Adults-only evening shows will start with a cocktail hour where magicians will entertain guests with close-up magic at the bar followed by an 90-minute stage performance, while matinees are one-hour all ages shows. The theater features magic, comedy, and variety shows. “To me, these needles are special because I started performing my version of Houdini’s needles when I was 16-years-old, and I now open most of my shows at Holy City Magic with the needles routine,” he said.Īudience can see the needles along with other historical memorabilia every weekend at Holy City Magic with shows on Friday and Saturday nights. To Blackwell, these needles are more than just a historical artifact. “From what I have been told, two sets are in museums and the other two, including mine, belong to private collectors.” “I know of four sets of Houdini’s needles that are in existence,” Blackwell said. We all have heard about the great magician Houdini and his great illusions. Howard Blackwell, Holy City Magic’s owner and resident magician, recently acquired the needles from a Houdini collector’s estate. Houdinis Magic Cell is a fiction-based escape room curated by All in Adventures. The East India Needles routine was a staple in Houdini’s show where he would swallow a packet of needles (roughly 25), then swallow a large piece of thread, later regurgitating the needles now tied to the thread. needles was made in Redditch, England and are over 100 years-old. Holy City Magic, Charleston’s only magic theater, is now displaying a rare piece of magic history, a set of needles Harry Houdini owned for his famed “East India Needles” routine.
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