Hello Derren,

A bunch of very sweet elderly ladies (who you're too polite to turn away!!) approaches you while you're having lunch with friends, looking for an autograph, whatever ..... You chat. One of them asks you to do something ... you choose to oblige. Do you 'switch' from being yourself into performance mode before you perform any effect? Before I sing anything I mentally 'remove myself' from where I am for two seconds and come back 'where I need to be' - do you do this, or do you need to? Or would you have already switched to 'performer' as soon as you saw them coming?

Do you find it hard on occasion to separate the two? (they're obviously very close at times)

Lastly - do you overplay or underplay when you're delivering to a room full of magicians, as opposed to a 'general' audience?
Thank you
Amanda