't know how it's done other than an "off screen" routine and if so then I'm even happy with that to be honest ha. The card didnt get used in the show I saw. He showed the video at the end of the trick and we all was like, "Nah, that didn't happen." Would be very interested to hear your theory too. Please see this post I did a while ago for a detailed explanation. 2nd trick, he walks across and puts it in on the floor. He is warm, charismatic and builds a rapport, careful not to make anyone in the auditorium feel uncomfortable. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. W. Is there anybody who heard the full countdown? Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. The usher held the envelope open for me as I inserted it, and when I opened the envelope on stage, there was nothing else in there (so forget dividers/flaps/duplicate notes or anything like that). The man is a fecking genius innit. He most definitely didnt film it with me during the intermission. Would love to know which part you thought was fake tho if your willing to share? (I saw the show twice last month). However. Derren walks over to the flip chart once after all the numbers are up on the board and pockets it.As its folded up so small it is easy to palm and conceal. I've inboxed you what me and my partner think, as I don't want to spoil anything for people that may not of seen it. I always thought I was someone who was quite hard to hypnotise so was utterly shocked to find that I might have been. He has NEVER used the same person for two different parts of the show like that before, probably because it would lead the audience to believe it was a plant/stooge. So, where do they go? I was hypnotised and cannot remember. This is similar to my experience, I thought I saw a shadow run across the stage and heard a chair clatter, my partner said she heard the chair being dragged but didn't see the shadow. Ends 19/03/2023. 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. 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. 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. I think it might be filmed during the blackout on the first card trick. 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. Derren Brown asks questions about the world, and his intelligent curiosity benefits us all. Elizabeth Day, Derren Brown gets into your brain and reveals how to make it work better. At least half an hour passes between when DB finishes that part of the show, until when we see the final video at the very end. 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. But wait! The explanation was his prodigious memory and the academic tricks he uses to retain information. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Totally brilliant, mind completely blown. Maybe I should go again and secretly film when I get backstage. Derren just glossed over it at the time saying some of you will have seen what happened but no one did. The big clue is why did he get the person from act 1 back for a different segment in act 2? This would fall apart immediately if someone could testify that either of the two audience members were sitting in the audience as it happened. I have just been to see it tonight and I think I know exactly how he did the last trick. Warning if anyone is going to see Derren Brown Showman Live Tour then I advise you NOT to watch this video as it does contain spoilers for the show!! The problem is that the wooden box wasnt suspendes until the 3rd trick. I honestly don't know how the hell he did it other than hypnosis. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Showman is, at its heart, a show about how the. I was the participant for one of the shows for this trick and when Derren handed me the cardboard, it was completely blank. Loving all these explanations - the weirdest bit for me is that me and my friend had slightly different experiences. Yeah my guess is. That part finishes, and DB retains 1 of the 4 people on stage to do the balancing chair trick to end act 1. Its best just to go with the flow and enjoy a master at work. I believe the numbers are pre written, and the participant simply adds a few of their own. And then remember that 90% of that audience booked tickets with a credit card. What applied then, still applies now how the hell he does what he does, I have no idea, other than to say the skill and intensity of what he does both with, and to an audience is incredible. 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. Location London. A small venue, which hid nothing from the audience. DERREN BROWN is bringing his current show SHOWMAN to the Apollo Theatre. 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. So now DB's team has footage of him walking with the lady, her putting the card in the box, and her walking back to her seat. But I'd take a pretty educated guess I'm right. You can pay a visit HERE if youd like to check. We dont know whats going to happen, how events are likely to unfold, and whether Derren will be feeling it on the night youre there. I may have set my expectations too high and in some ways the show was more predictable than I had anticipated. Cardiff, CF10 2HE I've read about the table which can effect the dice roll but what about the coin tosses ? 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. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? So currently, we have two working theories about the trick, one beingthat he really just hypnotized half the audience to forget what happenedduring the 3rd attempt. 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. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. And that it isn't difficult to get information about people once you have their name, address, credit card details and whatnot. That's exactly what DB wants us to believe. Then for the big moment. I know it sounds really complicated and techy, but standing about a foot above the glass looking directly downwards, an awkwardly prolonged rattling of the dice is exactly what I witnessed. 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 . If you put the two cards next to each other there will be small discrepancies, but that's irrelevant. Does legacy TV programme footage deteriorate over time. 