A century on, Budapest circus revives Houdini’s daring escapes
The show blends theater, dance and acrobatics as it recreates Houdini’s 1912 water escape and frames his acts as a journey between life and death.
- On Friday, The Circus of Budapest premiered a performance celebrating Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist born Erik Weisz in 1874 to a Hungarian Jewish family.
- Houdini emigrated to the United States, where he became renowned for defying locks, chains, and seemingly impossible traps that captivated audiences worldwide.
- Blending theatre and acrobatics, the production recreates his 1912 water escape. Director Laszlo Magacs said, "I think Houdini was the first influencer in the world."
- Described as "a journey through the borderlands between life and death," the show imagines Houdini suspended between worlds with his wife pleading for his return.
- Tomorrow, on Halloween, magicians and ghost hunters around the world will mark the 100th yahrzeit of the escape artist, honoring his legacy a century after his death.
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A century on, Budapest circus revives Houdini’s daring escapes
BUDAPEST, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Bound in chains, plunged upside down into a water-filled tank and flirting with death, Harry Houdini returned to the stage in Budapest on Friday as a new circus production celebrated the legendary escape artist a century ...
On October 31, in Detroit, U.S.A., Harry Houdini, an illusionist who could have been released from any cuffs and jails, quickly died in Detroit. In his short career, he was able to film and find himself an intransigent enemy of spiritism.
He Got Out of His Handcuffs and Out of His Underwater Coffin. Houdini Did Not Escape the Last Danger
One of the most famous illusionists, Harry Houdini, whose untimely death marked 100 years on October 31, was able to easily free himself from every shackle, jumping into a river while tied up and emerging alive and well to the amazement of onlookers. He escaped from the most difficult prison cells or got out of a locked box at the bottom of a river.
On October 31, 1926, Erik Weisz, a contortionist and trapezeist who became the first mass magician in history, died. John of the Church went to La Brújula to talk about his life.
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