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Audience with Murder
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 2m
"It is no accident that the Jermyn Street playbill for this comedy thriller is free of all descriptive matter, save for a photograph of the play script ... To offer more could spoil the surprise that, with a string of startling denouements, utterly c…
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Cast Size
2f, 2m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Mystery/Thriller -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
This intriguing and multi-layered, witty thriller is full of unexpected twists. A Russian doll of a play, it moves from a seemingly innocuous domestic play reading, through a murder mystery in the classic style, to a final terrifying and violent climax.
CAST (2F, 2M)
Four plays in one, requiring the following:
M - late 40's/mid 50's
F - late 40's/mid 50's
M - early to mid 20's
F - early to mid 20's
One set (a drawing room)
History
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Gun Shots
Media
"It is no accident that the Jermyn Street playbill for this comedy thriller is free of all descriptive matter, save for a photograph of the play script ... To offer more could spoil the surprise that, with a string of startling denouements, utterly confounds audience expectations ..." - The Stage
"This was the best theatre we saw on the Fringe this year." - Edinburgh - Your Voice
"Audience with Murder is a chameleon of a thriller... packed to the gunwales with guile, chutzpah and humour. Catch it if you can." - Edinburghguide.com
"Exquisitely plotted... An evening of taut, suspenseful entertainment, shot through with the kind of dark humour that helps to ramp up the tension." - Ilford Recorder
"A stylish thriller in the tradition of Deathtrap and Sleuth." - Pewter Plough Playhouse, Cambria, California
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Roger Leach
