I don't think it will be cut. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. 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. Meanwhile, the usher and those 3 audience members have disappeared, I assume through the stage door they were stood next to. Which in reality is true, accepting that every performance is different. He then moves onto the chair balancing trick, while the other 3 are waiting with an usher at the bottom of the stairs. However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. 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. I was thinking about the venue as we made our way to our seats. 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!! 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. The sparse set and dim lighting are designed to give off an air of mystery. His Majesty's Theatre British illusionist wows audience with his most personal show to date. Saw you still sitting in your chair at the end and you looked pretty perplexed! and our 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 . The second curtain is the fire curtain. 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. 13 May 2022. If it was possible to hypnotise an entire audience to forget parts of the show, he wouldn't need to go to the lengths he does to whittle down audience members to find the most suggestible people. Venue Apollo Theatre. Derren Brown is an award-winning illusionist, magician and mentalist. Honestly the most confusing experience of my entire life. We of course do, and when its over, we are are left with a collective bond, like we have all shared something only the 1500 of us in the theatre can ever experience. But such is the talent of Brown that even I was baffled at times by what I had witnessed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Oooh I never considered that! Or coffee? I believe the numbers are pre written, and the participant simply adds a few of their own. 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. So this just leaves person 3 (our playing card person) with DB and his team back stage. I have no inside knowledge so my theory is completely based on what I saw last night. Location London. But actually, it can be equally challenging for us in the audience too. But how did an entire audience miss this right in front of our eyes? They're waiting, watching the amazing chair trick to end act 1. 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? 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. Derren Brown: Showman. He is a naturally engaging performer than the audience are willing to interact and empathise with. The man is a fecking genius innit. He then chooses a second person (who's hands also stuck earlier) with the Frisbee. I was sat in the stalls by the stage left exit a few nights ago. I think they then spliced the two videos together during the period between the trick and the video reveal. W. Im guessing this was him using his powers of suggestion to the audience that some people saw something that you did not. I have no idea how he did it, the hand thing didn't work at all on me, but that must have. 02922-362359 It may even be a different box. He is a multi-award winning performer, part magician, illusionist and mind reader, or maybe even someone who is very skilled at tricking our minds. Author Andy Nyman, Derren Brown . Derren Brown: Showman - Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review By South Wales Life - 30 March 2022 Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. 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. DERREN BROWN RETURNS TO THE WEST END STAGE! I feel like he might have skipped 3-4 and filmed the video during the interval. Running time 2hrs 40mins. He is warm, charismatic and builds a rapport, careful not to make anyone in the auditorium feel uncomfortable. Person number 1 (not our playing card person) is then checked very quickly by DB - all fine - and is then escorted back to the theatre by an usher. Showman is a 10 out of 10 knock out. 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! 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. 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. As part of a whopping 155-venue world tour, SHOWMAN will be performing seven shows a week between December 2022 and March 2023. . So it couldnt have been recorded then, Nobody saw what allegedly happened. Take a look at Derrens website for all the DATES. Cookie Notice He sits her down at the same table, and makes her walk across to the hanging box to place the playing card inside. The hypnotised dude would have been given a pen that wouldn't mark the board. 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. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. His connection with us was life affirming. When we showed the serial number on the big screen, it was absolutely the serial number of the note I last held onto. 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. Went to see Derren Brown's Showman yesterday. His team backstage are putting together a split screen video using the two pieces of footage. I noticed the guy who came back later to be used again appeared near the end of the interval. 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. Derren openly admits he's a "fake" - it's all just magic tricks, after all. ago. I was hoping that you would tell me how he managed to guess UFO and whip in 20 questions. On the left hand side we have DB and the card person, on the right we have the watcher. Of course, because he hasn't memorised all the books. Thanks! Opening 4 March at King's Theatre, Glasgow, SHOWMAN will tour the UK and Ireland until 29 October 2022. This review refers to the October 2021 touring production of Derren Browns Showman. If you want to know my idea just drop me a message. Oh dear sorry I meant card in the box, got it mixed up lol. Tickets are available at www.atgtickets.com. The story told was that they were being checked out to make sure they were no longer hypnotised. I always thought I was someone who was quite hard to hypnotise so was utterly shocked to find that I might have been. So thought he deserved a as spoiler free wirte up as I could. Each and everyone of us cheered and applauded at every appropriate moment of this story he took us on. Any one have any theory how that would be possible? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. The box wasnt suspended for the first trick. In fact he even told us from the stage, not to give reveal anything. info@southwaleslife.com, Derren Brown: Showman Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review, Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! You are using an out of date browser. The big clue is why did he get the person from act 1 back for a different segment in act 2? The numbers the man was writing were much darker, like a pen with fresh ink. 