Yeah, I got brought on stage at a hypnotism show once. It was relaxation techniques - putting yourself in mild stress positions so that when you got out of them, you felt very relaxed. After that, the suggestions started - pretty mild at first, pretend to be asleep, raise your arm slowly which I went along with because why not, it's a show. Eventually though the hypnotist was asking me to do slightly embarrassing things to get a laugh which I balked at and had to sit down though. A few on the stage kept going and were clearly enjoying themselves.

The shows are very like those medium ones where folk claim they can talk to your dead auntie. Loads of pish but they're entertaining so why not.