Houdini Speaks to the Living (Austin) - 100th Anniversary of Houdini's Death!
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✨ HOUDINI SPEAKS TO THE LIVING RETURNS TO AUSTIN ✨
October 28–31, 2026 | at Penfold Theatre
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Hidden Room’s acclaimed Houdini Speaks to the Living comes home to Austin for four nights only, culminating on Halloween night — exactly 100 years to the day after Harry Houdini’s death.
It’s 1924, and two of the most famous men in the world are locked in a very public battle over the supernatural.
Harry Houdini, master magician and relentless debunker of fraudulent mediums, faces off against Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a passionate believer in Spiritualism and life after death.
What follows is a gripping, eerie, 60-minute theatrical showdown, largely taken from the real words of Houdini and Doyle. Filled with live magic, séance phenomena, sharp debate, the show attempts to answer the eternal question - "Can the dead speak???"
“Magnetic and commanding.” — BroadwayWorld
“Dexterity on both the magic and drama.” — FringeReview
“Does justice to Houdini’s reputation.” — World Magic Review
🔮 SPECIAL EVENT — OCTOBER 29
Join Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center and author of Houdini’s Library, for a post-show conversation about Houdini, the Ransom Center’s extraordinary collection, and the research that helped inspire the production.
🎃 HALLOWEEN — OCTOBER 31
Our final performance falls exactly 100 years after Houdini died on Halloween 1926.
📅 October 28–31, 2026
📍 Penfold Theatre
2120 North Mays Street #290
Round Rock, TX 78664
Running time: 60 minutes
Featuring Patrick Terry as Harry Houdini and Robert Matney as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Come spend Halloween with Houdini. The spirits may or may not attend...
October 28–31, 2026 | at Penfold Theatre
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Hidden Room’s acclaimed Houdini Speaks to the Living comes home to Austin for four nights only, culminating on Halloween night — exactly 100 years to the day after Harry Houdini’s death.
It’s 1924, and two of the most famous men in the world are locked in a very public battle over the supernatural.
Harry Houdini, master magician and relentless debunker of fraudulent mediums, faces off against Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a passionate believer in Spiritualism and life after death.
What follows is a gripping, eerie, 60-minute theatrical showdown, largely taken from the real words of Houdini and Doyle. Filled with live magic, séance phenomena, sharp debate, the show attempts to answer the eternal question - "Can the dead speak???"
“Magnetic and commanding.” — BroadwayWorld
“Dexterity on both the magic and drama.” — FringeReview
“Does justice to Houdini’s reputation.” — World Magic Review
🔮 SPECIAL EVENT — OCTOBER 29
Join Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center and author of Houdini’s Library, for a post-show conversation about Houdini, the Ransom Center’s extraordinary collection, and the research that helped inspire the production.
🎃 HALLOWEEN — OCTOBER 31
Our final performance falls exactly 100 years after Houdini died on Halloween 1926.
📅 October 28–31, 2026
📍 Penfold Theatre
2120 North Mays Street #290
Round Rock, TX 78664
Running time: 60 minutes
Featuring Patrick Terry as Harry Houdini and Robert Matney as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Come spend Halloween with Houdini. The spirits may or may not attend...
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2120 N Mays St, Round Rock, TX 78664-2107, United States
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