The cameraman gets a good look at this, we can all see it. My partner who went with me wasn't affect by any of it. If you want to know my idea just drop me a message. The story told was that they were being checked out to make sure they were no longer hypnotised. What I did learn from my time on stage was that Derren appears to make really good use of technology in his performances. 1st trick, he reaches over the desk. 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. 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. 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! But then I believe that all they actually did during the missing 15 seconds was knock the box so that it would swing, I think the camera angle did two things to firstly, as you mentioned, block the audience so you couldnt see whether the curtain was up or down, but also secondly to ensure that the person watching the box and the person putting the card in the box dont overlap. That part finishes, and DB retains 1 of the 4 people on stage to do the balancing chair trick to end act 1. Who said you, The smell of old books hits you as soon as you str, Dublin. I always thought I was someone who was quite hard to hypnotise so was utterly shocked to find that I might have been. It didn't work on him. Actually, he most certainly does not. Meanwhile, the usher and those 3 audience members have disappeared, I assume through the stage door they were stood next to. 1. 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. So this just leaves person 3 (our playing card person) with DB and his team back stage. My theory: because 1 of these 3 people (the playing card person) was still needed by DB. First rule of seeing a Derren Brown show is: you don't talk about what you saw in the Derren Brown show. Derren has created a new show that does not feel like any of his previous shows (based upon what we have seen on DVD). So that leads us to only one conclusion, we have all missed/forgot 20 seconds of the show. The tour is a long one running right through till October. 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. They are stood out of sight of most of the audience, at the bottom of the stairs, next to a stage door. 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. I'll inbox you conclusion we came too, as I don't want to ruin anything for anyone. Then, as his career progressed, I was lucky to catch him at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol. I like this theory. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. 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. Firstly; during the interval - I was at the show in Glasgow on Thursday night. His stage persona is immaculate. 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. Running time 2hrs 40mins. 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. 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. He then introduced us to people who have clearly influenced him. Since his television debut with Derren Brown: Mind Control in 2000 hes produced multiple series and specials, winning two Laurence Olivier Awards. I have a Derren Question. You must log in or register to reply here. 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. 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. I sat in that chair for a good while. 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. As part of a whopping 155-venue world tour, SHOWMAN will be performing seven shows a week between December 2022 and March 2023. 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. A small venue, which hid nothing from the audience. You can pay a visit HERE if youd like to check. Spoiler-free review of Derren Brown Showman tour as it opens at the Sunderland Empire. Or maybe were all under some kind of mass hypnotic spell. 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. This review refers to the October 2021 touring production of Derren Browns Showman. Did he guess your correctly and was specific? 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. by Stephi Wild Jul. He then chooses a second person (who's hands also stuck earlier) with the Frisbee. So it couldnt have been recorded then, Nobody saw what allegedly happened. 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! This is simply not true. I've seen a woman - totally convinced of her own genuineness - do a similar thing on herself! 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Nobody has seen this, probably only a very small number of the audience will have actually remembered they were still there. He saw the whole thing, Derren getting the chair, the guy standing on it, putting card in etc etc. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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 saw your show in Hull too! I'm talking about the big reveal right at the very end! And if youd like to read our interview with Derren, and take a look back at some of his highlights, go to our special feature HERE. A jaw-dropping, mind-boggling experience. If you can, get to a venue and grab some seats, the trip will be worth every mile of your hard earned fuel. 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. Showman is a 10 out of 10 knock out. Read more: Derren Brown gears up for Bristol on his smash-hit 'Showman' tour He really is the ultimate storyteller, which by now we accept is all part of the routine, if indeed you can call it that. Care to point me in the right direction regarding the thumb tip? 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. Is there anybody who heard the full countdown? First of all, you absolutely dont want to give anything away spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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 rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. As to how the numbers are guessed Im not sure, Hi! 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. JavaScript is disabled. 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. Brown effortlessly weaves illusions into a personal and tender narrative. Another small but important point, DB actually re-positioned her and made a point to ask her to just move a small fraction to the left and guided her into a slightly new position. Does anyone remember a TV series from the late 60s where a man goes for walks with his talking house and dustbin. 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. 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. Ends 19/03/2023. A PM or just commenting in code will be great! PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN SHOWMAN. It was a woman last night, but was probably a man on other nights. As far as we can all see, what we are watching is one video clip, with all three people on stage at the same time. I was in London over the weekend with my husband Ruud Evers, to tick a long overdue 'to-do' off my list. After moving his family into his childhood home, a man's investigation into a local factory accident connected to his father unveils dark family secrets. 