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| Daniel Llewelyn-Williams in A REGULAR LITTLE HOUDINI. Photo by Sheri Bankes. |
The
Christmas season - traditionally a time of hope, dreams and magic - well may be
the very best time to stage a play like A
Regular Little Houdini, currently enjoying its New York premiere at 59E59
Theaters. Written and performed by the
very appealing and multi-talented David Llewelyn-Williams, the play explores
the world of Alan John Williams, the young son of a Welsh dockworker, who
aspired to escape his working class background and emulate his hero, Harry
Houdini, by creating for himself an alternative life of magic, liberation and “amazements.”
David
Llewelyn-Williams delivers a strong performance as Alan John Williams (and of
the rest of his family to boot), dealing not only with Harry Houdini’s (and
Alan’s) magical and escapist escapades but also with the most serious issues of
life, death and survival. In addition,
however, he has sprinkled his performance with delightful bits of
sleight-of-hand and other legerdemain that lighten the mood and never fail to
entertain.
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