This touring journal, written by one of the most successful West End performers alive, came into being while Derren Brown performed his sell-out tour of Showman around the UK in 2022/2023.
It is written for magicians and mentalists looking to put on a show, and looks in detail at show-writing and performance, as well as questions of material, character, script, spectator handling and more. Mentalism, meaning and thirty years of mistakes.
If you’re not a magician or mentalist, most of this book will make no sense to you. It does not set out Derren’s methods and presumes a working knowledge of magic.
520 pages. Linen cloth covered hardback with debossed red foil block type. Section sewn with a curved spine & red bookmark ribbon.
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“It's wonderful. For those prepared to invest the time, it's one of the most important books ever written on magic, THE MOST insightful and important book ever written on the performance of magic, and one of the best books I have ever read about ANY KIND of performance. I found it, sometimes unbearably, moving and honest and am thrilled and honoured to have played a small part in it being able to be written.” - Andrew O'Connor