Background
Brook was born and raised in Birmingham, West Midlands, he still resides in the West Midlands in the market town of Willenhall.
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Paul Brook
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He has written over twenty books on the subject of mentalism and in particular psychological mind reading. From a young age Brook had an interest in the subjects of the mind, especially that of hypnosis. In the early years of his career he was a psychotherapist and ran his own therapy practice in Birmingham.
In 2004 Brook decided to start entertaining full-time and became a professional psychological mind reader.
In September 2007, prominent magic magazine Genii wrote a review of his first publicised work The Brook Test, beginning his career as a technical author in the field of mentalism. October 2007, was the first public stage show of Brook"s material.
The show Open to Influence took place over two nights (18 and 19 October) and was described by a reviewer, "..the audience were clearly enjoying themselves. The work Paul had put into the show was evident, and the smoothness with which it ran was exemplary."
April 2008, Brook lectured alongside Marc Paul, Enrique Enríquez and David Berglas in London.
The lectures were on the psychological nature of mystery entertainment.
A reviewer for the lecture wrote, "Already hailed as a must read for all mentalists, Alchemical Tools has taken the mentalist community by storm."
In 2009 to 2010, MagicSeen magazine gave Brook"s products four and five star reviews. September 2012, ArtsFest Birmingham, Paul gave a public mind reading stage show at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham as part of ArtsFest, the largest free arts festival in the United Kingdom
Throughout 2012 and 2013 Paul was an on-set Executive Consultant for a 10 episode mind reading and magic television series called "Draíocht" starring Irish television personality and magician Rua and created by Midas Productions. The show was first broadcast in the Spring of 2014 on the channel TG4.
April and May 2014, Brook toured the United Kingdom and Europe with the Panasonic Roadshow.
During the five weeks Brook presented information about the latest technology that Panasonic has to offer and was able to perform in ways that were analogous to these technologies.
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Paul is a fully paid member of Equity.
