This week we have a chat with an entertainer from our allied art that I have never met before but whose skills I have had a long fascination. U.K. escape artist, Jonathan Goodwin, is one of the current cast members on the touring show, "The Illusionists". I was fortunate to have recently sat down with him backstage in his dressing room before their evening show. He discussed his philosophy of what he thinks the audience will believe where there is real "jeopardy" of the performer actually being injured or dying. He also explains how he decides what escapes he actually does and how he "backs into" a performance piece. He also talks about some of his most horrifying escape experiences and which ones he will never do again.

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