About three minutes into the call my phone beeps three times, the call failed alert flashing up on the screen. In a normal interview it would be annoying.

With one of the foremost magicians and hypnotists around today even the merest coincidences take on a new meaning.

Derren Brown is telling me about his new show, Infamous, which having just wrapped up a West End run at the Palace Theatre and is set to take to the road next year, culminating in three nights at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith at the end of July.

We’re back on the phone: “I’m sorry, I must have lost you there. I was quite happily going on about myself when I realised there was nobody there.”

The trickster reveals his latest show delves more deeply into his personal space than his previous work. But he is keeping tight-lipped about the details, to ensure fans enjoy each thrilling twist and turn on the night.

“This is my sixth show, and although they have all been different you start to feel if people come to expect what they might get out of a Derren Brown show it gets tired.

“There needs to be surprises; it’s nice to change the template.”

Infamous also sees Brown reunite with director and co-writer Andy Nyman.

They first worked together on his debut show, Derren Brown Live, with the partnership continuing for his next four tours. Last year's Svengali saw the pair go their separate ways, to look into other projects, and for the reunion both wanted to shake the set up a bit.

“I had worked with Andy Nyman for a long time, but we had been apart for the last few years, and we wanted to do something a bit different,” said Derren.

“I think it's a bit braver than earlier shows, with a different tone. It comes from a more personal place, I feel that there is more about me in this show.”

The show finished a London run in August and Derren says the show should still hold an attraction for people who attended the earlier shows.

“We had a few people coming back to the Palace shows. It's about working out 'how does he do that?'

“It is largely the same show, but as it's quite different from what came before it has been interesting to see how it has worked."

The earlier run saw Brown returning to the scene of his first major London show, and he is looking forward to coming back to Hammersmith, where he last visited for 2006's Something Wicked This Way Comes.

“With last year's shows it was really nice being able to have a run in London and base myself there for a while.

“It was a much longer run than I've done previously, but it still sold very well, so it was great managing to perform to so many people."

Derren sees the run at the newly refurbished venue on Queen Caroline Street as a great way to finish the show, with the venue being bigger than most West End haunts, but far more intimate than a stadium or arena.

“We really wanted to come back to London for the end of the tour and the size is just right.

“Three nights at the Apollo is like a couple of weeks in a smaller place, so it's a really nice to sort of button it off with this.

“I think that it would have to be a completely different show for a stadium or an arena, and I don't know if it would really work.”

Tickets are available for the dates 25-27 July, 2014. For more information visit www.hammersmithapollo.com or call the ticket hotline on 0844 249 1000.