By Graham Hiley. On the face of it, Magic at Chichester Festival Theatre is about the friendship between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who have very different views on spiritualism. But, like all good conjuring tricks, if you look beneath the surface, there is a very different...
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Houdini’s Greatest Escape – interview with Feargus Woods Dunlop
Just as his death-defying escapology stunts have him, and his wife Bess, on the cusp of a career-defining performance for King Edward, he finds himself framed for murder by a gang of criminals in cahoots with the chief of police. Can Harry and Bess escape the plot and clear...
Preview: Houdini’s Great Escape, Theatre Royal Winchester
Theatre lovers and fans of physical comedy, chaos and magic can enjoy Houdini’s Great Escape coming to Theatre Royal Winchester from Thursday 22 February. It tells the story of Houdini, the world’s greatest entertainer, whose death-defying escapology stunts have him on the cusp of a career-defining performance for King...