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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]Off-Broadway, he's supposed to provide a night of ''magic'' illusion.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either, as the printing company he uses is run by his ex-wife's sister.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]Off-Broadway, he's supposed to provide a night of ''magic'' illusion.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either, as the printing company he uses is run by his ex-wife's sister.sister, resulting in such show titles as:
** Mind Mangler: Mentalist At Large[[labelnote:printed as...]]Mind Mangler: Mentalist Who Is Large[[/labelnote]]
** Mind Mangler: An Evening of Wonder[[labelnote:printed as...]]Mind Mangler: An Evening of Wanker[[/labelnote]]
** Mind Mangler: The Grand Illusion[[labelnote:printed as...]]Knob (or, in the off-Broadway production, Dick)[[/labelnote]]
** Mind Mangler: Mentalist At Large[[labelnote:printed as...]]Mind Mangler: Mentalist Who Is Large[[/labelnote]]
** Mind Mangler: An Evening of Wonder[[labelnote:printed as...]]Mind Mangler: An Evening of Wanker[[/labelnote]]
** Mind Mangler: The Grand Illusion[[labelnote:printed as...]]Knob (or, in the off-Broadway production, Dick)[[/labelnote]]
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The first [[RuleOfThree three times]] the Stooge comes on as an "audience volunteer", he tries to reduce suspicions of him being a stooge by wearing a shirt that says "AUDIENCE MEMBER", then "DIFFERENT AUDIENCE MEMBER", and finally "THIRD AUDIENCE MEMBER (WITH GLASSES)".
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* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers ([[CulturalTranslation drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production]])... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas ([[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]]). [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
* MarketBasedTitle: Because ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'', where the Mind Mangler originated from, has not premiered in the US yet, this show's subtitle was changed to ''A Night of Tragic Illusion'' for the off-Broadway run to clarify that it's a magic show.
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas ([[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]]). [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
* MarketBasedTitle: Because ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'', where the Mind Mangler originated from, has not premiered in the US yet, this show's subtitle was changed to ''A Night of Tragic Illusion'' for the off-Broadway run to clarify that it's a magic show.
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* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers ([[CulturalTranslation freezers[[note]][[CulturalTranslation drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production]])...production]][[/note]]... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas([[CulturalTranslation [[note]][[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]]).production]][[/note]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
* MarketBasedTitle: Because ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'', where the Mind Mangler originated from, has not premiered in the USyet, as of January 2024, this show's subtitle was changed to ''A Night of Tragic Illusion'' for the off-Broadway run to clarify that it's a magic show.
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas
* MarketBasedTitle: Because ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'', where the Mind Mangler originated from, has not premiered in the US
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** He starts the routine by "solving" a cube (i.e. secretly swapping a jumbled one with one that's already been solved in his jacket pocket).
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** He starts the routine by "solving" a cube (i.cube.[[labelnote:i.e. secretly ]]secretly swapping a jumbled one with one that's already been solved in his jacket pocket).pocket[[/labelnote]]
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* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quick Fire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]
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* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quick Fire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]water[[/labelnote]]
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* BrokenEcho: The Mangler has a sound cue set up where whenever he says the word "mind", the word echoes a few times... with a voice that sounds ''nothing like him''. Unfortunately, [[RunningGag the echo keeps going off when it's not supposed to]], much to his frustration. And before his last trick, [[RunningGagged when he actually ''wants'' the echo to play, it doesn't work]], and [[AudienceParticipation the audience trying to produce the echo themselves doesn't help.]]
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* BrokenEcho: The Mangler has a sound cue set up where whenever he says the word "mind", the word echoes a few times... with a voice that sounds ''nothing like him''. Unfortunately, [[RunningGag the echo keeps going off when it's not supposed to]], much to his frustration. And before his last trick, [[RunningGagged when he actually ''wants'' wants the echo to play, it doesn't work]], and [[AudienceParticipation the audience trying to produce the echo themselves doesn't help.]]
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* BrokenEcho: The Mangler has a sound cue set up where whenever he says the word "mind", the word echoes a few times... with a voice that sounds ''nothing like him''. Unfortunately, [[RunningGag the echo keeps going off when it's not supposed to]], much to his frustration. And before his last trick, [[RunningGagged when he actually ''wants'' the echo to play, it doesn't work.]]
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* BrokenEcho: The Mangler has a sound cue set up where whenever he says the word "mind", the word echoes a few times... with a voice that sounds ''nothing like him''. Unfortunately, [[RunningGag the echo keeps going off when it's not supposed to]], much to his frustration. And before his last trick, [[RunningGagged when he actually ''wants'' the echo to play, it doesn't work.work]], and [[AudienceParticipation the audience trying to produce the echo themselves doesn't help.]]
