Brand New Houdini Play Comes To Blackpool’s Grand Theatre

The brand new play Houdini is coming to the  Grand Theatre from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 September
starring BAFTA Award winning actor Stuart Brennan and Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch.

Houdini is coming to the Grand Theatre from Monday 16 – Saturday 21 September. 

Houdini stars BAFTA Award winning actor Stuart Brennan as Theo (Harry Houdini’s Brother), Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch as Bess (Harry Houdini’s wife) and Jamie Nichols as Harry Houdini.

Houdini is about the life of two of the greatest performers the world has ever known – the Houdini Brothers: stuntmen, illusionists, magicians.  The play is set throughout – and beyond – the astonishing career of the great Harry Houdini.

Theatre Giant’s creative director Peter Snee directs Stuart Brennan’s sharply observed script with a creative dream team that includes costume designer Fraz Roughton, sound designer Daffyd Gough, and composer Tord Brudevoll.

Stuart Brennan (Theo) was still a student in 2001 when he founded Burn Hand Film Productions and to date has produced over 20 shorts and feature films, working with many stars including Rutger Hauer, Shane Richie, Edward Furlong, Sean Pertwee, John Noble, and Corey Feldman.

In the same year, he became the first Englishman to win the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of boxing legend Howard Winstone in the film Risen. He was also made an honorary WBC World Boxing Champion in recognition of his boxing feats in the film.

More recently, he played the lead role in the feature film The Reverend opposite Tamer Hassan and played the lead male in the film Serial Killer. After Houdini, he will take the lead role in the film Tomorrow, the first British film to be executively produced by film legend Martin Scorsese.

Evanna Lynch (Bess) is well known for playing Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series. At the age of 14 she was cast in the fifth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She then went on to appear in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2.

Originally from County Louth in Ireland and now based in California, Evanna studied drama at the Centre for the Talented Youth of Ireland and continued her lessons while on the Harry Potter set.

Evanna has also guest starred as Princess Alehna in the first season finale of the Sky 1 TV series, Sinbad and is set to star in indie teen comedy GBF, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this year.

Jamie Nichols (Houdini) trained at Bodens College of Performing Arts and recently played Luke Prospect in Rikki Beadle-Blair’s Gutted at Theatre Royal, Stratford while other theatre credits include The Wedding Singer – the Musical, Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision (both at Millfield Theatre) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Wyllyotts Theatre).

Jamie’s TV credits include Life Begins, The Bill, EastEnders, The Last Detective, Britain’s Secret Shame and his film credits include Unseen (PPC/Rushmore), Peekabo (Urban Myth Productions) and Wickham Road for Northiam Films.

 You can catch Houdini at The Grand Theatre Blackpool from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 September 2013.

Tickets from £11.50 (Concessions available) Terms and Conditions apply, all pricing includes a £1.50 booking fee.

For the fastest way to book tickets, visit The Grand’s website blackpoolgrand.co.uk where you can select your own seat. Alternatively, call the Box Office on 01253 74 33 39 

Don’t forget – Parking is available at a discounted rate at the secure West Street Car Park, directly opposite the theatre’s entrance. Book your parking ticket when you book your show tickets from the Box Office and you can have parking from 5.30pm until 12.30am for only £2.50!