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. And yes, I still havent really told you about the show. But I'm stoked to hear how exciting you found it being on stage. 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. 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. 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. 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. KindEnvironment5098 5 mo. Went to see it in Birmingham in October. Anyone got any theories? Nobody has seen this, probably only a very small number of the audience will have actually remembered they were still there. He was just staying with them while DB finished act 1. (Ad: Event Invite*) Its tricky to talk about the latest Derren Brown show without giving away any spoilers. Is there anybody who heard the full countdown? Showman Coin in the Box (Spoilers) Anyone know how tf Derren pulled off the card in the box trick? envelope on stage, there was nothing else in there (so forget dividers/flaps/duplicate notes or anything like that). A look back at Derren Brown's most inexplicable tricks and stunts. 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. 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. 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. We need to look back at her movements from the moment she was chosen to go on stage. He often claims his impossible effects are merely achieved through \"\"magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection, and showmanship\"\". Press J to jump to the feed. To us the signatures will look the same. So, in a world where we are all trying to catch up with the time weve lost, grab hold of those we have missed, and re-evaluate what is really important to us, Derren doesnt just perform some amazing how the hell does he do that moments. As far as she is concerned, she has received the exact same checking over treatment as the other 2 people. - no. The UK Tour continues until October 2022 For full dates and ticket purchases, check out Derren Brown: Showman. DB's team are quickly picking the same card out of a deck back stage. 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. What I did notice, was that although the "whiteboard" was blank before the guy started write anything, literally nobody saw what he had written until he was done (the board was turned away from me, it wasn't on the big screen and the guy himself was blindfolded). "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! 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. 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. The answer must be, because something has already happened with that person which means the big reveal needs them back on stage for act 2. Showman is the much-anticipated live show tour by British performer, Derren Brown, now touring the UK until 2022. Sharing moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how its possible to find consolation and compassion. You can pay a visit HERE if youd like to check. He'd memorised the info about them before the show. I get you, but there was a second person not chosen at the same time. But. The problem is that the wooden box wasnt suspendes until the 3rd trick. A jaw-dropping, mind-boggling experience. And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatres Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. 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. So therefore, what we see in that video at the end DID happen. It wouldn't even need to be perfect, because when the card is revealed, the person who signed it is on the other side of the stage. Just saw Derren Brown this week and the guy they got on stage obviously not a stooge successfully predicted every coin toss and Dice roll ?? This would fall apart immediately if someone could testify that either of the two audience members were sitting in the audience as it happened. Derren just glossed over it at the time saying some of you will have seen what happened but no one did. 1st trick, he reaches over the desk. It is DERREN BROWN SHOWMAN, but actually you can add into that mix and the AUDIENCE. And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatre's Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. Press J to jump to the feed. All theatres have them,. Think about when the person who puts the card in the box is selected from the audience, compared to when that trick actually takes place, and why Derren had to set it up like that. I have just been to see it tonight and I think I know exactly how he did the last trick. The former we enjoyed for the whole two and a half hours of the show (with an interval), the latter was thrown out the door and replaced with a true gasp of amazement. You're almost right. The cameraman gets a good look at this, we can all see it. In the card trick, all I heard was 1-2-5. As its one of the main acts of the show. When I got to the stage and took the bank note out of the envelope, Derren. 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. Theres a way around this but its not that straight forward I dont think. Because as far as the audience are concerned, their segment of the show is finished. 227 comments Add a Comment 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. 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. Along the way it discloses the secrets of some of Derrens spectacular tricks of the mind. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. 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. Spoiler-free review of Derren Brown Showman tour as it opens at the Sunderland Empire. Do women just always think about dying their hair? He most definitely didnt film it with me during the intermission. 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? 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 People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. For the record I have seen Derren a few times live, and like many of us, have watched every show and bit hes done on TV over the years. It didn't work on him. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. 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. 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 . Derren Brown: Showman is at Bristol Hippodrome On May 24-28 at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on May 28. 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. They're waiting, watching the amazing chair trick to end act 1. 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 . Whilst all of that is happening, the second person on stage, the "watcher" is standing very still and is staring at the box. But I won't post public Spoilers. I really don't want the experience of that show to be ruined for anyone. