This review refers to the October 2021 touring production of Derren Browns Showman. We heard the first bit and stuck our hand up but then he asked 'Who didn't see anything/just saw darkness'. At least half an hour passes between when DB finishes that part of the show, until when we see the final video at the very end. 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. Venue Apollo Theatre. Ends 19/03/2023. 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. - no. I got brought up on stage for the objects bit, real bucket list moment - what an amazing show . 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. Which in reality is true, accepting that every performance is different. The second curtain is the fire curtain. 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. Cookie Notice Hope you enjoyed it as well as I did. Master mind-reading performers from another century who did remarkable, and sometimes verging on unlawful things with their abilities. Where did you write it and where did it go? 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. Nobody has seen this, probably only a very small number of the audience will have actually remembered they were still there. 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. 3rd trick, he walks over and puts it in the suspended box. Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. There are flashes of red light and a partial blackout, I would estimate for between 3 and 5 seconds, no more. 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. DERREN BROWN RETURNS TO THE WEST END STAGE! 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. For more information, please see our Originally scheduled pre-pandemic, COVID has clearly had a significant influence on the show that is now being performed across the country. 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. The playing card (now signed) has moved from the card box to the wooden box on the stand. He relies completely on us to allow him to take us on the journey with him. Its that setting which is so well suited to seeing Derren live, particularly in Showman. 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. I just wondered if he'd given a subtle clue. Cardiff, CF10 2HE 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. 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. I saw you at the show last night! We never see footage of that. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. There's also a possibility that the card never went into the card box in the first place, and DB used sleight of hand to make it appear the card had gone in. This makes sense to me. 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. Theres also a set or pictures on the wall, particularly one of Laurel and Hardy when they were in town back in the day. 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. He is a naturally engaging performer than the audience are willing to interact and empathise with. Honestly felt like everything I knew in life was shattered. He'd memorised the info about them before the show. However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. I saw him come back down. We all had the same view - funny what the mind does or doesnt focus on. At the time I just assumed so they could move the chair and person and put them back at the end of the interval. Even already seeing it months before and knowing what to look for, I don't know how it's done other than an "off screen" routine and if so then I'm even happy with that to be honest ha. Anyone got any theories? Ok so only problem is, the trick didn't work on my Dad. Does anyone remember a TV series from the late 60s where a man goes for walks with his talking house and dustbin. He paints vivd pictures with his words, and its those images that stick, perhaps to be recalled later. 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. There was no 'security check' for hidden cameras. 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. Its clear he too has been scarred by the effects of the pandemic, as much as we all have. He most definitely didnt film it with me during the intermission. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. But a good demonstration of why you shouldn't be taken in by Mystics and Mediums. Whether you are a believer or not, however you view what Derren so skilfully does, what is unarguable is that he really is the ultimate showman. I was in London over the weekend with my husband Ruud Evers, to tick a long overdue 'to-do' off my list. 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. 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,". By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. You are using an out of date browser. 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. Be prepared to laugh, a lot, and maybe cry too. Is there anybody who heard the full countdown? So thought he deserved a as spoiler free wirte up as I could. The sparse set and dim lighting are designed to give off an air of mystery. 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. 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. info@southwaleslife.com, Derren Brown: Showman Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review, Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! 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 FOLLOWING CONTAINERS SPOILERS. His Majesty's Theatre British illusionist wows audience with his most personal show to date. But Brown is certainly not there to humiliate volunteers into clucking like a chicken or revealing their deepest, darkest desires. Fresh from a sold out tour of the UK and Ireland, his new, interactive show, has received the most off-the-chart reviews of his career. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? I have a Derren Question. 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. 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. 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 understand the principles behind it but it's done so well that no matter how hard you look, you're still impressed. Or coffee? The box wasnt suspended for the first trick. I'm guessing none of this was half as obvious on the big screen.Serial number trick:I can 100% confirm that the bank note I brought on stage was the bank note that we used. Imagine what would happen if anyone could get on stage during the interval. Feel free to Ama about the experience and I'll try answer best I can from what Derren has let me remember. Very strange this, why didn't they just return to their seats? Would be very interested to hear your theory too. . I'll inbox you conclusion we came too, as I don't want to ruin anything for anyone. Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. Derren told me in our telephone interview ahead of . A signature isn't that hard to copy, especially when you're looking at the close up on the camera. The "box watcher" wasnt there, but he knew exactly where they would be standing, so he could act as though there was a person there to wave at etc, then its an easy edit job to splice her/him in. As I said, were not going to include any spoilers here. 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