{"id":235,"date":"2009-05-05T01:18:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T01:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=235"},"modified":"2019-12-15T01:14:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:14:20","slug":"skeptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"SKEPTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/skeptic-poster-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-546 size-medium\" title=\"skeptic poster\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/skeptic-poster-1-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/skeptic-poster-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/skeptic-poster-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 19.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; min-height: 16.0px} span.s1 {letter-spacing: 0.0px} -->&#8220;Skeptic&#8221; was Lawrence&#8217;s second solo show in 2003. It traced his longtime fascination with ghosts, psychics, science and scepticism.<\/p>\n<p>Part science\/psychology lecture, part boys-own-adventure, Lawrence&#8217;s comedic slide show presentation featured highlights of his 2002 ghost hunting exploits <!--more--> around Scotland and statistical analysis of the &#8220;readings&#8221; that celebrity psychic John Edward made during a concert Lawrence attended. \u00a0Ironically, though he claimed he didn&#8217;t possess any psychic abilities of his own, during the show Lawrence \u00a0was seemingly able to guess the date of birth, phobias and PIN numbers of random audience members he\u2019d never met before. Featuring illusions, games of perception and ludicrous science experiments, &#8220;Skeptic&#8221; aimed to show that seeing isn&#8217;t always believing.<\/p>\n<p>The show appeared at the 2003 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2004 Adelaide Fringe. At the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe, it \u00a0was ranked number 3 in The Sunday Times (UK) Top Ten Best Edinburgh Shows featuring real-life stories and challenges. By night he performed the show, by day Lawrence became a consultant for Scotland\u2019s national newspaper (The Scotsman). He was sent to investigate an Irish showbiz psychic and slept in 300 year old catacombs under the Old Town to find ghosts.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years later, Lawrence began adapting some ideas and themes from the show for his new TV project <a href=\"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=333\">Unbelievable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis stories are wrapped in honesty, wry observation and originality. Skeptic allows Lawrence to traverse a range of personal, philosophical and spiritual questions without pontification or cynicism\u2026 simultaneously a funny and serious show.\u201d\u00a0DB MAGAZINE (Adelaide)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour Stars ****\u201d METRO (Edinburgh)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Skeptic&#8221; was Lawrence&#8217;s second solo show in 2003. It traced his longtime fascination with ghosts, psychics, science and scepticism. 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