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-->'''Mind Mangler:''' What a load of shit.
-->'''Echo:''' Shit...shit...shit...shit...
-->'''Mind Mangler:''' What a load of shit.
-->'''Echo:''' Shit...shit...shit...shit...
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The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to January 2024.
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The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing 2023, and again from March to June of 2024. It played off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to January 2024.
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->'''Mind Mangler:''' Right, we'll call that a draw.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of the Mangler's tricks involves playing chess against four of the smartest brains in the world hooked up to a computer. [[EpicFail He loses in four moves.]]
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of the Mangler's tricks involves playing chess against a supercomputer with the aid of four brains, each one belonging to someone of the smartest brains in the world hooked up to a computer.great intelligence. [[EpicFail He loses in four moves.]]
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** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.[[note]]This last cue was cut from the off-Broadway production.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers[[note]]drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production[[/note]]... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas[[note]][[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]][[/note]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers[[note]]drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production[[/note]]... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas[[note]][[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]][[/note]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
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** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.[[note]]This last cue was cut from the off-Broadway production.
production.[[/note]]
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice creamfreezers[[note]]drink freezers ([[CulturalTranslation drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production[[/note]]...production]])... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in LasVegas[[note]][[CulturalTranslation Vegas ([[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]][[/note]].production]]). [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]Off-Broadway, he's supposed to provide a night of ''magic'' illusion.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]Off-Broadway, he's supposed to provide a night of ''magic'' illusion.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either.either, as the printing company he uses is run by his ex-wife's sister.
** Some of the show's tricks are set up to {{avert|edTrope}} AudienceParticipationFailure, as at least two members are instructed by the crew to give specific responses to the Mangler's questions.
*** [[spoiler:When the Mangler asks an audience member to guess what color he wrote down, said audience member was told in advance what the color would be. He was also told to say his name is John.]]
*** [[spoiler:During the OffWithHisHead trick mentioned below, one of the audience members is instructed to just spin their lock randomly, and to say they don't remember the combination when the Mangler asks for it.]]
*** [[spoiler:When the Mangler asks an audience member to guess what color he wrote down, said audience member was told in advance what the color would be. He was also told to say his name is John.]]
*** [[spoiler:During the OffWithHisHead trick mentioned below, one of the audience members is instructed to just spin their lock randomly, and to say they don't remember the combination when the Mangler asks for it.]]
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** The Mangler attempts to hypnotize an audience member into falling asleep on cue. When this doesn't work, he tries to use sleeping gas on them... but it's been swapped out with fog machine fog.
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe in the UK version, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe in the UK version, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
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** The Mangler attempts to hypnotize an mass-hypnotize the audience member into falling asleep on cue. When this doesn't work, he tries to use sleeping gas on them... but it's been swapped out with fog machine fog.
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone£20.
£20.[[note]]This last cue was cut from the off-Broadway production.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice creamfreezers...freezers[[note]]drink fridge filled with Mountain Dew in the off-Broadway production[[/note]]... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts thisin-universe in the UK version, in-universe, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas.Vegas[[note]][[CulturalTranslation Sydney, Australia in the off-Broadway production]][[/note]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream
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* OffWithHisHead: The Mangler's last trick, where he has to attempt to escape a guillotine by unlocking combination locks [[AudienceParticipation set by the audience members.]]
* PhonyPsychic: The Mind Mangler's entire schtick.
* PhonyPsychic: The Mind Mangler's entire schtick.
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* OffWithHisHead: The Mangler's last trick, where he has to attempt to escape a guillotine by unlocking combination locks [[AudienceParticipation set by the audience members.]]
]] Unfortunately, [[spoiler:one of the audience members forgot the combination they set]].
* PhonyPsychic:The Mind Mangler's entire schtick.{{ZigZagged|Trope}}. On one hand, it's obvious a lot of his tricks exhibit this trope. On the other hand, there are moments in the show where he does show ''actual'' talent, such as accurately guessing secrets, successfully reassembling a torn-up newspaper, and inadvertently bending a mic stand and lighting truss with his mind.
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** During the interval, [[AudienceParticipation audience members were invited on stage to grab a Rubik's Cube, jumble it, and set it in a grid]]. The Mangler then invites a few more audience members to jumble any cubes that weren't filled in, as well as write a six-letter word to be drawn at random. He'd then flip the grid around to show that the colored squares formed an image of himself, along with the word he's drawn (usually something insulting like "TOSSER").
