Derren Brown Showman: How to get tickets to Blackpool show

In October, he will be heading to Blackpool’s Opera House where he plans to wow audiences.

Showman is Derren’s first stage live show in six years with the first show kicking off on August 28 in Plymouth.

The content of Showman remains a closely-guarded secret - but Derren has revealed some things that audience members can look out for.

He said: “The heart of the show is about remembering what’s important. Like how the very things that we find most isolating in life - our fears and difficulties - actually connect us.

“Framed with what I think will be some extraordinary demonstrations of my voodoo”.

He adds: “Strangely, the show pre-Covid was, at its heart, about how the tough things in life that we feel isolate us, tend in fact to bring us together, and be the very things that we share.

“And then lockdown happened, which was a strangely literal playing out of that theme.

“So although the benefit of extra time has allowed us to re-work the show a little and change some aspects of it, its heart has remained the same”.

Derren’s live shows have won him two prestigious Olivier Awards – for Something Wicked This Way Comes (2006) and Svengali (2012) and he has received more Olivier nominations and wins than any other one-man show in theatre history.

He has played to sold-out houses across the country every year since 2003 to over 1.6M people. Previous shows, Infamous, (2013, 2014), Miracle (2015, 2016) and Underground (2017, 2018) have also enjoyed critically acclaimed seasons in London’s West End.

In 2017 he made an award-winning US stage debut at the Atlantic Theater in New York with Derren Brown: Secret, which transferred to Broadway, enjoying a sell-out season at the Cort Theatre, New York until Jan 2020.

What have people been saying about Showman?

The show officially started at the end of August and already the positive reviews have been rolling in.

One review read: “This was the first time I’ve had the opportunity to attend any of his shows and I walked through the doors with a slightly sceptical approach.

“That went out the window within minutes. Pretty soon I was emotionally invested, fully immersed and amazed.”

Derren Brown (Photo: Clout Entertainment)

Another said: “Just home from #showman @DerrenBrown literally amazing! Please go see it if you can. You’ll be astonished. Mind blowing stuff!”

“Mesmerised by mentalist extraordinaire,” wrote another. “@DerrenBrown @SundEmpire

“This evening. So much to say, but sworn to secrecy!

“All I can say is that it's a brilliant show and, if you get the chance, go and see it! #Showman

When is Showman coming to Lancashire and how can I get tickets?

On various dates from now until November 13, 2021, Derren Brown will be touring the UK with Showman.

This will be followed by a mammoth 8-month second leg of the tour from March 2022 – October 2022.

He is coming to Blackpool’ Opera House on Church Street from 1 October - 2 October end of September and the start of August.

Ticket prices start from £21.50.

The show isn’t suitable for under 12s.

To book your tickets visit derrenbrown.co.uk.

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