Illumination by Luke Jermay

Take every audience on an unforgettable adventure with this show-stopping complete act from Luke Jermay. Offered in partnership with Vanishing Inc., "Illumination" is one of Jermay's most prized possessions. While you may be tempted to call it a book test, it is so much more. Honed over 1,000s of performances, this surefire 15-minute workhouse routine can be inserted right into any working set. While many modern book tests have become engrossed with the idea of seeing how many methods can be jammed into a single book, "Illumination" goes in the opposite direction. By combining a few methods, you can seemingly reveal words, stories, and even the spectator's thoughts and emotions!You pick two helpers and give each one a book. They're instructed to open up to a random page and read the first paragraph silently to themselves. You reveal the first person's section by having the entire audience to feel the same emotions as the character in the book. For the second reveal, you work with the a