About
Jason D. Varga is a hypnotist for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
The friendly mind reader is how Jason D. Varga puts it, and friendly is the operative word. What he does will unsettle people, but it's delivered light and casual with the focus firmly on entertainment rather than mystique. Mentalism, hypnosis and showmanship are combined into something an audience takes part in rather than sits through. Melbourne based, and the format bends to the booking: roving mentalism through a crowd, a full mentalism and psychic show, a stage hypnosis show, or tarot and psychic readings at a party. He also works as a magician and MC. A hypnosis show needs ten chairs and enough stage room for them. Beyond that, nothing special.
The show
Mentalism, hypnosis and stagecraft stitched into one show, and the audience is part of it rather than sat watching from a distance. The Herald-Sun reckoned Simon Baker of TV's The Mentalist has nothing on him, which gives you the flavour. Expect to be unsettled and then made to laugh about it, because the tone stays light even when the effects don't. He works as an extra-sensory perceptionist, so the material leans on what people are thinking rather than on props and boxes.
On the day
A hypnosis show needs ten chairs on stage, and enough room up there to fit them with space to move around. That's the only real requirement, and it exists because the volunteers have to sit somewhere the whole audience can see. Anything else he brings himself. For the other formats there's nothing at all to organise, so a roving booking asks nothing of your venue.
Performance options
Roving mentalism has him working through a crowd rather than performing from a stage. There's also a psychic and mentalism show proper, and a hypnosis show if you want the audience doing the entertaining. Tarot and psychic readings at a party is the fourth option, and it suits a longer event where guests drift over in ones and twos.
