“Derren Brown has tonight collected the second Olivier Award of his career, winning for his mind-boggling West End hit Svengali in the Best Entertainment and Family Award category.

The entertainer and master of psychological trickery was first recognised by the most prestigious of theatre awards in 2006 for his second West End outing Something Wicked This Way Comes. Since then the television star has appeared on stage in shows Mind Reader – An Evening Of Wonders and Derren Brown – Enigma before returning with Svengali, arguably his darkest show to date, last summer.

When it was announced earlier this year that the show will return to the West End for a limited run this July, Brown spoke of his love of performing in the theatre, saying: “I enjoy the stage shows more than anything else. Live on stage is the best place for what I do: it’s unpredictable and the audience knows there’s no possibility of judicious editing.”

Audiences were indeed baffled by the unbelievable tricks and wonders on show in Svengali, but also thoroughly entertained by Brown’s natural showmanship that had the audience not only shaking with fear but with laughter too.

The acclaimed production was co-written by Brown and long-term collaborators Iain Sharkley and Stephen Long, and directed by Polly Findlay.”

Via Olivier Awards

If anyone missed the announcement, Svengali returns to the West End for 27 performances only in 2012.
Tickets are available here: Novello Theatre, London

It’s come to our attention that some fans have received phone calls from people claiming to be us, informing people they have won tickets to Svengali.

We’d just like to make it clear that these calls are fraudulent and not anyone from the DB Blog team.

If you receive these calls, please pop an email through to admin@derrenbrown.co.uk with as much detail as possible so we can look into this for you.

You will never receive any phone calls from myself (Abeo), Dupin or Exeo.

When we do run competitions then contact comes via the official @derrenbrown.co.uk email addresses and will contain your original email entry to the competition. The winners first name will also be announced on the various official channels (Blog/Facebook/Twitter).

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For those who haven’t seen, the Derren Brown Store reopened at the start of the year.
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/store/

We’ve recently added Signed Svengali Brochures (They’ve all been signed by Derren on their front cover in silver pen). We don’t often get these in stock so if you want one, grab one while you can.

We’ve also got a new limited edition 2012 Svengali mug:

Pop over to the store to check out our other merchandise, including T-Shirts, Posters, DVD’s and more.
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/store/