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. Theres also a set or pictures on the wall, particularly one of Laurel and Hardy when they were in town back in the day. DB's team are quickly picking the same card out of a deck back stage. Just from knowing a little more about what happens to the person on stage. If you Google that it will explain better how it was done. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. My friend and the stranger on the other side of me didnt see the running or hear it at all, they thought I was winding them up! I saw him come back down. I think thats enough hints. We never see footage of that. I also (and this may be my imagination, it was loud up there!) I get you, but there was a second person not chosen at the same time. He is a naturally engaging performer than the audience are willing to interact and empathise with. Take a look at Derrens website for all the DATES. Author Andy Nyman, Derren Brown . My current manshape is a magician and he hates Derren with a passion and I watched Derren's magic show a few weeks ago with my man muttering and insulting Derren and also explaining how everything was done and, Most magicians I know or have spoken to -- no, scratch that --. 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. The UK Tour continues until October 2022 For full dates and ticket purchases, check out Derren Brown: Showman. I hope the bit you're referring to doesn't get cut out by the time I go. I got brought up on stage for the objects bit, real bucket list moment - what an amazing show . Again, it doesn't really matter which method he used here, either way the original card is now in his pocket. It can only have been a stooge, with the filming done in the interval or in advance. and our Hope that makes sense, Saw it last night, for us it was a different person doing the chair and the card trick (the card trick person was one who was chosen previously though). Venue Apollo Theatre. 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. I got put under by him and it was a marvelous experience. First of all, you absolutely don't want to give anything away - spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. So how did he do that one where he had his head covered and was gussing people's star-signs and all sorts of other stuff about them. I have a Derren Question. 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! The content of SHOWMAN remains a closely guarded secret, but if youve seen him before, you know youre in for a powerhouse treat! Derren Brown in Showman 2021/2022. 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 held my bank note above my head from the dress circle, and on my way to the stage I took a sneaky glance at the serial number because I had an inkling that it would be relevant later. 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. Be sure to subscribe and catch all the amazing moments of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection \u0026 showmanship! No, i, But first coffee. The cameraman gets a good look at this, we can all see it. Did you go on stage during the interval at all? I always love the tv specials he does but Ive never seen him live! I'm talking about the big reveal right at the very end! I just wondered if he'd given a subtle clue. You must log in or register to reply here. He is all of those things, but actually so much more. I went to see the show last night, and spent the remainder of the evening trying to work out how DB pulled off the trick involving the playing card in the box and in particular the video at the end. Nobody has seen this, probably only a very small number of the audience will have actually remembered they were still there. We see DB hypnotise the playing card person twice, and they unconsciously put the playing card in the box themselves, but have no recollection of doing so. He is a storyteller who can keep 1200 people hanging onto what he says and does. All those little head shakes and nods he does -- are they just tics or are they a crucial part of his techniques? Firstly, her hands locked in place. Derren has well and truly earned himself a fan. We are implored not to give anything away before the curtain falls. 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. "Crabbing and Caravans: A September Break on the English Riviera", "One Day in London: Greenwich Museums and the Bermondsey Beer Mile", Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), AD GIFTED TICKET | I never fail to appreciate that, Chris is out tonight so this is how Im spending, Wow, 2023 has been a ride so far! 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. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. A jaw-dropping, mind-boggling experience. They wouldn't have felt it or remembered it when they came round. Enlightening, thought-provoking and illuminating. You're almost right. After all, its a performance that relies on intrigue. I heard 1, 2, the lights went off and then I clearly heard someone running and saw someone dart across the stage in the blackness, took no more than a few seconds, then went to 5. 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. His stage persona is immaculate. I was in London over the weekend with my husband Ruud Evers, to tick a long overdue 'to-do' off my list. I was thinking about the venue as we made our way to our seats. I was hoping that you would tell me how he managed to guess UFO and whip in 20 questions. He then moves onto the chair balancing trick, while the other 3 are waiting with an usher at the bottom of the stairs. So let's focus on that person. Master mind-reading performers from another century who did remarkable, and sometimes verging on unlawful things with their abilities. He just seriously impressed me especially as a complete and utter skeptic of some of the things he did, I couldn't of being more impressed. Sentimental Objects With Derren Brown! As I said, were not going to include any spoilers here. However, you can trust that I will always be honest and truthful on A Brummie Home and Abroad, and being an invited guest will not influence my opinion in any way. The "box watcher" wasnt there, but he knew exactly where they would be standing, so he could act as though there was a person there to wave at etc, then its an easy edit job to splice her/him in. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Brown effortlessly weaves illusions into a personal and tender narrative. He is engaging and funny and not once do you feel he is wrestling to get to his final goals. 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