MASTER of mind control and psychological illusion Derren Brown is heading for Bradford.His new show, Showman - his first theatre appearance in six years - is due at the Alhambra from October 5-9, but the content remains a closely guarded secret

Says Derren:“After sitting around in my pants for months I’m so eager to get this show on the road. All I can reveal at this point is that the show will ultimately be about you, the audience member, because that’s what I find most interesting. There are places I’d like to take you where we haven’t been before. I always aim to have it deliver more than you’d expect. I’m excited to be at the starting point of that process.”

Derren has won Olivier Awards for his live shows Something Wicked This Way Comes (2006) and Svengali (2012). He has played to sold-out houses across the country every year since 2003 and to over 1.6million people.

In 2017 he made his US stage debut at the Atlantic Theater in New York with Derren Brown: Secret, which subsequently had a sell-out run on Broadway.

* Tickets for Showman go on sale on Monday at (01274) 432000 and bradford-theatres.co.uk