Of course, because he hasn't memorised all the books. But some of the things aren't fake in the way of being straight up lies. Whilst all of that is happening, the second person on stage, the "watcher" is standing very still and is staring at the box. We were all there to be entertained, but also retained some scepticism. So therefore, what we see in that video at the end DID happen. Derren Brown began his career on British television 20 years ago and has become something of a fixture since. 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. If you put the two cards next to each other there will be small discrepancies, but that's irrelevant. 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. It worked on me though, I didn't see a thing. He then chooses a second person (who's hands also stuck earlier) with the Frisbee. Youll thank us for that. They wouldn't have felt it or remembered it when they came round. Is that the personalized coin wrapped in string inside a box trick that he did for Enigma? 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. 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. The second curtain is the fire curtain. 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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. SPOILER Derren Brown - Showman (Spoilers) Coin trick. Of course, the mind-boggling illusions remain a secret. These are the obvious tricks. After all, its a performance that relies on intrigue. 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. Secondly, and this is what is so exciting about seeing him live, every performance is different. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. You're almost right. 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. And thats what Derren does best. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Learn how your comment data is processed. KindEnvironment5098 5 mo. There was no 'security check' for hidden cameras. The video was pre-recorded during the intermission, behind the heavy curtain. 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. I also (and this may be my imagination, it was loud up there!) 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. 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. 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). Like saying to a man "you've recently thought about Konnie Huq"? That's exactly what DB wants us to believe. 227 comments Add a Comment The explanation was his prodigious memory and the academic tricks he uses to retain information. . First of all, you absolutely dont want to give anything away spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. 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 . But I won't say publicly. Remember that Derren has a fantastic memory (his library trick comes to mind). As far as she is concerned, she has received the exact same checking over treatment as the other 2 people. 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. But such is the talent of Brown that even I was baffled at times by what I had witnessed. https://www.reddit.com/r/derrenbrown/comments/viwx4j/derren_brown_showman_the_ending_explained_in/. Its clear he too has been scarred by the effects of the pandemic, as much as we all have. Its that setting which is so well suited to seeing Derren live, particularly in Showman. I feel like he might have skipped 3-4 and filmed the video during the interval. 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!! A lovely li, In Dublins fair city rounding off a week of, I may have been a little obsessed with the colourf, "I can never travel without my diary, one should a, Yes, its touristy. In the card trick, all I heard was 1-2-5. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. They are stood out of sight of most of the audience, at the bottom of the stairs, next to a stage door. This didnt happen. 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. Secondly, she couldn't remember her own name, and she was called up to the bottom of the steps along with 10 other people. So let's focus on that person. But that's another story. 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. I was on stage the longest and had the best opportunity to observe the secret of the trick, but I was hypnotised and couldn't remember. 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. 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. 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. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. Delighted to hear that other people had the same experience unless of course we were just in the majority that were under his spell! My previous encounters were very different to this experience, and believe me, SHOWMAN is one hell of an experience. My theory: because 1 of these 3 people (the playing card person) was still needed by DB. 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. If you can, get to a venue and grab some seats, the trip will be worth every mile of your hard earned fuel. 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? 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. He said that twice. THE FOLLOWING CONTAINERS SPOILERS. 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. In thirteen fascinating chapters, Derren takes us on a personal journey to the scene of a childhood humiliation, to lonely evenings on tour, to being paralysed by shyness at a dinner party, to navigating middle age and to finding love. Before he was known at all, I saw him perform close-up magic to a handful of people, me being one of them. Does legacy TV programme footage deteriorate over time. Like the OP, I performed a similar function at yesterday's matine performance. So then for the trick. 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. 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. 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! Which in reality is true, accepting that every performance is different. As I said, were not going to include any spoilers here. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The first thing we need to do is eliminate what DB wants us to believe. The unofficial pub capital of the world. W. 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. Read more: Derren Brown gears up for Bristol on his smash-hit 'Showman' tour All those little head shakes and nods he does -- are they just tics or are they a crucial part of his techniques? Oh dear sorry I meant card in the box, got it mixed up lol. Feel free to dm questions that may possibly ruin it. 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. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. The man is a fecking genius innit. Honestly felt like everything I knew in life was shattered. 13 May 2022. I honestly don't know how the hell he did it other than hypnosis. Looking forward to seeing it myself next year! 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. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I went last night. Opening 4 March at King's Theatre,. I may have set my expectations too high and in some ways the show was more predictable than I had anticipated. Theres also a set or pictures on the wall, particularly one of Laurel and Hardy when they were in town back in the day. Coming into a review of a DERREN BROWN live show is tricky. Then, end of act 1, big black-out temporarily, curtain comes down. Care to point me in the right direction regarding the thumb tip? Just from knowing a little more about what happens to the person on stage. The hand and memory thing is just to try find the kind of person he needs. Again, it doesn't really matter which method he used here, either way the original card is now in his pocket. (Showman: Light Spoilers) Laura Masters 597 subscribers Subscribe 441 views 5 months ago On 28th July 2022, I saw Derren Brown perform. 