JEDI psychic Derren Brown brings his mind-sabre to the Portsmouth Guildhall on March 30, and the Salisbury City Hall on March 31, for two evenings of brain-bending shenanigans.

Fresh from making America's psychic healers look like dim-witted charlatans in his recent TV series, Derren is back on the road again with the Something Wicked Comes This Way tour.

Just like with his previous shows, there will be plenty of heart-stopping mind-trickery and tomfoolery, as well as a serious look at just how powerful and susceptible the mind can be.

Born in Croydon in 1971, Derren discovered his talents for mind illusions at a young age.

"I was a good liar and a revoltingly charming child," he says.

He studied law and German at Bristol University, where his interest in the mind continued to grow.

His big break came in 1999 when Channel 4 asked him to put together a programme about mind control.

Since then, he has played Russian roulette with a loaded gun, convinced people they can speak to the dead and made most viewers of his TV show hide behind their pillows.

Derren Brown is so hot he makes David Blaine - his nearest possibe comparison - look like Paul Daniels.

Tickets cost from £16. For more information call the Guildhall box office on 023 9282 4355.