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** During the interval, [[AudienceParticipation audience members were invited on stage to grab a Rubik's Cube, jumble it, and set it in a grid]]. The Mangler then invites a few more audience members to jumble any cubes that weren't filled in, as well as write a six-letter word to be drawn at random. He'd then flip the grid around to show that the colored squares formed an image of himself, along with the word he's drawn (usually something insulting like "TOSSER")."TOSSER" or "ASSWIPE").
* ShellGame: The Mangler invites the audience to play 3 rounds of one, where each have a chance to win a 20 pound ([[CulturalTranslation or dollar]]) note in one of 3 glasses. The first two audience members will always get the right glass, while the third will always get it wrong, as the note teleported back into the Mangler's wallet. In the UK, however, his stooge will honk a horn after the last round, prompting the Mangler to give away the note anyway.
* ShellGame: The Mangler invites the audience to play 3 rounds of one, where each have a chance to win a 20 pound ([[CulturalTranslation or dollar]]) note in one of 3 glasses. The first two audience members will always get the right glass, while the third will always get it wrong, as the note teleported back into the Mangler's wallet. In the UK, however, his stooge will honk a horn after the last round, prompting the Mangler to give away the note anyway.
* SpoonBending: The Mangler attempts this, but after about a minute of trying, he ends up bending a ''microphone stand'' and a ''lighting truss'' instead.
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* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quickfire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on a wooden board laid on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]
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* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quickfire "Quick Fire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on a wooden board laid on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]
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'''Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle''' is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. They are all part of the Creator/MischiefTheatre company..
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'''Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle''' is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. They are all part of the Creator/MischiefTheatre company..
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The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to March 2024.
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The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to March January 2024.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]''A Night of Magic Illusion'' in The Off-Broadway Run.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle.[[note]]''A Night [[note]]Off-Broadway, he's supposed to provide a night of Magic Illusion'' in The Off-Broadway Run.''magic'' illusion.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Because ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'', where the Mind Mangler originated from, has not premiered in the US yet, this show's subtitle was changed to ''A Night of Tragic Illusion'' for the off-Broadway run to clarify that it's a magic show.
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* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe in the UK version, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas.
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* LimeyGoesToHollywood: The Mangler attempts this in-universe in the UK version, as he claims to have scored a gig in Las Vegas. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his stooge never mailed his application for a performer visa.]]
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle. This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle. This [[note]]''A Night of Magic Illusion'' in The Off-Broadway Run.[[/note]]This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
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* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
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* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[ItMakesSenseInContext [[BrickJoke the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
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* VisualPun: At one point during his hypnosis routine, the Mangler attempts to give an order to his "hypnotized" stooge by shouting "Mike! Stand!" Cue a crew member setting a ''microphone stand'' on the stage.
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* VisualPun: At one point during his hypnosis routine, the Mangler attempts to give an order to his "hypnotized" stooge by shouting "Mike! Stand!" Cue a crew member setting a ''microphone stand'' on the stage.stage.
* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quickfire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on a wooden board laid on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]
* WalkOnWater: One of the Mangler's "Quickfire Jesus" tricks has him do this.[[labelnote:i.e.]]walking on a wooden board laid on top of ''bottles'' of water.[[/labelnote]]
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'''Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle''' is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. They are all part of the Creator/MischiefTheatre company..
The eponymous mind reader from ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'' returns to the stage following a disappointing two-night run at the Luton[[note]]or Scranton, PA in the off-Broadway production[[/note]] Holiday Inn conference center, suite 2b. His new two-man show is predicted to spiral into chaos as he attempts to read the audience's minds... [[TheShowMustGoWrong with disastrous results]].
The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to March 2024.
!!Tropes featured in '''Mind Mangler''' include:
* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle. This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
* AudienceParticipation: Throughout the show, multiple audience members are called upon to either provide suggestions from the stalls or come up on stage as volunteers. [[AudienceParticipationFailure Almost none of these go the way the Mind Mangler expected.]]
** His first trick involves "tasting" someone's first name, writing it down, and asking that person for their name. Unfortunately, he always writes "John", so when the first audience member inevitably has a different name, he has to awkwardly ask "Are there any John's in?"
** This can also occur during his "smell people's jobs" routine if an audience member he picks is retired, a student, or otherwise unemployed.
* BungledHypnotism:
** The Mangler attempts to hypnotize an audience member into falling asleep on cue. When this doesn't work, he tries to use sleeping gas on them... but it's been swapped out with fog machine fog.
