The Call-Out
Somebody in this building reported a fire. He's had a good look around, and he's fairly certain it's you.
The acts
The point is the ten seconds after I walk in, when nobody is breathing, because everybody is hoping it's them.
“That uniform gets me through the door. It’s never really the point. The point is what happens next — I walk in, I take my time, and every person in that room is thinking the same thing. Please let it be me. And then I choose.”
"I've had a report of something happening in this room, and I'm afraid I'm going to need a name."
He comes in from the back, not the stage — badge, vest, torch, and an entirely straight face. He works the room like it's an actual investigation. Everybody gets questioned. Everybody gets a look.
And then he stops. At one table, in front of one person, and the whole room turns around to see who it is. For the next four minutes she is the only person in the building, and she knows it, and so does everybody else.
It's the one that gets requested by name, and it's the one nobody sits still through.
Somebody in this building reported a fire. He's had a good look around, and he's fairly certain it's you.
Slower than the cop, and warmer. Less interrogation, more rescue. The turnout coat, the hose, the completely unnecessary safety briefing delivered directly to one person.
This is the one to pick when the group is a bit shy, or when the guest of honour would rather be looked after than put on the spot.
One chair, centre stage, and a whole arena watching one person.
The one from the tour. She gets walked up from the floor, sat down, and for four minutes several thousand people disappear. Most people say afterwards that they don't remember the room at all — only that he didn't look away once.
You can't request it. He picks. That's rather the whole idea.
From the floor
What it actually feels like when the room goes quiet and he's standing right in front of you.
Worth saying plainly
Nobody in this industry publishes this, which is exactly why it's here. You should know what you're getting before you book it, and so should everyone you've invited.
And if you'd rather he came to you
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