1st trick, he reaches over the desk. Or art. 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. 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. 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? Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. My previous encounters were very different to this experience, and believe me, SHOWMAN is one hell of an experience. However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. The numbers the man was writing were much darker, like a pen with fresh ink. JavaScript is disabled. Derren Brown in Showman 2021/2022. What happened with the card that you wrote on? Yeah my guess is. What you'll see in Derren Brown's first new show in six years is being kept secret by both Brown and his faithful audiences, but Derren has said: "All I can reveal is that the show will . Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Derren has created a new show that does not feel like any of his previous shows (based upon what we have seen on DVD). I sat in that chair for a good while. Showman Coin in the Box (Spoilers) Anyone know how tf Derren pulled off the card in the box trick? Derren noticed it and tried to do a little thing scribbling with the pen to say its running out. 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. I was sitting in row 3 and could see everything during the two blackouts. Derren Brown is an award-winning illusionist, magician and mentalist. He is all of those things, but actually so much more. That part finishes, and DB retains 1 of the 4 people on stage to do the balancing chair trick to end act 1. I got brought up on stage for the objects bit, real bucket list moment - what an amazing show . Or maybe were all under some kind of mass hypnotic spell. I think thats enough hints. 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. Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. Our guy (Bham show, 29th Oct) had to stand on a chair to even reach the box! 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. It wasn't untill I talked to my partner I clicked on to what I think has happened. But during the goldfish trick he rolled up his sleeves while saying 'ignore any distractions' - at the end as he goes off stage that gospel choir comes on which is a pretty huge distraction. 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). This makes sense to me. Spoiler-free review of Derren Brown Showman tour as it opens at the Sunderland Empire. 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. 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 Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Tickets are available at www.atgtickets.com. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. 227 comments Add a Comment 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. Yes, its expensive. He paints vivd pictures with his words, and its those images that stick, perhaps to be recalled later. 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Whilst all of that is happening, the second person on stage, the "watcher" is standing very still and is staring at the box. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Im a sceptic, always looking for those moments of distraction or sleight-of-hand. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. 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. In eight episodes, packed with gripping real life stories and cutting edge science, the series takes you into the deeper recesses of the mind, to reveal whats going on, identify the bits which tend to go wrong and show you how to repair them. Fun show last night (Night of Wonders) - for me its fun to work out how the tricks are done, though you should just let it lie and enjoy the show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect. I get you, but there was a second person not chosen at the same time. But wait! He saw the whole thing, Derren getting the chair, the guy standing on it, putting card in etc etc. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. Then just some classic Derren sleight of hand to switch out the card in the swinging box with the signed card as the watcher was not permited to remove the card from the box her/himself. I had to hide my giggles as this was clearly a deep seated hatred requiring years of therapy and I, as a mere mortal was not willing to go there. Each and everyone of us cheered and applauded at every appropriate moment of this story he took us on. Then nearabouts the end of the show, Derren popped up a clip of him helping the bloke he called up on stage to put the card . There was no 'security check' for hidden cameras. Ok so only problem is, the trick didn't work on my Dad. A signature isn't that hard to copy, especially when you're looking at the close up on the camera. Hell of a show though, and well worth seeing. I've seen a woman - totally convinced of her own genuineness - do a similar thing on herself! What does the content of you e-reader say about you? In my show lots of people put their hands up saying they saw it? 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. I saw him come back down. 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. When I got to the stage and took the bank note out of the envelope, Derren. It didn't work on him. The UK Tour continues until October 2022 For full dates and ticket purchases, check out Derren Brown: Showman. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Monkey King. To be honest, Im still not totally a believer. I've worked out how about 3/4 of the tricks are done (i think!). Swansea University Bay Campus, Swansea University Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Crymlyn Burrows, Skewen, Swansea, Taibach Community Library, Taibach Community Library, Commercial Road, Taibach, Port Talbot, New Theatre, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3LN, Savoy Theatre, The Savoy Theatre, Church Street, Monmouth NP25 3BU, Memo Arts Centre, Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, The Blake Theatre, Almshouse Street, Monmouth NP25 3XP, Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Cardiff CF5 1QE, Clwb Ifor Bach, 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff CF10 1BR, International House, 10 Churchill Way 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. Any one have any theory how that would be possible? He really is the ultimate storyteller, which by now we accept is all part of the routine, if indeed you can call it that. Dont expect a great big flashy, glitzy set, this is Derren Brown not David Copperfield. We heard the first bit and stuck our hand up but then he asked 'Who didn't see anything/just saw darkness'. Subscribe For More Derren Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialDerrenDerren Brown is a British mentalist, illusionist and author. To