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. Anyone got any theories? He didn't explain why it had to be her, but made a point of saying its not something he usually does. Is that the personalized coin wrapped in string inside a box trick that he did for Enigma? Derren has well and truly earned himself a fan. I kinda want to go again and film it to see if its real. I honestly don't know how the hell he did it other than hypnosis. 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. 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. DERREN BROWN RETURNS TO THE WEST END STAGE! It wasn't filmed in the interval though. 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. Did you go on stage during the interval at all? And yes, I still havent really told you about the show. Its clear he too has been scarred by the effects of the pandemic, as much as we all have. 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. 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). But how did an entire audience miss this right in front of our eyes? 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. The audience dont see the piece of card before the participant writes on it. 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. I think it might be filmed during the blackout on the first card trick. Yeah, the table trick is pretty straightforward, and old school. W. The New Theatre is something very special with its ornate decoration and beautifully crafted interiors. Audience participation is encouraged from the off, and there are a surprising number of people keen to be publicly manipulated in the name of entertainment. 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. His team backstage are putting together a split screen video using the two pieces of footage. Reading time: 2 mins Seen on: 10 May 2022 by Dawn Geddes. I'm fairly sure our guy got an interval. This person, who was also a woman last night, is then instructed to stand in a specific place on stage to guard the box. And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatre's Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. I will say. So now they have two pieces of footage. Spoiler alert Ultimately, he is a fantastic entertainer, and an expert in reading human behaviour and . You are right. Press J to jump to the feed. I've worked out how about 3/4 of the tricks are done (i think!). They're waiting, watching the amazing chair trick to end act 1. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I noticed the guy who came back later to be used again appeared near the end of the interval. 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. Mega spoilers here.Coin trick: Dice trick: Serial number trick: envelope on stage, there was nothing else in there (so forget dividers/flaps/duplicate notes or anything like that). 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. So therefore, what we see in that video at the end DID happen. In this brand new podcast series, Derren Brown explores the many worries and pressures we all experience in modern life and how we can find meaningful ways to manage them better. 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 . It can only have been a stooge, with the filming done in the interval or in advance. 1 35 The "watcher" is in place guarding the box. Loving all these explanations - the weirdest bit for me is that me and my friend had slightly different experiences. Yes, its expensive. I understand the principles behind it but it's done so well that no matter how hard you look, you're still impressed. I was on stage as the die roller/coin flipper/bank note guy. 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. 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). Showman Coin in the Box (Spoilers) Anyone know how tf Derren pulled off the card in the box trick? Sentimental Objects With Derren Brown! I laughed along to the person the first and second time, but the 3rd time he got about 70% of the audience, me included. 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! 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 The person at the table has chosen the card and signed it. 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. But Brown is certainly not there to humiliate volunteers into clucking like a chicken or revealing their deepest, darkest desires. Went to see Derren Brown's Showman yesterday. Remember that Derren has a fantastic memory (his library trick comes to mind). 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. There is no other explanation. 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 found myself looking for the language, both spoken and non-verbal, which may impel people to behave in one way or another. Sharing moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how its possible to find consolation and compassion. However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. But it seems impossible, and nobody in the audience has seen it happen. 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. In our show tonight he "didn't press hard enough" too and had a light "5" on there. Any one have any theory how that would be possible? Looking forward to seeing it myself next year! That's exactly what DB wants us to believe. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Derren just glossed over it at the time saying some of you will have seen what happened but no one did. We all had the same view - funny what the mind does or doesnt focus on. DERREN BROWN is bringing his current show SHOWMAN to the Apollo Theatre. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. (Showman: Light Spoilers) Laura Masters 597 subscribers Subscribe 441 views 5 months ago On 28th July 2022, I saw Derren Brown perform. Of course, the mind-boggling illusions remain a secret. All those little head shakes and nods he does -- are they just tics or are they a crucial part of his techniques? I may have set my expectations too high and in some ways the show was more predictable than I had anticipated. After the four participants were taken off stage they were held at the base of the steps by an exit for a few minutes by an usher. Oooh I never considered that! I correctly guessed them all once i realised this. But that's another story. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. He then does a dance next to the hanging box, and the woman returns to her seat. When we showed the serial number on the big screen, it was absolutely the serial number of the note I last held onto. We are implored not to give anything away before the curtain falls. Act 2 begins. For tickets, go to https://derrenbrown.co.uk/Welcome to the official Derren Brown YouTube channel. 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. Before he was known at all, I saw him perform close-up magic to a handful of people, me being one of them. THE FOLLOWING CONTAINERS SPOILERS. I think thats enough hints. Press J to jump to the feed. