So back in June last year, I went to see Derren Brown at the Cambridge Theatre in London, Although its the same show as last year, I’m off again to see him at the Hexagon in Reading on the 18th April.
I’m going in a group of six people, most I believe haven’t seen Derren before, so that should be quite amusing. I’m actually going from the investigation point of view, there are a few things I’d like to double check on the performances and methods. That and the show is very very entertaining!!
I’ve really been getting back into this area of magic again, well, magic in general to be honest. I’ve had a few years break from doing it, but now started to find the time, and motivation to get myself back into it again, and I’m really loving it.
I managed to get hold of an old Derren Brown lecture from about 1998 at the Thistle Hotel in Euston, London. Apart from looking like he should have been in some 70’s porn film (what looks like a velvet jacket, big hair and goatee), the lecture is very good. Not every is explained though, which is a little bit of a pity, but there are some little gems in there on the psychology side of the magic.
I’ve got Derrens’ Pure Effect book, originally made up from some lecture notes he did, generally again a great book, unfortunately the original lecture notes included two tricks currently in Derrens’ repertoire.
One was a trick I believe was called ‘Lift’, where a spectator is made to lift their arm in time with someone standing behind them. The other I think was called ‘Reminiscence’ or ‘Recollection’; a rather fantastic sounding routine in which a spectator replays a memory in their mind and you describe it in great detail, which I think is on the lecture I have, but with no explanation.
Today I’m off to John Lewis in Reading to get some more supplies for my mind reading exercises (no really, they sell all the bits you need!!)
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