Formerly a two-man act, Mentalist Colin Cloud strikes out on his own at Harrah’s

Monday, September 2, 2024 6:45 PM
  • Amber Sampson, Las Vegas Weekly

When we reach Colin Cloud over Zoom, he’s in his hotel room in Edinburgh, Scotland. His hair, on the other hand, is on a vastly different planet.

“Sonic the Hedgehog, Jimmy Neutron, it’s in full capacity, just for you,” he jokes, primping his gravity defying updo.

The charm is on, despite the fact that it’s 10:30 p.m. and the America’s Got Talent finalist is visibly knackered from a long day at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where his brow-raising mentalism has rattled a few minds and incited a few freakouts inside McEwan Hall, an iconic landmark of the capital.

“I’m from here,” Cloud says of Scotland.