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Derren Brown:Svengali Tour

AgeGap

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I have just seen the Svengali tour and I am a little disappointed. Although DB is entertaining enough the tricks lacked a little something. Being in the circle did not help as stuff was going on underneath in the stalls.
Anyone else going or anyone seen the show?
 
AgeGap said:
I have just seen the Svengali tour and I am a little disappointed. Although DB is entertaining enough the tricks lacked a little something. Being in the circle did not help as stuff was going on underneath in the stalls.
Anyone else going or anyone seen the show?
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no thanks,
if its anything like hero at 30,000 ft it is rubbish, totally fake, using stooges.
 
I went to the Svengali stage show and I believed personally it lacked a consistent flow, I was sat in the front row practically touching the stage and was a little disappointed by the material.

His presentation and performance was fantastic, just a little long winded ;)
 
I saw the show last night,not up to his usual stage shows and a little disointed but very entertaining,even to my magician mind I am left baffled by some effects;whilst others I figured out.He uses classic props/techniques in a modern way disguising them well.
And I so want an automaton ;)
 
It's on telly on Tuesday at nine. On Channel Four or whatever it is now called.
 
Still called Channel 4,bad edit job on it too. Your show is called Svengali you trail it with Doll footage ,introduce doll story at top of show then feature it for 5 mins! :(
 
Azrael 5 said:
Still called Channel 4,bad edit job on it too. Your show is called Svengali you trail it with Doll footage ,introduce doll story at top of show then feature it for 5 mins! :(
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Not sure I understand your point. The Svengali doll story was featured upfront, then featured in a major section of the show, where the doll seemed to take over one of the spectators, for much longer than five minutes. It seemed to be the sequence at the heart of the show, really.

Or am I misunderstanding your post?
 
AdMan said:
Not sure I understand your point. The Svengali doll story was featured upfront, then featured in a major section of the show, where the doll seemed to take over one of the spectators, for much longer than five minutes. It seemed to be the sequence at the heart of the show, really.

Or am I misunderstanding your post?
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Ok mayeb no t5 minutes but the actual doll on stage "doing something" was very short compared to the the live show.Also the section missed out was more emotional and creepy.
 
Azrael 5 said:
Ok mayeb no t5 minutes but the actual doll on stage "doing something" was very short compared to the the live show.Also the section missed out was more emotional and creepy.
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Ah, I see. I didn't realize you were comparing the TV show with the live show (which I haven't seen). I get your point now.
 
I didn't see the TV version but saw it live a while back.

Having caught several of his live shows, this was the weakest. The effects weren't the best and some of the show (such as climbing up the prop at the end) was a bit meh.

He's still entertaining as a performer but each time I see him seems to give diminishing returns. I can't help but wonder - especially after some fairly poorly received TV work - if his star's in the decline.
 
"I'm a borderline national treasure." I smiled at that.

The last part of the show was the weakest, as far as the magic/mentalism went. The volunteers picking numbered blocks got a 'meh' from me also. Random numbers send me to sleep but the same trick using Zenner cards or pictures of the dead give mundane tricks a new edge.

Was the part of the live show where occupations were revealed in the TV show?
 
AgeGap said:
"I'm a borderline national treasure." I smiled at that.

The last part of the show was the weakest, as far as the magic/mentalism went. The volunteers picking numbered blocks got a 'meh' from me also. Random numbers send me to sleep but the same trick using Zenner cards or pictures of the dead give mundane tricks a new edge.

Was the part of the live show where occupations were revealed in the TV show?
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Agree it was weakest stage tour he's done,first without his usual partner Andy Nyman too.

No I dont think it was,
 
AdMan said:
You thought he had real psychic powers?
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You'd be astonished at how many people think that, even skeptics. OK, not physic powers, but I've talked to many otherwise reasonable people who believe he can stare at someone and read their mind using 'psychology' or 'intuition', or tell someone exactly how much change is in their pocket by the look on their face. Of course, that's the secret of his success, to distance himself from both the stage magician and the woo-woo artist by creating a new niche just for himself.
 
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