Talk About Las Vegas With Ira

This week, Ira spoke with mentalist Colin Cloud, headlining the world premiere of “Colin Cloud: Mastermind” in Harrah’s Cabaret at Harrah’s Las Vegas (starting July 2). In this episode of “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira,” Colin, known as the “closest thing to a real-life Sherlock Holmes,” talks about his decision to headline his own show rather than continue performing with magician Shin Lim (as he had at the Mirage); his background performing solo shows that prepared him for this new show on the Las Vegas Strip; why location is key; being part of a magic show instead of just watching a magic show; why he didn’t enjoy magic as a kid; how his job as a performer is to make the audience members he works with into co-stars; his background as a criminal profiler; why mentalism, like come-dy, is just you and the audience; performing at the Magic Castle at age 21; why the show starts the minute you buy your ticket; the element of fun and play; performing in the mo-ment; and what he says to himself after each performa