Failed escapes, staged suicides, decapitations, freak accidents—and what really killed Houdini.
In this riveting presentation of magic and history, celebrated magician Joshua Jay explores the dangerous side of magic with magicians, assistants, and spectators who have died during magic shows, and digs into the stories behind some of magic’s most fascinating unsolved mysteries. Jay takes you behind-the-scenes of the secret techniques that some magicians have used in their illusions—and he’ll even recreate one of Houdini’s most beautiful and perilous acts in this multimedia-rich theatrical exhibition.