find a way to better connect with family and friends, and indeed with ourselves. He then introduced us to people who have clearly influenced him. You are using an out of date browser. I will say. Originally scheduled pre-pandemic, COVID has clearly had a significant influence on the show that is now being performed across the country. Showman is a 10 out of 10 knock out. Feel free to dm questions that may possibly ruin it. Meanwhile, the usher and those 3 audience members have disappeared, I assume through the stage door they were stood next to. The playing card (now signed) has moved from the card box to the wooden box on the stand. What a shitty thread. And our automatic thought is that this MUST have been filmed during the act 2 segment of the show because that is the only time all three of them were on stage together in those positions. Nobody has seen this, probably only a very small number of the audience will have actually remembered they were still there. "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! He is a storyteller who can keep 1200 people hanging onto what he says and does. Production name Derren Brown: Showman. Theres a way around this but its not that straight forward I dont think. All those little head shakes and nods he does -- are they just tics or are they a crucial part of his techniques? The second curtain is the fire curtain. So, where do they go? 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. - don't know. I correctly guessed them all once i realised this. It was a life changing time in history which will live with us forever. I also (and this may be my imagination, it was loud up there!) Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Youll thank us for that. We were all there to be entertained, but also retained some scepticism. Yes, I've been to see it - it was fantastic - but why would you do something like this when one of the first things Derren asks at the beginning of the show is specifically not to talk about it, because it ruins the experience for other people? 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. Not once did he make anyone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, and in an age where we all seem to revel in that sort of behaviour, it was a joy to watch. Sharing moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how its possible to find consolation and compassion. He shared his own personal tough times of loss and heartache, in the hope we can take something away and use it in our own lives. And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatre's Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. Incidentally, that isnt a spoiler but a genuine part of the experience we should all take away, whether you get to see this tour or not. I want to know how he knew personal histories, like "you're thinking about dying your hair". Loving all these explanations - the weirdest bit for me is that me and my friend had slightly different experiences. 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 noticed in particular that the clip is filmed at an angle where you can't see the front of the stage and so can't see the audience or if the curtain is down. 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. Derren once did a camera trick on TV where he predicted the lottery, using split screen editing. Derren told me in our telephone interview ahead of . His connection with us was life affirming. Showman is, at its heart, a show about how the. Venue Apollo Theatre. KindEnvironment5098 5 mo. Ends 19/03/2023. 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. The most sensible solution is that it's a different card. But now I assume it's so they could film that 30s clip. Anyone got any theories? checked out to make sure they were no longer hypnotised? Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. So during the blackout, one of two things happens. The card didnt get used in the show I saw. Is that your theory or do u know for sure? Its that setting which is so well suited to seeing Derren live, particularly in Showman. So he's relying on over 200 different people (the card trick people) not to say anything about how they filmed it in the interval. 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.". Privacy Policy. If your already a fan you will 100% love it. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. It doesn't really matter which of these methods they used, the result is the same - there's a box on stage with the signed card in it. 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. Even in our most challenging times we can find meaning and grow. The explanation was his prodigious memory and the academic tricks he uses to retain information. 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. The person at the table has chosen the card and signed it. It is then quickly edited with the 3rd attempt, cut split screen to include the box watcher by Derrens team off stage. On the left hand side we have DB and the card person, on the right we have the watcher. Add into that a slick production, simple but effective, and you have a good old fashioned, not to be missed, mind-blowing night at the theatre. went to see the show last night. I understand the principles behind it but it's done so well that no matter how hard you look, you're still impressed. 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". And whether you believe or not, you will still be swept away by the well-crafted and tightly scripted performance. So this just leaves person 3 (our playing card person) with DB and his team back stage. And thats what Derren does best. swear I heard some kind of electronic buzzing as it was rattling in the glass. I was the box watcher in Belfast. 1. I feel like he might have skipped 3-4 and filmed the video during the interval. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? In our show tonight he "didn't press hard enough" too and had a light "5" on there. Totally brilliant, mind completely blown. Spoiler alert Ultimately, he is a fantastic entertainer, and an expert in reading human behaviour and . Bounty hunter Sharkey tracks criminals across the galaxy in his converted, rocket-powered ice-cream truck -- with help from his 10-year-old partner. He froze the man in place on the chair and then the curtain came down. Now I still often blame myself - why am I so suggestible? 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. Went to see Derren Brown's Showman yesterday. The hypnotised dude would have been given a pen that wouldn't mark the board. It was a woman last night, but was probably a man on other nights. So therefore, what we see in that video at the end DID happen. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. 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