Doug Segal: How to Read Minds and Influence People
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‘Imagine if Derren Brown was funny' (Evening Standard). Last year's sell out hit returns! A mind reading show unlike any other! Learn to read minds, detect lies and more. Seen on BBC1 and BBC3. 'The UK's best kept entertainment secret' (Time Out). 'A show that leaves people open mouthed with astonishment and on their feet' (Edinburgh Evening News). ★★★★ 'The excitement you get when a show is catching fire' (Herald). ★★★★★ (What'sOnStage.com). ★★★★★ (FringeGuide.com). ★★★★ (Skinny). ★★★★★ (PublicReviews.com). ★★★★ (FringeReview.co.uk). ★★★★ (EdinburghSpotlight.com). Ages 14+.
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Doug Segal: How to Read Minds and Influence People
7 Aug 2012
Refreshingly open and honest take on the Derren Brown formula
Doug Segal does not beat around the bush – from the off, he tells us that his ability to ‘read minds’ is in fact an elaborate system for planting information in people’s heads, drawn from his past experiences in the fields of psychology and advertising.
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