1994 – WHEN I JAMMED BRITISH TV SHOW GMTV’S PHONE-LINES
The video at link below is of a Live appearance I made in my former Stage Name of Alex-Leroy back in January 1994 on the Morning Breakfast Television Show GMTV which is broadcast on ITV.
This was one of many shows were I DEFENDED STAGE HYPNOSIS and talked about How I was doing all I could to SAVE STAGE HYPNOSIS in light of the Campaign to Ban it that was taking place at the time in England.
It’s because I was involved in SAVING STAGE HYPNOSIS (when it was nearly banned for good in England in the early 90’s) that I am so “Evangelical” about making sure that @everyone PERFORMS SAFELY & LEGALLY at all times and in all ways.
And is why when I see people posting adverts for Stage Shows in England & Scotland and indeed anywhere any relevant laws are in place and they are not using the legally compliant and required wording then I WILL ALWAYS POINT OUT TO THEM what they need to be doing in order to help both them and also the industry as a whole to stay Safe, Legal & Respectable.
Indeed today I saw someone advertising some shows for this years Edinburgh Festival in a Hypnosis Facebook Group and this is what I posted in reply to their advert with the sole intention of HELPING THEM TO REMAIN LEGAL – SAFE & COMPLIENT.
A word to the wise, your website and adverts are not currently Legally Compliant to the conditions of the 1952 Hypnotism Act.
Consequently even if Edinburgh Festival granted you a license with things as they are (which they are allowed to do so it they so desire) you would still technically have invalidated your Public Liability & professional Indemnity Insurance as the conditions state it is only valid if you are abiding by all relevant Laws and Regulations that are relevant to where you are performing.
Therefore ALL ADVERTS (so as not to invalidate insurance by not having complied to the 1952 Hypnotism Act, 1989 Guidelines, 1996 Updated Model Conditions and/or elements of the Licensing Act 2003 and other related laws such as Duty of Care and Health & Safety Relevant ones) must carry a statement clearly stating that all Volunteers who must be aged 18 or over participate of their own free will and may leave the stage at anytime during the performance that they so desire.
The Actual wording I use is covered in the video from my day one talk I gave at the Performing Hypnosis summit which you can watch at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0kAANplb2g
The exact wording I use as do many of my students is
“Volunteers Who Must be Aged 18 or Over, Participate of their own free will & may leave the stage at any time during this demonstration of hypnotic style phenomena presented strictly for scientific and research purposes only”
Also You need a Venue Specific Full Written Risk Assessment in place which has to be checked (and updated as per any venue specific changes) on a DAILY PER SHOW BASIS in order to be 100% Legally Compliant and to be 100% Certain that should anyone ever make a claim (real or false) that your insurance will actually pay out and cover you,
I may sound a little over the top on this, but I lived through Stage Hypnosis almost getting banned completely in the UK in the early 90’s as per the 2 videos links that follow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiDR9PKDx00
and also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLy8-c64EY
(If I look young on those its because Jan 1994 and I was only 18 years old at the time)
In both of those I am on UK National Television DEFENDING the industry and fighting to save Stage Hypnosis which ultimately I (along with many others) was successful in achieving, albeit that additional “Conditions” were added to the granting of Permissions/Licenses to perform.
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I know it all may sound a little over the top but if you do not have in place a Venue and each days show specific written risk assessment in place and anything should ever go wrong (or someone claims it does or has whether true or not is irrelevant) then your insurance may well be invalid and you’d be deep in the Sh*T with the legal expenses to defend yourself.
Best to do things TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW or at the very least using the Loopholes Precisely so ALWAYS 100% WITHIN THE LAW both approaches being covered inside the Bootcamp in major detail.
On a side note GOOD LUCK & BREAK A LEG..
Edinburgh is both great fun and mega hard work as I’ve discovered when helping several of my students with their shows that have appeared there over the years.
This was 6+ years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SnNZ7G5hlA at a late night event in Edinburgh where I was helping promote my friend Simon Warner’s “Viva Hypnosis” show of which I was the “Hypnotic Consultant”
Anyhow STAY SAFE & STAY LEGAL.
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