Dr. Chaos and Damien Noir, Canadian hypnotists, will take the stage at the Shenzhen Grand Theater on May 10 for their first live show in Shenzhen.

Dr. Chaos is the stage name of master hypnotist Glenn Alexander, a graduate from the Canadian Institute of Ethical Hypnosis. His partner Devin Michael Giles, stage name Damien Noir, is a certified practitioner of hypnosis.

Hypnosis is a state resembling a deep sleep in which a person may be influenced by the hypnotist. Actions are performed based on the suggestions of the hypnotist.

“Imagine looking through a camera lens and slowly zooming in on one part of the landscape with pinpoint accuracy and brilliant clarity. This is how hypnosis focuses the mind,” said Alexander.

“The best example is early in the morning when you are half-awake and half-asleep and in the process of waking up, but still dreaming. Dreaming simply means you are randomly using your imagination,” he said.

In Shenzhen, the team will show the fun of hypnosis to ordinary people. “The person under my hypnosis will find his or her nose becoming longer. When I tell him ‘I’m pulling your nose to the left,’ he will turn his head to the left,” said Alexander.

In one of his settings, he will tell people they are in a burning house and their shoes are the oxygen mask. Then he will ask them to take off their shoes and put them on their faces.

Time: 8 p.m., May 10

Tickets: 180-680 yuan

Reservations: 11185, 8981-2344

Venue: Shenzhen Grand Theater, 5018 Shennan Road East, Luohu District (罗湖区深南东路5018号深圳大剧院)

Buses: 7, 10, 23, 24, 30, 33, 62, 63, 302, 311, 352, 353, 377, 378

Metro: Da Ju Yuan Station (Grand Theater Station 大剧院站), Exit B

(SD News)