James Phelan: Showman review – an amazing pick’n’mix of telepathy and magic

Underbelly Boulevard, London Audience members become unsuspecting mind-readers, and numbers disappear from their memory, in this hugely entertaining show An audience member is on stage, their feet hypnotically glued to the floor. Under the influence of magician and mentalist James Phelan, we’ve just seen them unable to count to 10, or remember their own name. Now Phelan has a finger to their brow, to channel into their head the unspoken thoughts of another punter sat in the auditorium. A woman in the back row is invited to summon to mind what she wished to be when she was younger. A pause whil

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