Quentin Reynolds’s Psychic Game Show
Quentin Reynolds comes from Dublin, now lives in Manchester and has performed magic all over the world, including Las Vegas. The mixture of conjuring, mentalism and comedy that is the Psychic Game Show, presented in Quentin’s gentle, engaging style, makes an hour and 20 minutes or so disappear in what seems like less than half that.
Two years ago, I saw the Psychic Game Show in Fallowfield, south Manchester, and was extremely impressed. This time, it’s in a private room above the Lass O’Gowrie pub in central Manchester. There’s a lot of new material and, if anything, the show is even better than it was in 2007.
Having written a book called ‘Intuition, Your Secret Power’ (which I much enjoyed), Quentin knows about psychology and he uses this to great advantage in the show. By this I mean both that he treats the audience with respect and kindness - making us feel safe and thus happy to get involved - and that the show is presented as an exploration of how perceptions of reality can be manipulated by the performer.
Of course, the manipulation of perceived reality is inherently what all magic is about. The difference is that Quentin makes the process explicit and offers a ‘psychic’ explanation, in similar (though much quieter) terms to the way Derren Brown ‘explains’ some of his own feats.
In my interview with Quentin Reynolds, he made the point that those who believe in psychic powers can enjoy his show on that level, while sceptics can view what he does as ‘tricks’ and enjoy it just as much.
As a magician myself, I fall in the latter category, although I was struck (and slightly unnerved) by the extent to which Quentin could read my personality from a picture I’d drawn. He hardly knows me and yet he could tell several things that only my family and friends are aware of.
If this sounds scary, it’s not. Quentin would never embarrass or insult a spectator – I’m telling you about this reading just because it was so clever. It’s a very cheerful, uplifting and inspiring show and I recommend it to everybody.
The Psychic Game Show is on again at the Lass O’Gowrie in Manchester on Monday 30th November at 8pm. This is your last chance to see the show for some time, so don’t miss it!
Two years ago, I saw the Psychic Game Show in Fallowfield, south Manchester, and was extremely impressed. This time, it’s in a private room above the Lass O’Gowrie pub in central Manchester. There’s a lot of new material and, if anything, the show is even better than it was in 2007.
Having written a book called ‘Intuition, Your Secret Power’ (which I much enjoyed), Quentin knows about psychology and he uses this to great advantage in the show. By this I mean both that he treats the audience with respect and kindness - making us feel safe and thus happy to get involved - and that the show is presented as an exploration of how perceptions of reality can be manipulated by the performer.
Of course, the manipulation of perceived reality is inherently what all magic is about. The difference is that Quentin makes the process explicit and offers a ‘psychic’ explanation, in similar (though much quieter) terms to the way Derren Brown ‘explains’ some of his own feats.
In my interview with Quentin Reynolds, he made the point that those who believe in psychic powers can enjoy his show on that level, while sceptics can view what he does as ‘tricks’ and enjoy it just as much.
As a magician myself, I fall in the latter category, although I was struck (and slightly unnerved) by the extent to which Quentin could read my personality from a picture I’d drawn. He hardly knows me and yet he could tell several things that only my family and friends are aware of.
If this sounds scary, it’s not. Quentin would never embarrass or insult a spectator – I’m telling you about this reading just because it was so clever. It’s a very cheerful, uplifting and inspiring show and I recommend it to everybody.
The Psychic Game Show is on again at the Lass O’Gowrie in Manchester on Monday 30th November at 8pm. This is your last chance to see the show for some time, so don’t miss it!
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