Note the temporary bridge to the left and Newport Technical Institute to the right . Flying Bridge Theatre Company. When Houdini next returned to Newport in 1913, his relationship with the authorities was of a less amicable nature.

Newport Bridge in 2011. He had been turned back by police but caught a taxi cab across the bridge and entered from the opposite side. Houdini's next run-in with Newport's finest, in 1913, proved to be less amicable. Having written A Regular Little Houdini in 2013 as a love song to his hometown, Newport born and bred Daniel Llewelyn-Williams has since produced and toured this wondrous modern fairy-tale all over the world to audiences who can’t get enough of Newport’s history and the irrepressible spirit of thi Harry Houdini . And, at least in the minds of both Alan and his hero Houdini, it also served as the perfect place from which to defy death. As the Newport Pell Bridge celebrated its 50th anniversary this past summer, The Daily News published a number of archive photos from the construction of the span that connects Newport and Jamestown. For the bridge in Rhode Island, United States, see Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge. A REGULAR LITTLE HOUDINI : Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 March at 7.30pm Tickets - £14, concessions - £12, 16 to 25 year olds - £5 Having toured the UK and America, winning multiple awards, this hugely successful family stage-show returns home as part of a European tour. An …

Chris Cross the Globetrotting Geordie Contortionist & Escapologist Launched the Big Splash 2011 Festival in Newport, Wales on the 7th October 2011. The legendary American escape artist loved Wales - but its boys in blue weren't so keen on him Eight years later, in March 1913, Houdini returned to Newport for a week long engagement at the Empire. [8] March 10-16: [venue unknown], Stratford, UK. Contents. On 5 March 1913 the famous escape artist Harry Houdini jumped off Newport Bridge with his hands manacled and his feet shackled. On 5th March 1913, Houdini's date for the leap, the Bridge was packed with onlookers and police. Opened in the 1880s, extended in the mid 1890s and closed in the 1950s". Houdini's second run in with the authorities occurred in 1905, when Chief Constable Sinclair allowed him "to try his luck" in escaping a cell in Newport Police Station, naked and handcuffed. (In 1905, Houdini, who is performing at Newport's Lyceum Theatre, breaks out of the local jail; adding to the impressiveness of his achievement is the fact that he is naked and has to slip out of one cell and into another to retrieve his clothes. (Chapters are intermittently demonstrated with sleight-of-hand and advice from the performer’s ghost.) 1 The 1800 bridge; 2 Paddle Steamers; 3 Houdini; 4 The new bridge; 5 The Stone Roses; 6 References; The 1800 bridge. 558 likes. Houdini. Newport Bridge shortly after opening. Wed., March 5: Houdini jumps from Newport Bridge into River Usk. Houdini announced to the audience he would be leap from Newport Bridge with hands manacled and feet shackled. Flying Bridge Theatre Limited is a Welsh theatre company based in Newport, producing drama of the highest quality for everyone. Two of the stories center on the Newport Transporter Bridge, a technological marvel that, when it was built, attested to the burgeoning port city’s industrial importance. He wasn’t allowed to see the show, but fixed on the escape artist’s exploits and treated the “Houdini Book of Magic” like a Bible.