David Straitjacket - World Record Breaking Escape Artist & Sword Swallower

"A captivating entertainer" Varsity Newspaper

"The modern Houdini" Ripley's Believe it Or Not

"Death Defying" The Advertiser Newspaper

"Don't miss him" Live Action Entertainments

"A night of guaranteed entertainment" Pulp

Magazine

"The best guest on the show so far" The 24 hr Quiz. ITV

"I thought that you were wonderful" Actor, George Hamilton (Star of almost 100 Movies and TV shows)

"One of the greatest escape artists alive in the world today" The Citizen Newspaper

"That was just great" Comedian, Paul O'Grady

"That was brilliant!" TV Presenter, Declan

Donnelly (Ant & Dec)

Widely regarded as one of the most exciting escapologists

and sideshow artists performing in the world today, David

Straitjacket is a truly international performer. In 2006 &

2007 alone he was booked to perform on 5 continents.

Performing on stages large and small in a variety of

countries, including America, Russia, Korea, Dubai,

China, Ireland, and of course mainland Europe. In many

cases being booked to return for a second and even a third

time.

His shows are suitable for a wide variety of events,

festivals, corporate events, cabaret shows, promotions,

sales and product launches, theatres, casinos, colleges,

universities and more. With more than a decade of

experience performing at events around the world, David

is nothing if not adaptable.

His shows include sword swallowing (David is one of only

around 50 performing sword swallowers in the world),

amazing sideshow routines, incredible escapology, and

large scale stunts for any event. Of course the highlight of

any show is always a demonstration of the incredible

escape skills which have brought him a total of Eight Guinness World Records™, and led 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not™' to dub him, "The Modern Houdini".

This is circus cabaret for the 21st century. Real stunts, no magic tricks and no illusions. David's

shows are as funny as they are exciting. He is well known for his razor sharp wit and his

ability to leave even the quickest of hecklers standing!

He appears frequently on national and international television, on radio, in magazines and

other publications and is currently planning several large scale stunts and world record

attempts. So whether you are planning a festival, corporate event, nightclub show, student night, or any other occasion which requires something special and unique, well, you've come

to the right place!

- Recent TV Appearances -

The Jensen Show (RTL, The

Netherlands)

The New Paul O' Grady Show

Wild World Of Records

Big Brother 7 (advisor)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Channel M

Granada Reports

The Guide

Britain's Wildest

The 24hr Quiz

Sky One

GMTV

MTV

Channel 1 (Russia)

Guinness World Records International

BBC News

TV2 (The Netherlands)

TNT (France)

CCTV (China & Hong Kong)

"He'll sell you the whole seat, but you're only going to use the edge of it!"

As well as performing live, David is currently filming a one hour TV special, which is intended for broadcast in late 2008. The show will include several new and incredible challenge escapes. Some recent escape

challenges that David has overcome can be found on the escapes page. You can also Click here to see a list of David's previous engagements.

Inspired by his experience assisting in the creation of a team task for reality TV show Big Brother 7, and by his years teaching circus skills. David has created his own teambuilding fun day, 'Escape The Rat Race'. Click here for more information.