Derren Brown looking forward to amazing Midland theatres on Showman tour
Illusionist Derren Brown is back on tour and heading to the the region's top theatres as the entertainment industry gets into full gear now that the pandemic restrictions are easing.
His long-awaited - and by his own admission "improved" - stage tour titled Showman is up and running with dates at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre this month and at Wolverhampton Grand next year.
The Surrey-born star, who started studying magic whilst a student at Bristol University, has made himself a household name through various hit shows including Miracle, The Push and Sacrifice which see him use covert psychological techniques, resulting in sometimes controversial stunts.
Like most people, he says the pandemic lockdowns has been a period of taking stock personally and an opportunity to make professional changes relating to his current offering. The tour had to be postponed like everything else in the entertainment industry due to the health crisis.
Without giving much away he said: "The show has been amazing with the responses stronger and better than any show we've done so far. This has been as a result of a mixture of things, we've had extra time to develop the themes and also it's quite a personal show. It has more of an emotional heart.
