Antony Britton

Antony Britton
Born Bradford, UK
Nationality English
Occupation Escape Artist, Daredevil and Speaker
Years active 2012 - Present

Antony Britton is an escapologist and stunt performer. He has performed a series of large scale spectacular stunts done for television and charity. Britton first attracted notice in Wakefield, England in a 2012 stunt.[1] He went on to perform a series of stunts for charity, and in 2014 thousands turned out in Bradford city centre to watch him attempt the inverted straitjacket escape.[2] In 2015 he attempted the Buried Alive[3] escape challenge, making him the third person to have attempted the routine in 100 years.

Early life

Britton was born in Saltaire, Bradford, England, nd has one brother and an older sister. He went to Wycliffe Middle School in Saltaire and Beckfoot School in Bingley. At a young age he was diagnosed with dyslexia. Britton trained as a welder whilst performing escapes, he would be seen by the public been chained, padlocked and handcuffed before jumping in the canals of Saltaire and Bingley.

Britton performed his escapes in private at meetings in old mills around the Yorkshire area until 2012 when he joined forces with a team of friends, where he wanted to bring hard hitting entertainment to the public for free due to the Great Recession as well as raising money for national charities.

Media

In 2015, Britton attempted to escape from a grave in the Buried Alive challenge, made famous by Houdini in 1915.[4] At the time, he was thought to be only the third person to have attempted this escape. Britton failed to escape and lost consciousness, requiring him to be dug out by assistants.[3]

Known escapes

References

  1. ↑ "Antony puts life on the line for charity". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Escapologist Antony Britton Cheats Death in Bradford After Houdini Act Goes Wrong". 18 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Gayle, Damien (8 September 2015). "Rescuers revive escape artist after 'buried alive' stunt goes wrong". Retrieved 1 August 2016 – via The Guardian.
  4. ↑ "Six-feet blunder - I almost died being buried alive". Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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