The date was the 27th December, 2000 and the world was about to encounter a new form of entertainment, a different sort of magic; the sort that would creep under your skin, take hold of your nervous system and turn your brain inside out. He had arrived. His name was Derren Brown.

Not content with this, Derren decided to embark on an effect that would set the nation talking: Derren Brown Plays Russian Roulette. Derren cheated death by firing a six chambered revolver loaded with one live bullet at his head. He survived and set about creating more public uproar by broadcasting a live s�ance. This time over seven hundred complaints were made against the showing of the national first, making it the highest complained about television show ever.

Derren is a unique performer whose job description loosely hangs around psychological illusionist but what does this vague misnomer title actually mean? Well, Derren says his act involves a combination of psychological manipulation, showmanship, misdirection, hypnotic suggestion and some magical techniques.

How Derren achieves the effects he does is a widely debated subject, one which the man himself is careful not to fully disclose, but it is clear that he employs all of the techniques above to produce sheerly remarkable effects.

This website has been designed for you, the intrepid surfer, to answer all your questions concerning Derren. It will also give you an insight into the latest news concerning your favourite entertainer while providing no magical exposure.

Please proceed through this website by using the left navigation bar where hopefully your day will become slightly more bearable as a little smile will develop across your eager, yearning face. If this is not the case feel free to combine your psychic powers to mash my ego to a small pulp rendered useless upon the kitchen floor!