The Mentalist is Gerry McCambridge's mix of mind reading, magic and comedy: he picks out strangers in the audience and tells them things he has no business knowing. He has performed it in Las Vegas since 2005, and it now plays the V Theater, in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood.
The V Theater is a complex of four showrooms, and The Mentalist plays V2, the Upstairs Showroom: 182 seats on Vegas.com's seat map. Three long rows A to C face the stage, with three short rows angled toward it on each side; row D runs behind them and bends round into the sides, and a small block of rows E to H sits at the back. Our short answer: row D, in the middle.
Best seats for The Mentalist
The best seats are VIP Center, rows A to C: the three long rows facing the stage head-on, the closest to Gerry McCambridge and to the volunteers he picks.
Mind reading doesn't need a close-up view the way card tricks do. What you want is a straight view of him and of the people he picks, and of the room's reactions.
Best value seats
The best value is row D, the long row right behind VIP Center: on the date we checked it was sold as Rear Center, for less than both VIP categories, and it faces the stage straight on.
Rows E to H, a small block of five seats a row at the back, are Rear Center too: further back, still head-on.
Seats to avoid
Rear Side is the one to think twice about: diagonal rows at the far sides of the room, at a wide angle to the stage. It's by far the cheapest category, so it suits a tight budget.
VIP Side, the short rows either side of the stage, is close but sees it from the side, for not much less than VIP Center. Vegas.com flags no seat in the room with an obstructed view.
Accessible seating
No wheelchair places are marked on this room's seat map. The V Theater says all its showrooms have accessible seating and asks guests who need it to call 702-260-7200 once they've booked.
Section by section
VIP Center, rows A to C
Three long rows of 15 to 18 seats facing the stage, the closest and dearest seats in the room.
VIP Side, rows A to C
Three to nine seats a row on each side of the stage, angled toward it. On Vegas.com's map, which has the stage at the top, seats 1 to 9 are on the left; on ours, with the stage at the bottom, they're on the right.
Row D
One long row behind VIP Center. Its middle, 21 seats, is Rear Center, our value pick; its ends bend round into the sides and are sold as Rear Side.
Rows E to H
A block of four rows of five seats at the back, centered behind row D, sold as Rear Center.
Rear Side, rows D to G
Diagonal rows behind VIP Side: rows D to F on one side, D to G on the other, at the widest angles to the stage.
Good to know before you go
- Shows are at 7:30 pm; it's dark on Wednesdays. The show runs 75 minutes.
- Vegas.com says guests must be 16 or older; the V Theater says only that the show isn't recommended under 16, because of the language.
- The show relies heavily on audience participation, so expect volunteers to be called on throughout.
- Some nights the show is performed by John Rotellini, a mentalist McCambridge has mentored: ask who's on if it matters to you.
- Booking on the V Theater's site, you pick a section and get the best seats still available in it; Vegas.com lets you pick the seat itself.
- No outside drinks: only those bought at the Showgirl Bar, the Veranda Bar or the Saxe Lounge can go into the show.
Other shows in this theater
The complex's other showrooms have their own shows. V – The Ultimate Variety Show and Popovich Comedy Pet Theater share V1, and Zombie Burlesque plays V3: see our V, Popovich and Zombie Burlesque seating charts.
Checked on October 19, 2026 against the V Theater's page for the show, its FAQ and Vegas.com's seat map for the show.
