”Unbelievable”, co-created by Derren Brown, to open in the West End

Illusionist Derren Brown is co-creating a new show, Unbelievable, for the West End later this year.

Promising “an extraordinary evening in the theatre”, it will open at the Criterion Theatre on 19 September 2023. It’s created, written and directed by Brown and long-time collaborators Andy Nyman and Andrew O’Connor.

According to press material: “Fusing the best of theatre with jaw dropping illusions never before seen in the West End, Unbelievable features a New York Subway band and a company of multi-talented performers who will bring to life, live on stage, an evening of bewildering trickery, from the imagination of Derren Brown.”

The show includes an updated version of a one act play, Will, The Witch and The Wolfman, which “combines comedy, illusion and song”.

Brown, who will not appear in the show himself, said: “We have reimagined what a night of illusion could be. We have taken the love and experience we’ve put into my own stage work over twenty years and created, from the ground up, a proper, original, theatrical experience. I think we have liberated the magic show. It’s going to be a glorious thing.”

Unbelievable is produced by Kenny Wax Ltd and Vaudeville Productions.

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