Rehearsal For Murder UK Tour

Rehearsal For Murder UK Tour

The Classic Thriller Theatre Company has announced that it is extending the UK tour for Rehearsal For Murder. Rehearsal For Murder is one of stage and screen’s all time classic thrillers. Written by Richard Levinson and David Link, whose work included the television series Murder She Wrote, Rehearsal For Murder was a popular television movies which starred Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave and Patrick Macnee. Playwright Alex Dennison is left heartbroken when his fiancee and leading lady Monica Welles is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her stage debut. On the anniversary of that ill-fated night, Alex assembles the same cast and crew in the same theatre, for a reading of his new play. But as the reading begins, it becomes clear that Alex believes that Monica was murdered and his new play is a devious cat-and-mouse chase to uncover her killer. The new tour will … Read more

REVIEW: And Then There Were None, UK Tour ✭✭✭✭

And Then There Were None review UK Tour

It was fascinating to hear the animated discussion in the auditorium, in the intervals or scene breaks, about the identity of the murderer(s) (not to give anything away, you know) and there was an audible gasp from many when the final revelation came. It is rare indeed – and an indication of the success of the piece – to witness this level of genuine engagement between stage and audience. Gravitas comes from a detached but dead-accurate performance from Paul Nicholas and Ben Nealon’s welcome brio is the pulse of the play.