We are excited to announce the First Live ESCAPOLOGY Meeting & Convention of the Global Escapology Organisation that will be held in Sheffield (United Kingdom) on MARCH 10th, 2023.

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Andrew Basso, Allan Taylor and Cliff Gerstman

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We are proud to announce our first Guest speaker, Devin Stanfield - Technical Consultant from “The Illusionists” and “Britain’s Got Talent” .
Devin has worked in theatre and television since 1989. His technical journey has encompassed stage management, carpentry, rigging, automation and production management. He has toured internationally delivering shows in more than 400 venues across six continents. He was Technical Director for the show "The Illusionists" from 2011 to 2018, handling 70 different magicians and escape artists, providing health and safety oversight for some of the most dangerous acts in magic, including Andrew Basso's full view water torture cell.

We are proud to announce our second Guest speaker, Ann Beedham -Author of Randini - The man who helped Houdini.
Ann tells the story of a young Sheffield boy who became a close friend of the great Harry Houdini who helped him create his most iconic escape: The USD Straitjacket escape. The lecture will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with a signing of the books by the author in the city where Randini was born.

Author Ann Beedham has published a remarkable piece of Houdiniana, Randini - The Man who helped Houdini. This fully illustrated 236 page book reveals “the untold story of Randolph Douglas,” a Houdini fan living in the UK who created his own escapes and eventually become friends with Houdini himself.

We are proud to announce our third guest speaker, Chris Gower. Master Locksmith, Houdini Historian and Handcuff expert.

Chris Gower will be joining us to talk about Houdini and his challenge that was set by The Daily Mirror Newspaper in 1904, to free himself from a pair of handcuffs with a supposedly unpickable lock.
Chris has been interested in Houdini for over 55 years and is now recognised as one of the UK’s main authorities on him. His collection of handcuffs got him into The Guinness Book of Records and part of his collection was shown on The Antiques Road Show. Chris was the first person to make a copy of the Mirror Handcuffs back in 1985 and over the past 10 years there have been some interesting developments regarding the challenge.

Sounds great Alan. Will Chris be escaping for the VERY special pair of cuffs made by the amazing Mick Hanzlick?

Hi Dave- he may well be he may also have a brand new pair

We are proud to announce our fourth guest speaker, Dave Cox. Dave will be lecturing on the UKEA day as part of the International Escape Artists Convention.

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Short Fat, Hobbit like creature that is obsessed with puzzles. (Dave`s own words) Got into locks via locksport and literally fell in love with the mechanisms. Discovered the additional challenge of handcuffs and then started to try and escape them. From Bench to stage in 2 years Coxy managed to acquire a handful of Online Records and a couple of Guinness Records as well. An engineer by trade, but a professional idiot as a hobby.

Coxy will take us on a journey into Gimmicked handcuffs and padlocks.

We are pleased to announce our fifth guest speaker, Stuart Burrell, UKEA member and world record breaking escapologist.

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Stuart Burrell is a world record breaking Escapologist, Published author, an award winning performer, one of the longest serving members of the United Kingdom Escape Artists and a member of the Magic Circle in London."

Stuart will be presenting a lecture titled “Escape before Houdini” it will cover some of the more 'real world' escapes that took place before Houdini's day, and led / inspired some of his marketing.