Posted on 06/04/2011 4:23:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
David Days was performing at Portland's Royal Manor Theatre on Friday when he tripped over a participant's leg.
His team could not rouse him and the audience was asked to leave while the people were still "asleep" on stage.
They were "woken up" soon after when Mr Days recovered. His manager said the performer has a voice recording which can be used to bring people round.
Alan Coman, treasurer of the Royal Manor Theatre, has disputed Mr Days' claims that he passed out and said the episode was "only a joke".
"It was part of a project for students who were filming the whole thing... but they (the people on stage being hypnotised) weren't pretending because they didn't get up to help.
"The audience didn't know (that it was part of the act) but it was purely to test hypnotism," he said.
Days' manager, Tara Nix, insisted it was not part of the show
Audience member Fiona Faye said: "At this point we become very worried not only for David Days but also the guests that were onstage oblivious to anything as they were still hypnotised.
"They simply just sat there 'asleep'."
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very well done.
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