Houdini's Greatest Escape coming to New Wolsey in Ipswich

In the show by the touring theatre company New Old Friends, Harry Houdini is framed for murder by a gang of criminals just before a career-defining performance before King Edward. 

It's up to him and his wife Bess to escape the plot, clear their names, and find out how their rival The Superstar Spiritualist medium, Agatha, is involved. 

Houdini and his wife Bess need to clear their names after being framed for murder (Image: Pamela Raith)READ MORE: All you need to know as blockbuster film and 90s party comes to Trinity Park

Houdini's Greatest Escape features a cast of four people playing multiple roles that promises to have audiences laughing and gasping at the 'real' magic of illusions designed by TV's Peter Firman, who is known for work on Good Omen's and BBC One's The Magicians.

The cast includes Ben Higgins as Harry Houdini, Lydia Piechowiak as Bess Houdini with many other characters played by Kirsty Cox and Adam Elliott.

Writer and director Feargus Dunlop-Woods said: "This is a show we have wanted to make for years and are over the moon that they company is finally in a position to realise the vision of blending our slightly chaotic 'overtly theatrical' nonsense with some genuine illusions.

"Researching and 'getting to know' Harry and Bess Houdini has been fascinating and this, entirely fictional, episode in their crusade against fraud mediums has been a huge amount of fun to create. We can't wait to share it with the country."

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Four people play a variety of different characters in the show (Image: Pamela Raith)

The company will be performing shows at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich on Tuesday, May 7 and Wednesday, May 8. 

Tickets start from £13 and are available to purchase on the theatre's website.