'Mr. Swallow - Houdini' at Soho Theater in London

Having scored success at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Nick Mohammed's Mr. Swallow - Houdini will play London's Soho Theater Jan. 10 through Feb. 18, 2017.

Having only just touched back down to earth following the success of his spectacular run at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Mr. Swallow returns to Soho Theatre with Mr. Swallow – Houdini, the self-proclaimed first-ever entirely true auto-biopic of legendary magician Harry Houdini. 

Forget William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s painstakingly researched 608-page book The Secret Life of Houdini (IT. IS. BOR-ING.) Forget hours of trawling Google (whatever happened to Encarta 97?) Mr. Swallow – Houdini will be a world-first celebration of the man who brought magic and escapology to the mainstream. 

Mr. Swallow – Houdini will also bear witness to a Soho Theatre first, a recreation of one of Houdini’s most famous tricks – the underwater escape! Mr. Swallow will attempt to free himself from the iron-grip like shackles and escape the tank before it’s too late (or that’ll be another first.)

For more information and to buy tickets visit the Soho Theater website. You can follow Nick Mohammed on Twitter @nickmohammed.

Related:

• LINK: Mr Swallow: Houdini – a giddy feat of comedic derring-do
• Houdini back at the Edinburgh Fringe