The University of Findlay will host hypnotist and entertainer Sailesh at 10 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the Alumni Memorial Union Multi-Purpose Room.

Admission is $1 at the door for community members; UF students, faculty and staff may attend for free with a valid UF I.D.            

Sailesh uses hypnosis, comedy, improv and music to create an interactive show that features volunteers from the audience.

Sailesh is a certified hypnotherapist and has been practicing hypnosis for more than 15 years. He has astonished and amused thousands of people throughout the world.

MTV Europe calls Sailesh the Best Hypnotist in the World. Sailesh is one of the very few artists to have performed at all of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) regional conferences and was the first hypnotist to perform at the NACA national conference.

He has performed with Mike Super, winner of NBC’s reality show “Phenomena,” and Judson Laipply, creator of “Evolution of Dance.” 

For each booking Sailesh gets between August 2009 and December 2010, he will donate money to help children get vitamin A through the Micronutrient Initiative (MI). Ten percent of his performance fee at UF will be donated to MI.

Children who lack vitamin A are 25-30 percent more prone to death than those who receive vitamin A. The deficiency causes blindness in children age 1-5; 70 percent of those die within one year of becoming blind.

Originally from the Fiji Islands, Sailesh and his family migrated to Canada when he was a young boy. He now resides in California with his wife and son.

Sailesh is the founder of Metropolis Management, a talent agency dedicated to working with one-of-a-kind entertainers. 

For additional information, contact the Office of Student Activities and Commuter Student Services at 419-434-4606.