Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance

Hypnosis Showcase . . .
. . . Chinese New Year Hypnosis Edition . . .
. . . at The Living Room . . .
. . . Brian David Phillips and Patsy Wu

by Brian David Phillips • February 4, 2007

We will be returning to The Living Room in Taipei on Feb. 24, 2007, for a Special Chinese New Year’s Edition of the Brian David Phillips Hypnosis Showcase with Special Guest Hypnotist Patsy Wu. The schedule and venue info for all of my upcoming hypnosis events is in English and Chinese on my webpages at…

‘Hypno-Chick’ keeps Marines entranced . . .

by Brian David Phillips • January 28, 2007

De’Anna performs for Marines in Okinawa . . . ‘Hypno-Chick’ keeps Marines entranced . . . not sure I’d go with the whole electrocute yourself suggestions but, evidently they took ’em in good fun. This story showed up on my googlenewsalert thingie but most of the links to it are now 404s today. No pictures…

Hypnotic Hong Kong . . .
. . . Dave Rawson to perform at Hard Rock Cafe
. . . January 14-15, 2007

by Brian David Phillips • January 4, 2007

I just received an email from Dave Rawson (http://www.stagehypnotist.co.uk) that he will be performing in Hong Kong at the Hard Rock Cafe on January 14/15, 2007. Dave has performed in Hong Kong before but this is his first stint at the Hard Rock Cafe. Readers of Life of Brian will recognize Dave from his delightful…

High School Hypnosis Show . . .
. . . Libertyville High School . . .
. . . . . . Libertyville, Illinois, 1 June 2005

by Brian David Phillips • December 31, 2006

Well . . . it’s New Year’s Eve . . . so let’s enjoy it with a hypnosis show! One wonderful market for stage hypnotists is special events for schools – university, college, junior college, high school, and even junior high schools in some contexts. For a number of years, the senior graduation party for…

Franks Santos Jr . . .
. . . Tiverton High School Hypnosis Performance

by Brian David Phillips • December 27, 2006

Frank Santos, Jr., performs his hypnosis show at a special event for the Tiverton Hight School Class of 2007. Frank follows in his father’s footsteps as a performance hypnosist. I have seen a few of Frank Sr.’s shows and I have always found him to be delightful so it’s quite a treat to see Frank…

Hypno Show . . . cover . . .

by Brian David Phillips • December 25, 2006

Weekend Worries . . . not . . .
. . . see comedy hypnosis shows!

by Brian David Phillips • December 24, 2006

Which Hypnosis Show to Go to This Weekend? Okay . . . bit of a quandry for this weekend for some folks . . . I have two shows . . . Friday night at The Farmhouse, my solo show, the last of the year . . . Saturday night at The Living Room, the…

Rapid Hypnosis Induction for Stage Performance

by Brian David Phillips • December 12, 2006

Been there, done that . . . lots of time. Rene A. Bastarache demonstrates a rapid hypnosis induction at a high school comedy hypnosis show. This is one of the group sets I use in my show from time to time. More of Rene’s videos here.

Hypnosis Showcase . . .
. . . New Year Hypnosis Edition . . .
. . . at The Living Room

by Brian David Phillips • November 27, 2006

We will be returning to The Living Room in Taipei on Dec. 30, 2006, for a Special New Year’s Edition of the Brian David Phillips Hypnosis Showcase with Special Guest Hypnotist Martin Chen. The schedule and venue info for all of my upcoming hypnosis events is in English and Chinese on my webpages at http://www.BrianDavidPhillips.com…

New Year Hypnosis Show . . .
. . . Comedy HYPNOSIS at The Farmhouse . . .
. . . . . . be there!

by Brian David Phillips • November 27, 2006

Get ready for a SPECIAL NEW YEAR performance of the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis show . . . Get ready and fasten your hypnotic seatbelts . . . our regular engagement just gets better and better . . . the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show will be performing a New Year…

the art of illusion . . . Derren Brown

by Brian David Phillips • November 26, 2006

A nice profile of Derren Brown worth a read . . . the art of illusion . . . turning down an offer from the BBC as he doesn’t want to expand his fame too much.

hypnosis show beguiles fans

by Brian David Phillips • November 25, 2006

Christine Fraizer writes a piece about the experience of a group of high school kids participating in a hypnosis show by Adrian Espinoza in Utah . . . hypnosis show beguiles fans . . . eight volunteers and Espinoza only kept three . . . however, while hypnotists might consider that a low keep rate,…

This Friday!
. . . Comedy HYPNOSIS at The Farmhouse . . .
. . . be there!

