JaffreyPratt show includes Houdini tribute

The magician and illusionist Harry Houdini will be honored at Jaffrey’s Park Theatre, 19 Main St., Friday, Aug. 16.

As part of his performance, magician Ben Pratt will feature the straitjacket trick Houdini first performed in 1908. Unlike other performers, who would go behind a curtain and remove the jacket, Houdini wrestled out of the straitjacket in full sight of the audience.

At 6 p.m., before Pratt’s performance at 7:30 p.m., the theater will show Houdini’s first movie, “The Grim Game,” from 1919. In the film, Houdini plays an accused killer who uses his skills as an escape artist and magician to flee police custody and search for the men who framed him. The film lasts 72 minutes. 

Pratt, who grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, has performed all over New England and beyond, including Las Vegas, Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun and Gillette Stadium.

Tickets for are $25, and all seats are reserved. Purchase in advance by going to theparktheatre.org or by calling the box office at 603-532-8888. The theater’s doors will open at 6 p.m. with Walden Whitham performing in the Lounge Bar.