Morning:
14°c
Some fares could fall by more than a third when Oyster is extended to every national rail station in London, it has emerged
More...
New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
Fiona Mountford's rating
Reader rating
Description: The illusionist presents a psychological show which attempts to defy explanation.
Trains: Tube: Charing Cross 
Phone: 0870 895 5598
It’s a critic’s job to be sceptical, so I spent much of this admittedly lavishly impressive evening in the company of a “psychological illusionist” waiting for something to go wrong.
There was, in fact, an error at the conclusion of one of his tricks, a sort of interactive audience version of “Guess Who”, when Brown confidently asserted that only one audience member was left standing, thus disregarding the man in the row behind me.
That was the only one, though, as Brown ran through his extraordinary gamut of “magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship”, winding up with a finale so elaborate that a large part of our admiration went to him simply for remembering what he had set out to show us in the first place (that nothing is random, incidentally).
You name it, and Brown already knows it: no sooner had an audience member talked fondly of her late grandfather, than the man’s name, highly unusual at that, wound up engraved on a coin in a locked box.
It’s hard for credulity not to be strained a little at Brown’s seeming ability to hypnotise people on the spot but his Frisbee-throwing method of inviting audience members on stage suggests that either he has stacks of allies who are extremely good at catching or, far more likely, he doesn’t use plants.
If his smug stage persona is tricky to warm to, his skill, and the snappiness of Andy Nyman’s direction, are spot-on.
Until 18 July (0844 579 0090)
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
