I have been sworn to secrecy along with almost 2,000 others who joined me at the Bristol Hippodrome to see Derren Brown performing Showman last night. Much of the show was what you would expect from the well-known mentalist.
It’s difficult to say whether I would have paid up to £43 to see the show, knowing that in good time it is likely that I will be able to enjoy it from the comfort of my own living room where I need not fear public humiliation in front of thousands if not millions if my cameo appearance were to end up on television later down the line.
The master of illusion appears to have a good heart underneath the somewhat insulting jokes directed at the willing pawns from the audience, many of them named Joe on this occasion, a coincidence that not even Derren himself may have predicted. As always, the award-winning performer practiced a sincere form of deception and those who joined him on the stage were fully aware of the game they were playing, even if they were unable to recall their experience afterwards.
