Drew plays spellbinding mind games

Published on Monday 27 October 2008 08:52

Drew McAdam - An Evening of Mindplay Regal Theatre, Bathgate

THUNDERING helicopter blades, disjointed ethereal voices and eerie footfalls welcomed Drew McAdam to the stage of Bathgate's Regal Theatre, at the start of his debut one man show.

Best known to TV audiences as The Interrogator on The Trisha Show, McAdam introduced himself with a request: Hands up if you have never had a paranormal experience. Surprisingly few in the sold-out venue raised an arm. By the end of what would be an astonishing evening, even they would be having second thoughts.

Choosing his 'volunteers' by randomly throwing a toy into the audience, McAdam then forecast the responses of those who caught the cuddly kitten. Time and time again he defied reason to provide information he could not possibly have known – even telling one woman the number of the house in which she lived.

However, his most impressive feat involved seven audience members – including this reviewer – choosing items from (a tissue, actor's names and coins) a transparent plastic pocket.

Moments before the curtain fell he opened a large envelope which had been on stage throughout and produced from it a large piece of paper, on which he had written before the show: 'The pink tissue will be chosen, the third actor's name will be Harrison Ford and two silver coins and one bronze will be picked out. PS Liam will get the penny.'

Right on all counts, it was a fitting end to a spellbinding evening.