Helen Coghlan shares a love of magic with her father, Arthur. She joined
him in the show when she left school and quickly became a top
entertainer in her own right.

Helen has won several national awards and has had the privilege of being
invited to perform at the prestigious "Magic Castle" in Hollywood, USA.

Following in Her Father's Footsteps

She has now followed in her father's footsteps to become Australia's top escapologist. Helen has performed some amazing escapes including:-

• In 1987, she became the first woman in the world to perform Houdini's last escape, "The Chinese Water Torture", which was televised for national television.
  
  
• Being locked inside a large wooden keg which had the exhaust from a petrol motor leading straight into the bung hole, which, of course, filled the barrel with deadly carbon monoxide.

• Securely imprisoned between steel shelves and locked in a solid steel cage, with explosives set to detonate in 5 minutes.

Together they have travelled overseas performing their spectacular magic and illusions and death defying feats - some of which were televised for Russian television to a viewing audience of an estimated 300 million people.

The following clip from YouTube shows Helen performing Houdini's famous "Water Torture Escape" on Channel 9's "Midday Show". It went live-to-air.