Cardiff, CF10 2HE I was sat in the stalls by the stage left exit a few nights ago. It was very confusing but extremely well done , When Derren asked our audience how many people saw her put the card in the box (when it was hanging from the ceiling), I looked around and couldnt see any hands up but he said quite a few hands were up. The live footage then displays where he has his sleeves down, and then moments after the footage goes off, he's back on stage with his sleeves up. Venue Apollo Theatre. Starts 09/12/2022. Meanwhile, the usher and those 3 audience members have disappeared, I assume through the stage door they were stood next to. 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. How then did lots of people in the crowd see it happen in the moment? Excellent show would recommend everyone sees it! Like the OP, I performed a similar function at yesterday's matine performance. Loving all these explanations - the weirdest bit for me is that me and my friend had slightly different experiences. Derren Brown is an award-winning illusionist, magician and mentalist. Derren Brown in Showman 2021/2022. 02, 2021. The problem is that the wooden box wasnt suspendes until the 3rd trick. 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. He relies completely on us to allow him to take us on the journey with him. The box wasnt suspended for the first trick. He then does a dance next to the hanging box, and the woman returns to her seat. But now I assume it's so they could film that 30s clip. So let's focus on that person. I was sat on the far side of the show and it was the exit that the 4 people came out of during the interval. DERREN BROWN RETURNS TO THE WEST END STAGE! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. It may not display this or other websites correctly. It worked on me though, I didn't see a thing. Be prepared to laugh, a lot, and maybe cry too. Is that the personalized coin wrapped in string inside a box trick that he did for Enigma? 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). 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! The stage curtains including a large heavy safety curtain come down obscuring the view of the stage. SPOILER Derren Brown - Showman (Spoilers) Coin trick. A jaw-dropping, mind-boggling experience. There are flashes of red light and a partial blackout, I would estimate for between 3 and 5 seconds, no more. I say challenging, and I am of course referring to Derren himself. So that leads us to only one conclusion, we have all missed/forgot 20 seconds of the show. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatres Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. First of all, you absolutely don't want to give anything away - spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. He showed the video at the end of the trick and we all was like, "Nah, that didn't happen." 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. One of DB's team comes on and quickly puts the card in the box, or they have an exact replica pre-prepared box back stage with the duplicate signed card in it, and the switch is made. In my show lots of people put their hands up saying they saw it? 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. 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. I correctly guessed them all once i realised this. There only one part of my experience I'm convinced was faked but only in a very certain way. Oh dear sorry I meant card in the box, got it mixed up lol. 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. And whether you believe or not, you will still be swept away by the well-crafted and tightly scripted performance. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The new person was there and the box was swinging in the video, which gave it the credibility to suggest it happened when we saw it, but my thoughts are that it was two separate videos filmed at two different times then edited. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. Giving them time to film the shot for the trick. Same for person 2. 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. 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. Derren is at his very best on stage. 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. A PM or just commenting in code will be great! Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. 1 35 Derren has created a new show that does not feel like any of his previous shows (based upon what we have seen on DVD). 227 comments Add a Comment The hypnotised dude would have been given a pen that wouldn't mark the board. I do love to try and figure out his tricks myself so I did look all over the card to see if anything was amiss but the only thing I saw was a tiny dot drawn on pen at the top, presumably to line up the zancig board. Spoiler-free review of Derren Brown Showman tour as it opens at the Sunderland Empire. 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. Derren Brown is an award-winning illusionist, magician and mentalist. Privacy Policy. Yeah, the table trick is pretty straightforward, and old school. - don't know. They're waiting, watching the amazing chair trick to end act 1. - no. Learn how your comment data is processed. DERREN BROWN is bringing his current show SHOWMAN to the Apollo Theatre. Theres also a set or pictures on the wall, particularly one of Laurel and Hardy when they were in town back in the day. "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! Or maybe were all under some kind of mass hypnotic spell. 1. Its clear he too has been scarred by the effects of the pandemic, as much as we all have. As far as she is concerned, she has received the exact same checking over treatment as the other 2 people. For tickets, go to https://derrenbrown.co.uk/Welcome to the official Derren Brown YouTube channel. When I got to the stage and took the bank note out of the envelope, Derren, the coin spin made a completely different sound depending which side it landed on. 02922-362359 Reading time: 2 mins Seen on: 10 May 2022 by Dawn Geddes. I was thinking about the venue as we made our way to our seats. . 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. Showman is the much-anticipated live show tour by British performer, Derren Brown, now touring the UK until 2022. His ease on stage is second to none, and the way he reacts with the audience and volunteers is masterful. Ends 19/03/2023. 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. by Stephi Wild Jul. I laughed along to the person the first and second time, but the 3rd time he got about 70% of the audience, me included. 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. Because as far as the audience are concerned, their segment of the show is finished. Follow The Man Himself: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerrenBrown/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerrenBrown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derrenbrown/ Website: http://derrenbrown.co.uk/License code | CODE: LD-KE91OHRL5H4ID Ive spent the whole day convinced that you must of been a stooge or something..but now I dont know what to think! 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. Mega spoilers here.Coin trick:I noticed that there was a tiny micro camera attached to the edge of the table pointing horizontally across it. But that's another story. When I got to the stage and took the bank note out of the envelope, Derren asked I had checked the serial number on my way up as apparently a lot of people do, and we had a giggle. So it couldnt have been recorded then, Nobody saw what allegedly happened. Or coffee? I was in London over the weekend with my husband Ruud Evers, to tick a long overdue 'to-do' off my list. Sentimental Objects With Derren Brown! I think it might be filmed during the blackout on the first card trick. 