> Performing the Q&A by Gerry McCambridge

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I saw Gerry perform his Q & A routine a few years ago in his Vegas show. It was stunning! As a fellow mentalist who also performs Q & A at almost every show, I was staggered at the amount of thought and detail that he injected into his performance. The reveals were dynamic and powerful. He cleverly used other effects to cancel out possible methods in the minds of the audience and left them with absolutely no explanation for what they had just seen. The gasps and stunned reactions proved that Gerry is a master showman with a creative mind and a tonne of experience under his belt and now YOU can gain access to that experience in his fantastic new book.
Gerry generously shares his knowledge and explains everything you need to know to create your own Q & A act. This book it NOT for the absolute beginner you must have had some stage time and you must understand about basic mentalism techniques. From this starting point Gerry will lead you on a journey that will end with you knowing EVERYTHING that you will need to know about Q & A. Interestingly, he has a rather unique way of getting you to the point of feeling completely comfortable about performing a full blown Q & A act. I wish I had known about when I was younger!
So many performers shy away from Q & A as it’s notoriously difficult to learn. The problem is that you can’t stand in front of a mirror and learn it like a feat of sleight of hand. The effect MUST be performed with people so you can only learn it by doing it in the real world. This takes guts and a leap of faith in your own abilities as a performer. Many are not comfortable in taking that leap. If that sounds like you, then this book is a MUST HAVE as Gerry’s unique approach WILL work for you. What he does is teaches you three different routines. The first is a completely structured and scripted approach. You know what information will be coming from the audience and you will deliver your reveals each time you perform in exactly the same way. Next he teaches you a semi – structured routine that allows for some improvisation and freer interaction with audience. Finally he teaches a fully blown Q & A where you have no idea what the audience are going to write on the question cards and therefore gives you complete freedom to improvise. I have not seen this approach before and I have to say this is a GREAT way to learn Q and A. You build up your experience at improvisation and how to answer ANY question with no fear or worry of failure. This is an extremely intelligent approach to learning Q and A and it’s great that Gerry has shared it with us.
This book is fantastic…I can’t recommend it highly enough. If you are considering performing Q and A you simply MUST have this book.”

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