The Escapologist

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Everybody feels trapped sometimes - by family, by friends, by situations we can't control. But who can we look to, to help us really escape Inspired by Adam Phillips' book Houdini's Box, The Escapologist follows a psychotherapist as he delves into the conscious and unconscious desires of his patients. All of his patients are looking to escape in some way from their circumstances. But how can the therapist help them when he feels increasingly sceptical about the powers of his profession As his feelings of entrapment increase, he takes flight into fantasies about the greatest escape artist of them all, Harry Houdini. The Escapologist premiered at the Tramway Theatre in Glasgow in January 2006, featuring exciting re-enactments of Houdini's stunts in a production by Suspect Culture.

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Simon Bent studied Drama at Birmingham University and started his theatrical career as an actor. As writer-in-residence at the University of Essex, he wrote 'Evacuees' for Spectrum Theatre, Cambridge. His work includes 'Knuckle Butty', 'Wigan Kiss', 'Full Fathom Five', 'The Blood of Others', 'Goldhawk Road', 'Shelter', 'Bad Company', 'Wasted', 'Sugar Sugar' and 'Accomplices.'