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did pal. At the time, I couldn't think of a legitimate reason why it would have been there. The set may be relatively minimal, and the lighting dim at times, but what is projected from it is truly awesome. Read more: Derren Brown gears up for Bristol on his smash-hit 'Showman' tour 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! 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 is an award-winning illusionist, magician and mentalist. 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. 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. 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. He didn't explain why it had to be her, but made a point of saying its not something he usually does. 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. The multi-award-winning master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, is back, launching his first brand new theatre show in six years: Showman. (Showman: Light Spoilers) Laura Masters 597 subscribers Subscribe 441 views 5 months ago On 28th July 2022, I saw Derren Brown perform. First of all, you absolutely don't want to give anything away - spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. 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. Again, this is completely spoiler free. Feel free to dm questions that may possibly ruin it. He said that twice. Even in our most challenging times we can find meaning and grow. I think the 50% thing was intentionally confusing. Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. Originally scheduled pre-pandemic, COVID has clearly had a significant influence on the show that is now being performed across the country. 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. At this point in the show, the participant is blindfolded. All those little head shakes and nods he does -- are they just tics or are they a crucial part of his techniques? So now they have two pieces of footage. 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". Imagine what would happen if anyone could get on stage during the interval. I saw that show too and was baffled at the end. Before he was known at all, I saw him perform close-up magic to a handful of people, me being one of them. Yeah, the table trick is pretty straightforward, and old school. I'm not going to straight up tell you how it's done, but I'll give you some help trying to work it out. 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. But wait! Did you go on stage during the interval at all? Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. Would love to hear your theory and any others, please inbox me as I am completely baffled by the finale and I need some form of answer to this confusion!! 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. Brown manages to achieve a sense of connectivity throughout the audience as he opens the show discussing "how the thing that makes us feel most alone, are the things that bring us together most,". 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. 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 was on stage as the die roller/coin flipper/bank note guy. I have a Derren Question. 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. Well, as they were leaving the stage DB said he had to "check" on them. He is a storyteller who can keep 1200 people hanging onto what he says and does. Now, the eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that this review of Derren Brown Showman, hasnt even begun to mention the content of the show, the fact is I simply cant. Be sure to subscribe and catch all the amazing moments of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection \u0026 showmanship! The person at the table has chosen the card and signed it. We heard the first bit and stuck our hand up but then he asked 'Who didn't see anything/just saw darkness'. There are flashes of red light and a partial blackout, I would estimate for between 3 and 5 seconds, no more. Derren Brown: Showman review - a performance that will blow your mind Apollo theatre, London The veteran illusionist outdoes himself with an evening of bewildering trickery that holds a. Then for the big moment. This is simply not true. My theory: because it happened at a completely different time to when we are led to believe it happened. This makes sense on the card. I saw your show in Hull too! swear I heard some kind of electronic buzzing as it was rattling in the glass. So does Derren feel we are suckers as Barnum would happily say? I'm talking about the big reveal right at the very end! First rule of seeing a Derren Brown show is: you don't talk about what you saw in the Derren Brown show. He places the box on a stand which requires someone to stand on a chair to get to. I would say to ask yourself which is the even remotely plausable explanation between those two and work it from there.That's the problem with this show, Derren makes it so impossible, it can only be done one way, and you don't have to be a magician to work it out. DERREN BROWN is bringing his current show SHOWMAN to the Apollo Theatre. It was a woman last night, but was probably a man on other nights. And I have to say it's one of the best tricks he's done at a live stage show. Would love to know which part you thought was fake tho if your willing to share? Its best just to go with the flow and enjoy a master at work. A PM or just commenting in code will be great! 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. It's driving me nuts, I would like to know the part the thought was fake as well if you wouldn't mind inboxing me too plz. 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). So then for the trick. the coin spin made a completely different sound depending which side it landed on. Care to point me in the right direction regarding the thumb tip? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I had to check with Pa Lee my plus one for the evening whether my mind was playing tricks on me. 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. Hes completely in tune with the human psyche knowing what makes us tick, function and even vulnerable. We are implored not to give anything away before the curtain falls. He then lines them up, and there is a funny segment where they can't remember the number 7. We put our hands up first too because he asked 'Who saw the red lightsand saw 'name' walk across the stage to the box'. 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. Please mark as spoiler or respond with PM. I think this is probably right but he's doing what, over 200 shows on this tour? 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. My partner who went with me wasn't affect by any of it. I was sitting in row 3 and could see everything during the two blackouts. 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