Day 1:
Session 1a
Information gathering
Word / image divination using The Biz – ungaffed ungimmicked live information gathering with just business cards – method and presentational approaches
Interl8ced Thief – a fun reinvention of the ‘Dead or Alive’ structure, without dead people getting in the way. Self working, easy to do ANYTIME
Fastext – a 100% impromptu booktest for the quick witted
Additional concepts taught:
- Psychological vs Psychic vs Unique premises
- Spectator as mind-reader
- Making the reveal
Session 1b
Mind control
Equivoque, PATEO & Quinta – Three powerful methods to force one object from many, creating the illusion of total freedom for the spectator, each illustrated with a powerful hard hitting effect.
Psychological forces – Illustrating the power of psychological forces using Left Brain / Write Brain, a simple demonstration of thought transference that hits EVEN when you miss.
Number forces – Combining ideas to create powerful moments WITHOUT getting bogged down in sums.
Additional concepts taught:
- Making it BIG
- Creating a moment
- Environmental revelations
Day 2:
Session 2a
Brain to Brain – foolproof propless
The Universal – control the spectator’s choice of ANYTHING, no matter how abstract, any time, any place, over skype, anywhere.
Progressive anagrams – how to create the illusion of loose, free mindreading
Mathematical effects – creating meaning and demathsing logical effects
Additional concepts taught:
- Fake improv
- Genuine jazz
- Believable moments
Session 2b
All hands on deck
This session will cover a range of techniques, principles and approaches to creating the illusion of REALISTIC mind-reading and mentalism using a standard deck of cards.
Body language mind-reading – systematically break down the spectator’s responses and learn the playing card they are simply thinking of, even handing the final revelation to the audience.
Deep-thought prediction – craft an impossible prediction from next to nothing using just a normal deck, with a revelation that will knock the audience for six.
Time-sight – a vivid presentation for a hidden classic
Power memory – learn to memorise the WHOLE DECK in a flash… or so it seems.
Visionary Journey – create an intriguing reading for your audience, taking them on an imaginary journey to a destination they will never predict… but you will.
Additional concepts taught:
- *Real* card handling
- Freestyling with the audience
- Using a grounded hook
 Session 2c
Real Skills
This session focuses on demonstrations of real skills that a mentalism can perform to create the impression of highly developed mental faculty. The secret is in maintaining a delicate balance between real real and fake real.
Deep memorisation – learn to instantly capture information with speed and accuracy, and how to create a powerful performance around it
Beat the calculator – perform rapid calculations that will blow your audience away as you mentally compute sums faster than they can even open the calculator app
Handwriting analysis – ready to go at a moment’s notice, a foolproof method for knowing which name your audience has written is their best friend’s.
 Rainman – Perform a superfast estimation that will definitely impress. Yup. Definitely.
 Additional concepts taught:
- Informal demonstrations done right
- Why do it real vs why fake it?
- Teaching the real