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I’m a Derren Brown Fan. I think I’ve seen all his programs that have been on Channel 4 previous to this being aired and I imagine I’ll continue to watch everything he airs after. When I say I’ve watched them – that’s at least once. As a lot of them ended up on 4OD, I’ve watched quite a few of them again.

As such I probably shouldn’t be surprised that this happened. When an Evening of Wonders first aired, I must admit I missed the start (unfortunately this was due to revision for exams – it’s probably better that I was doing the revision). However, I decided to pop down  to the lounge to speak to someone, where they happened to be watching Derren Brown. I ended up down there watching it for the remainder of the program and catching up on the bit I missed at the start as soon as I could.

Derren Brown’s ‘An Evening of Wonders’ aired on 14th January on Channel 4. It was filmed at the Garrick Theatre in early June 2008 (the exact date can be found out as part of one of the acts).

The show (as with most) is split into two halves with the the first half being much lighter in my opinion. As you might expect, audience participation is used a lot throughout the show, of which, we are assured, none are stooges.

The first half includes him running his own version of 20 questions, with it getting more impressive as he guesses each item. He also carries out an act using someone not in the theatre, but through a mobile phone which once again leads you to – how did he do that? A member of the audience is also given the chance to win £5000 although it is more based on luck than judgement (on the contestants part)

The second half has two main parts to it. The first part features moving and floating tables with the help of the audience. The second part is a lot more impressive and involves answering questions which the audience have written and sealed in a black envelope. This later develops into the audience just thinking of questions and him answering them.

The finale involves Derren lowering a box which has been hung above the stage the whole time and revealing what predictions he made for the show before he started.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the show, it’s definitely worth checking out. It’s available from the UK iTunes Store for only £1.89 which is a pretty good price! The show itself runs for 1 hour 16 minutes.

I was also inspired to go out and purchase Something Wicked This Way Comes on DVD which i watched as soon as it arrived. I may make a blog post about this show later on. I find it difficult to choose which of the two I prefer – Something Wicked This Way Comes has a much better ending in my opinion (it makes the show), but An Evening of Wonders is better as a whole.

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Let me know what you thought of the show in the comments.