ANDREW KAY INTERVIEWS PIP HENDERSON

MRS HOUDINI

We’ve all heard about Harry Houdini, the brilliant illusionist and escapologist, but has anyone heard about his his firecracker of a wife Bess? Bess – The Other Houdini by Christine Foster looks at the role his wife played in his life both on and off stage. Working as a side show dancer at New York’s famous Coney Island pleasure park, Houdini met her when she was sixteen. They married and stayed together until his death… and maybe beyond.

Brighton actor Pip Henderson has produced and stars as Bess in a new play previewing in Sussex before transferring to London.

Latest’s Andrew Kay talks to her about magic, life after death and if she is channeling her inner Debbie McGee …