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Scotch? - Houdini's Greatest Escape review

 DISCLAIMER: IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET THE REVIEW OUT BEFORE THE SHOW LEFT THE THEATRE, THIS BIT (UNTIL I MENTION) WAS WRITTEN BEFORE I SAW THE SHOW. IF I DIDN’T MANAGE I APOLOGISE, BUT YOU SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SHOW AS THE LICHFIELD RUN WAS NEAR THE START OF THE TOUR. As you may already know, I have already seen two plays by New Old Friends,  Crimes on Centre Court and A Christmas Getaway , both at The Lichfield Garrick. Of these, I only wrote a review of ACG (Acronyms FTW!) I also mentioned my intention to see NOF’s newest play, Houdini’s Greatest Escape . This review is of HGE , and I was lucky enough to see a version of the show with a Q&A after the performance. I HAVE NOW SEEN THE SHOW Longtime readers (hello all one of you) will know that my reviews often include quite a lot of spoilers, but it has occurred to me that this post might get a little more engagement, so there are two versions of this review – This one, which contains some minor spoilers, but all out of c