Oedipus complex was a tricky knot for Houdini to untie

From: The Scotsman | Date: January 4, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

SUSPECT Culture can be relied on to look at things from a fresh perspective, but for the cast of this company's latest show, The Escapologist, this is more than just a metaphor. The actors will arrive on stage suspended upside down from the ceiling.

However the company - co-founded by director Graham Eatough and playwright David Greig - is not guilty of flashy staging for its own sake. The cast are expected - while re-enacting some of Harry Houdini's most dangerous tricks - to get to grips with a complex script exploring psychoanalysis.

The life of Houdini and the thinking of Freud were ...

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