Derek Acorah Show Manchester 8th Feb

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Anyone go to this show?
Iheard that Matthew Smith and Rachel from MH were there

[lilydapink]

Some of the members of our forum went both nights and said they were both very good shows and that yes Matthew Smith was indeed in the audience, he was probably looking for signs of cold reading etc

[tricia]

What's more important is whether Matthew and Rachel were sitting together. Nudge nudge wink wink.

[monkeyboy]

tricia said:

What's more important is whether Matthew and Rachel were sitting together. Nudge nudge wink wink.

like we didn't know that... that dirty cow (Rachel that is!)

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Well why else would they go together lol

[monkeyboy]

she was the only reason I bloody watched Most Haunted...

[madsmiths]

I was at the show on the 8th of Feb at the Manchester Opera House.Mathew was indeed at the show (with Rachel).Derek pointed him out at the start of the show.Mathew seemed quite embarrassed by this.Anyway,the show was pretty poor.Derek bombed on several occasions and the cold reading soon became quite tiresome.

[pinkflamingo]

I was at both shows and chatted with Matthew Smith after the show.Derek was fab both nights although the second night was slower for the audience to pick up than the first night.

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Derek is a fraud

[madsmiths]

pinkflamingo said:

I was at both shows and chatted with Matthew Smith after the show.Derek was fab both nights although the second night was slower for the audience to pick up than the first night.

What did you think of the 'Alice Evans' fiasco on the thursday? To be honest with you I thought it was an embarrassment.The way he wriggled out of it was shameful

[cheekygirl]

Do tell us what happened on the Thursday night, i'm sure we'd all be interested to hear about Alice Evans MadSmiths

[madsmiths]

cheekygirl said:

Do tell us what happened on the Thursday night, i'm sure we'd all be interested to hear about Alice Evans MadSmiths

The second reading from the end,Derek picked up on a 'spirit' called 'Alice Evans'.He went over to a section of the audience where 'Sam' had directed him to and repeated the name in the hope that someone would pick up on it.After no one took it he then shouted out 'She wants to speak to Cathy!' Again,no one responded...After repeating the names of Alice and Cathy several times he then told Sam to ask the good lady to step back cos no one was responding,Looking slightly flustered he said something like 'I know Sam,but what can I do,I know they're here but if no one will take it there's nothing I can do'.After that he then picked on one man in the audience and gave one of the most blatant cold readings i've ever heard.Derek was constantly looking at his watch at this point as it was approaching 10pm.I will not be parting with a penny again to watch him,I only went as my other half thinks he is 'lovely'.Even she thinks he was clutching at straws but I was amazed at how many people were saying it was such a shame that 'Alice Evans' couldnt speak to 'Cathy' rather than question their Messiahs 'Psychic ability'.I could report more stuff from the night but i lost interest after a while.

[cheekygirl]

Thanks for sharing that with us Madsmiths

[pinknortyangel]

We spoke with Matthew after the Manchester show - a very nice bloke, who actually said he was coming round to the idea more that he believed in the spirit world, and enjoyed Derek's show.

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Cough Bulls*it cough

[magictorch]

all these reports that say dereks poor! do these people go to the same shows i do? its usually the audience thats slow not derek

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Maybe it is you that is slow?

Seriously though, an uneducated believer of Derek who does not understand Cold Reading and so on, will of course think he is great, that is how he makes his money.

Buti have found that in almost every case, when someone becomes educate in the tricks of teh trade, they are able to see through Dereks act.

[pinkflamingo]

I understand cold reading and I'm not slow,Derek is not one to cold read,again,its a case of beleive or don't beleive isn't it.

[Mr. Jon Donnis]

Explain to me how cold reading works please.

[blackdeity]

I came across this by mistake

living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=210612007

I found this piece interesting

DEREK Acorah is standing on stage in York's Grand Opera House, asking if anyone in the audience knows a big man called George Smith. A sea of dubious faces stares back at him. No-one in this upmarket Yorkshire town appears willing to confess to such a connection. Undeterred, Acorah insists that someone does and, what's more, they're sitting in the second circle. Nobody moves. Frustrated, he leaps off the stage, disappears up the fire escape and emerges several minutes later in the second-circle aisles, muttering grumpily about people not speaking up.