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REVIEW: James Freedman – Man Of Steal, Trafalgar Studios 1 ✭✭✭✭

Danny Coleman-Cooke1st June 2015 Reviews, West End

James Freedman - Man Of Steal at the Trafalgar Studios

It is always fantastic to see original theatre in London and Man of Steal certainly breaks new ground in putting on a public safety lecture with a difference. Freedman rightly received a warm reception from the crowd but perhaps the biggest compliment of all was the number of people checking and rearranging their pockets and bags as they left the Trafalgar Studios. Proof if it were needed that he really did steal the show.

James Freedman: Man Of Steal Transfers to West End

Douglas Mayo25th February 201613th May 2015 News, West End

James Freeman: Man Of Steal transfers to the West End following a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory

James Freedman: Man Of Steal will transfer to Trafalgar Studio One for a strictly limited season following its sell-out success at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Funny and fast-fingered, Freedman exposes how the bad guys really work, the show reflecting a life-time spent studying hustlers, street criminals and con-men. Fuelled at an early age after falling victim to muggers and further inspired by watching child pickpockets on the streets of Paris, he began a lifelong study of stealth crime and the psychology of thieves. In his words, “It was then I decided to become a pickpocket myself – only an honest one. I want to educate people to help them avoid becoming victims.” Hailed a genius in his field by Derren Brown, Freedman is the only man to have picked the pockets of The Mayor of London, The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England. With … Read more