A classic piece of Mentalism, reimagined with modern, avant-garde presentations and psychological subtleties. After Cassidy is more than Christopher Parrish’s go-to billet-reading system, it’s a representation of all his experience in scriptwriting, revealing more than what’s written down, and taking advantage of social psychology to create emotional experiences not commonly seen in modern Mentalism. The best part is that everything taught is easy to master.
After Cassidy contains Christopher Parrish’s scripts, subtleties, and nuances for one of the most prolific billet-based Mentalism pieces ever devised: Bob Cassidy’s Name & Place.
No longer just an impressive two-phase demonstration of clairvoyance and mind-reading, After Cassidy contains the tools and scripts to transform this well-loved piece of choreography into an intimate, powerful experience of psychic theatre.
With your purchase, you gain access to 93 pages of written instruction alongside video companions, teaching both the mechanics and the choreographic justifications for every routine taught here.
Whilst the mechanics are simple to execute, the true beauty of Christopher’s latest offering lies in the scripts and reveals, which will transform how you think about divining information about your audiences forever. These are scripts that live within you, allowing you to divine information whether you are using billets, apps, or going completely propless.
The true power of Mentalism doesn’t live in the methods, but in the language we use to shape how information affects a participant’s emotional state. Inside you will find the secrets to scriptwriting, poetic reveals, and the deluxe scripts Christopher uses to divine star signs, dates of birth, places and countries, names, memories, and thought-of concerns.
What Christopher is most proud of in this release is his handling of the second phase of the Name & Place routine, which completely changes the texture and dynamic of how most mentalists use an additional piece of information by the time the first reveal is over. This is a never-before-seen handling of Bob Cassidy’s classic, giving the second reveal the time and attention it deserves — the moment people talk about, and the moment that creates the feeling of genuine propless mind-reading.
What Practitioners Are Saying
“I love Name & Place. It’s one routine I will perform the rest of my life. It’s a classic for a reason and has had many attempts by performers to add or reshape the routine.
I’ve never read or seen so many fresh thoughts and ideas on it, let alone in one place. A hallmark Christopher Parrish touch I’m enjoying the more I read his material.
If you want to get the most out of your Name & Place routine, you need this book.”
Brandon Bell
“Further proof that the classic, reliable methods will always trump new gimmicks & electronic gizmos. You will be amazed at ALL the information you can get from just two pieces of paper without the audience writing down a mini-essay.
It also shows you how to use preshow in a smart, super-deceptive way. Required reading for all interested in Impromptu Mentalism, or who want to add some surprise hits to their stand-up shows!”
Joe Diamond
What You Will Learn
Name & Sign
The unique presentation Christopher uses when working with billets. It justifies why information must be written down, why the mentalist is looking at the billet with the nominated thought, and introduces how he takes advantage of the second piece of information to create propless-feeling miracles.
Moments of You
A name divination that uses poetic archetypes to divine emotionally relevant information about a thought-of person without the risk of failure. No cold reading or educated guessing required.
Moments of You 2.0
A heavier version of the original, only for mentalists emotionally mature enough to take their participants on a brief journey into relationships and self-esteem.
The Shyamalan Principle
A scripting subtlety that manages and then exceeds the audience’s expectations of what the mentalist will reveal about a secretly written piece of information. Theatrical drama at its best.
The CCC Reveal
A memory divination that ends by revealing the participant’s exact date of birth. Neither the memory nor the date is ever written on a billet — a combination of classic and propless methods that the audience never sees coming.
A Name & Question Plus
A 2.0 version of Name & Sign in which the mentalist divines a thought-of name, a concern, and a star sign. Performable one-on-one or with two participants.
The Three-Fold Path
A quick reading system for revealing a thought-of question and its answer in only a few sentences, closing with a star sign divination. For mentalists who want to explore the Q&A act without turning a performance into an hour-long therapy session.
Experimental
A devious method for harvesting information from a third spectator, while everyone present believes you are performing a Name & Place routine for only two.
Contributions
After Cassidy also includes contributions from three respected thinkers, using their tools and techniques to make the most of Name & Place.
PigCake — Center Tear handling, with video instruction
Mitchell Kettlewell — The Thought Back-Tracking principle, with Christopher’s added touches
Phedon Bilek — The Bold & Beautiful DOB Divination, with Christopher’s added touches
All this, and more, to elevate your reveals to the next level.
* Due to the nature of this release being about innovative scripting, rather than method, no video performances are available. *
*50 copies of the printed version of “After Cassidy” are available and ready to ship after your order.*
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