The three mentalist shows in Las Vegas worth building a night around are The Mentalist, Gerry McCambridge's comedy mind-reading show in the V Theater at Planet Hollywood's Miracle Mile Shops; Colin Cloud: Mastermind, a deduction show in Harrah's Cabaret; and Mind2Mind, the world-champion husband-and-wife act at Azul Lounge inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas. All of them read strangers' minds from the stage. One makes you laugh while it happens, one makes you check your own face for tells, and one does it with a blindfold on. Here's how they differ, and when another room is the better call.
The Mentalist at Planet Hollywood: two decades of mind reading, with jokes
The Mentalist is Gerry McCambridge's show, and by his own count he has passed 5,600 performances since he started headlining in Las Vegas in 2005. Before the residency he was known as the Mentalist to the Stars, flown around the world to read minds at Hollywood parties. On stage he reads random audience members and predicts choices they haven't made yet, and the comedy runs right through it. No two nights match, because the show bends around whoever is in the seats. It plays the upstairs showroom of the V Theater.
Where: V2, the V Theater upstairs showroom, Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. Style: comedy-first mind reading. Best for: a group that wants to laugh while it gasps.
Colin Cloud: Mastermind at Harrah's: the forensic mind reader
Colin Cloud is a Scot with a degree in forensic investigation, specializing in criminal profiling, from Glasgow Caledonian University, and his act works like a detective's. He reads posture, micro-expressions and word choice, then tells strangers things about themselves they never said out loud. He reached the semifinals of America's Got Talent season 12 and spent five years in Shin Lim's show Limitless before opening Mastermind at Harrah's in 2024. The pace is fast. The tone is cooler and sharper than McCambridge's, and the reveals land harder for it.
Where: Harrah's Cabaret, Harrah's Las Vegas. Style: Sherlock-style deduction. Best for: anyone who wants to be startled.
Mind2Mind at Fontainebleau: two world champions and a blindfold
Mind2Mind is James Harrington and Marina Liani, a married English and Ukrainian duo who won gold in mentalism at FISM, the world championships of magic, in 2025, then opened on the north Strip in June 2026. Their act is Second Sight. Harrington moves through the seats collecting objects and details from volunteers, and Liani, blindfolded or out of sight of the room, names them. Nobody else on this page works as a pair. Our Mind2Mind review walks through the night from a table.
Where: Azul Lounge, Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Style: two-person Second Sight. Best for: anyone who wants to see a double act pull it off.
When the answer changes
If the group wants the jokes, McCambridge. If it wants the chill down the back of the neck, Cloud. If a double act is the draw, Mind2Mind. If your nights are already booked, two more mind readers play smaller rooms at other hours. Paranormal puts a FISM champion mentalist in an afternoon slot at Horseshoe, and Ghost Stories is a 21-and-over show hidden in a speakeasy at Mandalay Bay.
The short version
Laughs: The Mentalist. Nerves: Colin Cloud. A double act with a blindfold: Mind2Mind. Planet Hollywood and Harrah's both sit mid-Strip, while Fontainebleau is at the north end, so Mind2Mind pairs best with a night spent up that way.