by Brian David Phillips • November 23, 2006

This FRIDAY . . . here we go again! Get ready and fasten your hypnotic seatbelts . . . our regular engagement just gets better and better . . . the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show will be performing at The Farmhouse in Taipei on Friday, 24 Nov. 2006, 9:00-10:30pm. The show is…

Hypnotic Faceoff . . . BE THERE!

by Brian David Phillips • November 10, 2006

Here’s a recap on the HYPNOTIC FACEOFF coming up next week. Would you please pass on to anyone and everyone . . . well, anyone and everyone you care to pass this on to, mostly I am letting YOU know . . . but also pass it on to ANYONE and EVERYONE you know .…

HYPNOTIC FACEOFF . . .
. . . with Special Guest FONTENEAU . . .
. . . . . . 18 Nov. 2006, 8:00-9:30 . . . BE MESMERIZED!

by Brian David Phillips • November 2, 2006

We did it! The HYPNOTIC FACEOFF is performing in Taipei! Get ready for the a wonderful entertaining evening of not one but two master hypnotists on stage together in Taiwan’s first ever hypnotic faceoff . . . the HYPNOTIC FACEOFF . . . two master hypnotists, one stage, an evening of hypnotic hilarity . .…

Farmhouse photos up from last night

by Brian David Phillips • October 28, 2006

I said the show was a blast . . . here are some photos . . . Preparing for the show . . . Hypnotic butterfly . . . wink wink nudge nudge . . . Getting the show underway . . . my beautiful wife Lorraine is interpreting in the back . . .…

Oooh, much fun . . .
. . . last night’s show was a blast!

by Brian David Phillips • October 28, 2006

Last night’s performance of the Comedy HYPNOSIS Show was a blast! The crowd was really rollin’ and the volunteers were good. It was a slow start as the DJ was late getting back to the club but once he showed things went smoothly. Slow start also as we only had one volunteer at first but…

This Friday!
. . . Comedy HYPNOSIS Show . . .
. . . BE THERE!

by Brian David Phillips • October 26, 2006

Great News! New Chinese Features!

by Brian David Phillips • October 20, 2006

Here is some GREAT news! For those who have been asking for it . . . There are now all new Chinese pages online for my webpages at http://www.BrianDavidPhillips.com . . . please pass it on! More to come. This means folks can now get the latest Comedy HYPNOSIS Show as well as Hypnosis Seminar…

Comedy HYPNOSIS Show . . .
. . . The Farmhouse, Oct. 27, 2006, 9:00pm . . .
. . . . . . BE THERE!

by Brian David Phillips • October 16, 2006

Mark your calendars and fasten your hypnotic seatbelts . . . our regular engagement just gets better and better . . . the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show will be performing at The Farmhouse in Taipei on Friday, 27 Oct. 2006, 9:00-10:30pm. The show is in English with Chinese interpretation. The Farmhouse (web)…

Wow . . . great show . . . really tight!

by Brian David Phillips • October 8, 2006

The audience was small at last night’s show at The Living Room but the volunteers were excellent and the show itself was the tightest I have done in Taipei. Since the audience was so small and everyone spoke English, we dropped the interpretation and went with an impromptu all-English performance. It was very fast-paced and…

Hypnosis Show . . . at . . .
THE FARMHOUSE, Taipei . . . this Friday

by Brian David Phillips • September 25, 2006

Return engagement . . . the Brian David Phillips Waking Dreams Hypnosis Show will be performing at The Farmhouse in Taipei on 29 Sept. 2006, 9:00-10:30pm. The show is in English with Chinese interpretation. The Farmhouse (web) is located at No. 5, Lane 32, Shuang Cheng Street, Taipei . . . you can call (02)…

Blissful Trance . . .

by Brian David Phillips • September 23, 2006

Whew. Our first all English show at a nightlife venue in Taiwan . . . Tonight! Be in BLISS: Comedy HYPNOSIS Show! . . . the venue is very different from others we’ve done. Thank you to Patsy Wu who stepped in at the last minute to help with managing guests and handling tickets .…

Tonight!
Be in BLISS . . .
. . . Comedy HYPNOSIS Show!

by Brian David Phillips • September 22, 2006

TONIGHT! . . . be sure to be there . . . at BLISS. . . Taipei . . . the only Comedy Hypnosis Show in Taiwan! You can now see BRIAN DAVID PHILLIPS WAKING DREAMS HYPNOSIS SHOW at several fine venues in Taipei. This is the only regular professional comedy hypnosis show in Taiwan!…

Waking Dreams Hypnosis . . .
. . . busy, busy, busy

by Brian David Phillips • September 19, 2006

We have been super busy of late with the hypnosis show . . . we have three solid weekends with showdates . . . at three different venues . . . notice we’ve added some new dates in the header on the blog . . . this Friday . . . be sure to be…