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. I really don't want the experience of that show to be ruined for anyone. Derren has created a new show that does not feel like any of his previous shows (based upon what we have seen on DVD). Glasgow King's Theatre 4 - 12 March 2022 Edinburgh Playhouse 3 - 7 May 2022 Aberdeen It may even be a different box. I also noticed that on my finally throw, it seemed to roll around in the glass a LOT longer than the previous times I had rolled it. What a shitty thread. A small venue, which hid nothing from the audience. 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. Would be very interested to hear your theory too. 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! I received complimentary tickets to this event. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. A jaw-dropping, mind-boggling experience. Derren is at his very best on stage. You can pay a visit HERE if youd like to check. If you Google that it will explain better how it was done. To us the signatures will look the same. I correctly guessed them all once i realised this. DB requires the same person (from the forgotten number 7 game) back on stage. The numbers the man was writing were much darker, like a pen with fresh ink. Its Browns first brand new live show in 6 years; its the first time Ive seen him live and its clear why his previous shows have received such critical acclaim. Each and everyone of us cheered and applauded at every appropriate moment of this story he took us on. They wouldn't have been aware of it, of course, being "under" Derren's spell.Dice trick:I held the dice and it felt a bit heavily than I felt it ought to be. If you have a ticket for this weeks run at the New Theatre in Cardiff, hang on to them and make sure you go, and when you do, keep your experience spoiler free. Any idea how the name for the teddy bear and the dad comments appear on the badge? Anyone got any theories? 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. 1. 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. This would fall apart immediately if someone could testify that either of the two audience members were sitting in the audience as it happened. I think thats enough hints. DB chooses 4 of these people to go on stage, probably the most suggestible ones. He sits her down at the same table, and makes her walk across to the hanging box to place the playing card inside. 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. . Ends 19/03/2023. However, all I heard was 5, 4, 1 and must have lost about 10-15 seconds. 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. There only one part of my experience I'm convinced was faked but only in a very certain way. This is simply not true. Derren openly admits he's a "fake" - it's all just magic tricks, after all. 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. At this point in the show, the participant is blindfolded. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Im a sceptic, always looking for those moments of distraction or sleight-of-hand. I laughed along to the person the first and second time, but the 3rd time he got about 70% of the audience, me included. Dont know why youre being downvoted, this is 100% right. 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. His connection with us was life affirming. Cookie Notice Author Andy Nyman, Derren Brown . I was thinking about the venue as we made our way to our seats. Sharing moments of anger, frustration, loneliness and loss, Derren reveals how its possible to find consolation and compassion. 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. The pre-written numbers were written with a pen where the ink was running out in the other night's show. swear I heard some kind of electronic buzzing as it was rattling in the glass. This makes sense to me. I just wondered if he'd given a subtle clue. 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. Showman is, at its heart, a show about how the. It was filmed in the 1st blackout of the 1st card trick :), Saw the show in Liverpool and Im a mentalist myself, really enjoyed it and I too noticed a couple of things. 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,". Cardiff, CF10 2HE But I'd take a pretty educated guess I'm right. 5 seconds later, lights back on, audience amazed by what they've just seen. I want to know how he knew personal histories, like "you're thinking about dying your hair". Hes completely in tune with the human psyche knowing what makes us tick, function and even vulnerable. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It was a life changing time in history which will live with us forever. His one-man shows have received wide critical acclaim and more Olivier wins and nominations than any other in history! Who said you, The smell of old books hits you as soon as you str, Dublin. I was sitting in row 3 and could see everything during the two blackouts. 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. The person at the table has chosen the card and signed it. But I'm stoked to hear how exciting you found it being on stage. 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. You are using an out of date browser. 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 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. 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. I've inboxed you what me and my partner think, as I don't want to spoil anything for people that may not of seen it. Derren doesnt claim to possess any supernatural powers and his acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who do. 02922-362359 You are right. But believers will believe, and it is the willing participants which will make every single show a different experience. First of all, you absolutely don't want to give anything away - spoilers are a definite no-no for us, and Derren. 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. Derren has well and truly earned himself a fan. 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? At one point he makes reference to the greatest showman, P T Barnum, yes, the man who inspired the film. I'm talking about the big reveal right at the very end! checked out to make sure they were no longer hypnotised? Saw you still sitting in your chair at the end and you looked pretty perplexed! So how did the signed card get into the box? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The set may be relatively minimal, and the lighting dim at times, but what is projected from it is truly awesome. 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. Be prepared to laugh, a lot, and maybe cry too. I have just been to see it tonight and I think I know exactly how he did the last trick. 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. info@southwaleslife.com, Derren Brown: Showman Our Spoiler-Free Opening Night Review, Matthew Bournes Nutcracker! Showman Coin in the Box (Spoilers) Anyone know how tf Derren pulled off the card in the box trick? 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. 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