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Bounty hunter Sharkey tracks criminals across the galaxy in his converted, rocket-powered ice-cream truck -- with help from his 10-year-old partner. The finale, too, was a very clever use of camera trickery. I have no inside knowledge so my theory is completely based on what I saw last night. Just from knowing a little more about what happens to the person on stage. 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. They wouldn't have felt it or remembered it when they came round. Thanks! And thats what Derren does best. I was sat in the stalls by the stage left exit a few nights ago. But. It may even be a different box. 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. The second curtain is the fire curtain. Went to see it in Birmingham in October. Would be very interested to hear your theory too. He is warm, charismatic and builds a rapport, careful not to make anyone in the auditorium feel uncomfortable. This would fall apart immediately if someone could testify that either of the two audience members were sitting in the audience as it happened. And the Showman left many guests at the Alex Theatres Press Night scratching their heads in awe and wonder. Venue Apollo Theatre. It is then quickly edited with the 3rd attempt, cut split screen to include the box watcher by Derrens team off stage. I was the participant for one of the shows for this trick and when Derren handed me the cardboard, it was completely blank. envelope on stage, there was nothing else in there (so forget dividers/flaps/duplicate notes or anything like that). He's a mind reader so he could find out and I would face legal consequences. Like saying to a man "you've recently thought about Konnie Huq"? Please see this post I did a while ago for a detailed explanation. Maybe I should go again and secretly film when I get backstage. 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. 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 - 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. 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 was thinking about the venue as we made our way to our seats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect. 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. 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. The stage curtains including a large heavy safety curtain come down obscuring the view of the stage. A look back at Derren Brown's most inexplicable tricks and stunts. He froze the man in place on the chair and then the curtain came down. So thought he deserved a as spoiler free wirte up as I could. 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. Ok so only problem is, the trick didn't work on my Dad. People are talking, getting up to go to the bar/toilet. But I won't say publicly. I think the 50% thing was intentionally confusing. The playing card (now signed) has moved from the card box to the wooden box on the stand. He'd memorised the info about them before the show. I got brought up on stage for the objects bit, real bucket list moment - what an amazing show . It may be a one-man show, but we all leave feeling like we have been a part of a collective experience. I would love to tell you about the opening for example, but it would be wrong of me to do so I can say it is one of the most effective openings to a show I have ever seen. 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. Its that setting which is so well suited to seeing Derren live, particularly in Showman. There are flashes of red light and a partial blackout, I would estimate for between 3 and 5 seconds, no more. Would love to know which part you thought was fake tho if your willing to share? This didnt happen. 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. I have an idea how some of it was done, but it only throws up more 'impossible' things that I can't explain! At the time I just assumed so they could move the chair and person and put them back at the end of the interval. So then for the trick. The explanation was his prodigious memory and the academic tricks he uses to retain information. Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. Noise. Derren openly admits he's a "fake" - it's all just magic tricks, after all. What I can tell you about the sold-out audience at the New Theatre in Cardiff, who were there to see the opening night of DERREN BROWN SHOWMAN, is that we werent disappointed on any front. It worked on me though, I didn't see a thing. Then for the big moment. He comes out to a crowd of eager fans who expect to be blown-away, astounded, gob-smacked, or whichever cliche you care to throw into the mix. Derren Brown in Showman 2021/2022. For just over two hours this consummate professional has the audience in the palm of his hand. You are using an out of date browser. 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. The hand and memory thing is just to try find the kind of person he needs. The most sensible solution is that it's a different card. 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. At one point he makes reference to the greatest showman, P T Barnum, yes, the man who inspired the film. Delighted to hear that other people had the same experience unless of course we were just in the majority that were under his spell! Be sure to subscribe and catch all the amazing moments of magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection \u0026 showmanship! Would love to hear your theory about how the final peice was done. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. Starts 09/12/2022. 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. Totally brilliant, mind completely blown. 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. He said that twice. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? And that it isn't difficult to get information about people once you have their name, address, credit card details and whatnot. 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. Dont expect a great big flashy, glitzy set, this is Derren Brown not David Copperfield. The second part with the box watcher is filmed when we see him on stage and the camera crew are very clever at splitting two screens to make it look like one, just like when he 'predicted' the lottery, the same idea is used. Is that your theory or do u know for sure? I think they then spliced the two videos together during the period between the trick and the video reveal. 1. 13 May 2022. 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. 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. 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. Opening 4 March at King's Theatre,. 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. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. Difficult to get information about people once you have not seen Showman guests at the of... 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