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 --. 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. Im guessing this was him using his powers of suggestion to the audience that some people saw something that you did not. Derren Brown: Showman is at Bristol Hippodrome On May 24-28 at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on May 28. Derren Brown began his career on British television 20 years ago and has become something of a fixture since. I have just been to see it tonight and I think I know exactly how he did the last trick. 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. If anyone wants to know my theory then please PM me. 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. 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. Derren just glossed over it at the time saying some of you will have seen what happened but no one did. It is then quickly edited with the 3rd attempt, cut split screen to include the box watcher by Derrens team off stage. The man is a fecking genius innit. Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. I have a Derren Question. This would fall apart immediately if someone could testify that either of the two audience members were sitting in the audience as it happened. Ok so only problem is, the trick didn't work on my Dad. info@southwaleslife.com, Derren Brown: Showman Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review, Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! 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. So this just leaves person 3 (our playing card person) with DB and his team back stage. Underground | Derren Brown STAGE & SCREEN 2017-2018, UK Tour UNDERGROUND The multi-award winning master of mind control and psychological illusion fused together a collection of his favourite work to create UNDERGROUND - a jaw-dropping experience of magical genius. I saw him come back down. But believers will believe, and it is the willing participants which will make every single show a different experience. I believe the numbers are pre written, and the participant simply adds a few of their own. Thanks! Its that setting which is so well suited to seeing Derren live, particularly in Showman. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. Like the rest of the world - the tour had been rescheduled multiple times due to the pandemic. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Derren Brown - Showman will take place at the Gaiety, Dublin from April 12-16, the Grand Opera House, Belfast from April 19-23 and the Millennium Forum, Derry from April 26-30. W. I've worked out how about 3/4 of the tricks are done (i think!). In this brand new podcast series, Derren Brown explores the many pressures and worries we experience in modern life and how we can find meaningful ways to manage them better. 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 how he could of done it so much better the entire way through. 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. Is there anybody who heard the full countdown? When we showed the serial number on the big screen, it was absolutely the serial number of the note I last held onto. He then moves onto the chair balancing trick, while the other 3 are waiting with an usher at the bottom of the stairs. And yes, I still havent really told you about the show. Opening 4 March at King's Theatre, Glasgow, SHOWMAN will tour the UK and Ireland until 29 October 2022. Convinced a few friends to go to the last show in Dublin on Saturday and they left completely bamboozled by the whole thing and I loved watching them trying to piece it all together. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. Does anyone remember a TV series from the late 60s where a man goes for walks with his talking house and dustbin. Any one have any theory how that would be possible? The tour is a long one running right through till October. Location London. KindEnvironment5098 5 mo. They didnt appear again for a good 10 minutes. Oooh I never considered that! If you Google that it will explain better how it was done. Which basically means that he plays tricks of the mind and manipulates the audience into seeing and thinking what he wants them to see and think. Press J to jump to the feed. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Glasgow King's Theatre 4 - 12 March 2022 Edinburgh Playhouse 3 - 7 May 2022 Aberdeen For just over two hours this consummate professional has the audience in the palm of his hand. So therefore, what we see in that video at the end DID happen. The first is of DB and the playing card person (from during the interval) and the second is essentially what we all saw, but filmed from the side of the stage. I received complimentary tickets to this event. He often claims his impossible effects are merely achieved through \"\"magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection, and showmanship\"\". I noticed the guy who came back later to be used again appeared near the end of the interval. This didnt happen. To us the signatures will look the same. I had to check with Pa Lee my plus one for the evening whether my mind was playing tricks on me. Please mark as spoiler or respond with PM. Yes, its expensive. (Ad: Event Invite*) Its tricky to talk about the latest Derren Brown show without giving away any spoilers. Maybe I should go again and secretly film when I get backstage. He then introduced us to people who have clearly influenced him. I get you, but there was a second person not chosen at the same time. So how did the signed card get into the box? Be sure to subscribe and catch all the amazing moments of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection \u0026 showmanship! Care to point me in the right direction regarding the thumb tip? We are implored not to give anything away before the curtain falls. video filmed in interval? 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. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. I only figured out which bit was faked and a very good guess at who was because my partner said something to me when I asked her a question. DB's team are quickly picking the same card out of a deck back stage. Firstly; during the interval - I was at the show in Glasgow on Thursday night. I found myself looking for the language, both spoken and non-verbal, which may impel people to behave in one way or another. Take a look at Derrens website for all the DATES. When I got to the stage and took the bank note out of the envelope, Derren. Showman is, at its heart, a show about how the. Could he have the stage area duplicated back stage? For almost 20 years I have been a huge fan of Derren | 10 comments on LinkedIn I was hoping that you would tell me how he managed to guess UFO and whip in 20 questions. After all, its a performance that relies on intrigue. I was sitting in row 3 and could see everything during the two blackouts. I'll inbox you conclusion we came too, as I don't want to ruin anything for anyone. So the person who eventually got chosen was totally random and DB had no control over this. 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. 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 . I really don't think this other theory would hold up to scrutiny but I did wonder if it was being broadcast live to the stage? The cameraman gets a good look at this, we can all see it. On the left hand side we have DB and the card person, on the right we have the watcher. You must log in or register to reply here. Remember that Derren has a fantastic memory (his library trick comes to mind). Originally scheduled pre-pandemic, COVID has clearly had a significant influence on the show that is now being performed across the country.
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