An evening of swallowing swords and daredevilry

It was a spectacle that you wouldn’t expect at a theatre festival, and judging by the crowd reaction to

Dublin

street performer and

contortionist

’s daredevilry, it was obvious that the 80-odd audience were left mesmerised. As

Murray

performed stunts like swallowing a steel sword whole, cracking a few cowboy whips and escaping from a

straightjacket

and large two chains. The ‘oooos’ and ‘aaaahhs’ came in thick and fast from the crowd.

Faster than

Harry Houdini

In what was his final stunt, Murray sought to break the great escape artiste Harry Houdini’s feat of escaping from a straightjacket and chains in five minutes. And quite amazingly, Murray achieved the feat in less than three minutes by wiggling his body “in a manner that almost dislocates his shoulders” as he admitted. The audience watched in disbelief as Murray defied the laws of biology to stage the escape.

Innuendos crack up audience
Murray was at his humourous best throughout. Once he was done swallowing the steel sword, he remarked rather cheekily, “Now that gives new meaning to the term deep throat!” And the crowd roared with laughter. There was another instance in his straightjacket escape routine where there were two buckles dangling between his legs and then he asked one of the volunteers to “reach out and grab the two things between my legs.” The guy sure knows how to entertain.