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* OffWithHisHead: The Mangler's last trick, where he has to attempt to escape a guillotine by unlocking combination locks [[AudienceParticipation set by the audience members.]]
* RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: The Mangler opens Act 2 with a trick involving this.
** He starts the routine by "solving" a cube (i.e. secretly swapping a jumbled one with one that's already been solved in his jacket pocket).
** During the interval, [[AudienceParticipation audience members were invited on stage to grab a Rubik's Cube, jumble it, and set it in a grid]]. The Mangler then invites a few more audience members to jumble any cubes that weren't filled in, as well as write a six-letter word to be drawn at random. He'd then flip the grid around to show that the colored squares formed an image of himself, along with the word he's drawn (usually something insulting like "TOSSER").
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of the Mangler's tricks involves playing chess against four of the smartest brains in the world hooked up to a computer. [[EpicFail He loses in four moves.]]
* VisualPun: At one point during his hypnosis routine, the Mangler attempts to give an order to his "hypnotized" stooge by shouting "Mike! Stand!" Cue a crew member setting a ''microphone stand'' on the stage.
'''Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle''' is a play by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. They are all part of the Creator/MischiefTheatre company..
The eponymous mind reader from ''Theatre/MagicGoesWrong'' returns to the stage following a disappointing two-night run at the Luton[[note]]or Scranton, PA in the off-Broadway production[[/note]] Holiday Inn conference center, suite 2b. His new two-man show is predicted to spiral into chaos as he attempts to read the audience's minds... [[TheShowMustGoWrong with disastrous results]].
The play initially premiered as a one-act show at the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with a two-act version touring the UK from November 2022 to April 2023. It's currently playing off-Broadway under the title ''[[MarketBasedTitle Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion]]'' from November 2023 to March 2024.
!!Tropes featured in '''Mind Mangler''' include:
* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: According to the Mind Mangler, the show's title is a typo, as he's supposed to be a member of the ''magic'' circle. This wasn't the first time this happened, either.
* AudienceParticipation: Throughout the show, multiple audience members are called upon to either provide suggestions from the stalls or come up on stage as volunteers. [[AudienceParticipationFailure Almost none of these go the way the Mind Mangler expected.]]
** His first trick involves "tasting" someone's first name, writing it down, and asking that person for their name. Unfortunately, he always writes "John", so when the first audience member inevitably has a different name, he has to awkwardly ask "Are there any John's in?"
** This can also occur during his "smell people's jobs" routine if an audience member he picks is retired, a student, or otherwise unemployed.
* BungledHypnotism:
** The Mangler attempts to hypnotize an audience member into falling asleep on cue. When this doesn't work, he tries to use sleeping gas on them... but it's been swapped out with fog machine fog.
** He then tries to "hypnotize" his stooge into falling asleep, but ends up hypnotizing ''himself'' instead. The stooge then encourages the audience to take this opportunity and have the Mangler make certain animal noises on cue, as well as providing cues for him to say an embarrassing fact about himself, and for him to give someone £20.
* DisappearingBox: The Mind Mangler planned to end Act 1 with this trick, hoping to disappear from inside a glass box in a puff of smoke. Unfortunately, the glass box was destroyed, so the theatre lent him one of their ice cream freezers... on the condition that he doesn't unplug it or remove any of the inventory. And to cap it off, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the fog machine fog had been swapped out with the sleeping gas meant for his hypnosis act.]]
* OffWithHisHead: The Mangler's last trick, where he has to attempt to escape a guillotine by unlocking combination locks [[AudienceParticipation set by the audience members.]]
* RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol: The Mangler opens Act 2 with a trick involving this.
** He starts the routine by "solving" a cube (i.e. secretly swapping a jumbled one with one that's already been solved in his jacket pocket).
** During the interval, [[AudienceParticipation audience members were invited on stage to grab a Rubik's Cube, jumble it, and set it in a grid]]. The Mangler then invites a few more audience members to jumble any cubes that weren't filled in, as well as write a six-letter word to be drawn at random. He'd then flip the grid around to show that the colored squares formed an image of himself, along with the word he's drawn (usually something insulting like "TOSSER").
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of the Mangler's tricks involves playing chess against four of the smartest brains in the world hooked up to a computer. [[EpicFail He loses in four moves.]]
* VisualPun: At one point during his hypnosis routine, the Mangler attempts to give an order to his "hypnotized" stooge by shouting "Mike! Stand!" Cue a crew member setting a ''microphone stand'' on the stage.
