Fringe favourite Chris Cox is ready to delve into the heads of Scottish audiences as West End magic show Impossible travels north for the first time.

The mentalist, who happily defines himself as "the mind reader who can't read minds", joined us for a chat in the capital ahead of his Edinburgh Playhouse performance in March.

He even let slip that the show has just been confirmed to visit Glasgow in June.

1. How would you sum up the Impossible show in three words?

Really, really good. Ah, I have wasted a word, dammit!

2. You're a mind reader, so what's my next question going to be?

The next question is going to be: "How can someone so sexy and talented also be so modest?"

3. On to the (actual) next question, what was your first magic trick?

It was a thing called Dynamic Coins. I remember going to get in Hamleys in London. You make a stack of 10p coins disappear and reappear.

4. Did you ever own a Paul Daniels magic set?

Not only did I own a Paul Daniels magic set but it was the first magic set I ever got.

Very recently, my wife was clearing out the attic of her old family home and she found a Paul Daniels magic set in her attic which is the exact same.

I have now got it at home and I am trying to relearn the tricks. He's got a lot to answer for, that man.

5. Can you clear up what you mean by the mind reader who can't read minds?

I came up with this in my first Edinburgh Festival years ago. No one can read minds. If I could really read minds, I wouldn't be telling you I could read minds.

I will use everything - magic, psychology, body language, influencing, devilishly good luck, lying - all those things to make you think I know what you are thinking.

6. Aside from reading minds, what superpower would you chose?

The power to be invisible. I think maybe the weird stuff I do, everyone does, but they don't admit to doing it. So I would like to find out where I am on the weird level.

7. What's the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you on stage?

I had someone vomit on stage once and, when I realised what was happening, I went to try to catch it with my hands. People thought it was a trick. No - just vom.

8. Kill, flat-share, go on holiday: David Copperfield, David Blaine, Derren Brown.

OK, so holiday with Copperfield because he has his own island so that's sorted. I have been to Derren's flat. It was mainly covered in parrot poo because he has a parrot that flies around so, because of that, I wouldn't want to flat-share with him so I am going to have to kill him - which is probably all right for me because then we have another mind reader to replace him. And I would flat-share with Blaine because he's got a lot of money.

9. What was it like when you got to work with Liam from One Direction?

Liam was amazing. I got to touch his earlobe, which was nice. What was weird is that I was next door having some lunch and someone came and grabbed me. So I ran in and started filming and did the trick with him.

If you watch it again, you will see that as I am going through it I am working out what I am going to do and how I am going to do it.

10. Have you ever had any famous people who have been difficult to mind read?

I work a lot with Heston Blumenthal and we've become very good friends. When I get into a friendship zone with someone I find it really difficult to read so he is almost impossible now.

11. Who are your favourite people to follow on Twitter?

I tell you, I am a bit obsessed with Noel Edmonds at the minute. It is all #positivity. He posted a picture of a cockerel today for no reason.

12. Who is your inspiration for what you do and why?

In the world of magic, Penn and Teller are amazing.

13. How much research goes into each trick?

Loads. I see it a bit like being a chef. You learn the basic methods and ingredients and then you make it from that.

There's a trick in the show that I do that took me six years. Every night I am still working on it and fine-tuning wee bits.

14. What's next for you post-Impossible?

Impossible will hopefully go on and on for a while. Then I would like to do a solo show - I have done five now and I want to do my sixth, and there are a couple of TV things that may or may not happen.

You would need to be some kind of mind reader to know what I was going to do in the future which, annoyingly, I am not.