At Theatre Royal this summer is the welcome return of Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season from 26 July to 20 August. The season will feature a different murder mystery play each week over a four-week run.
The four plays featured in the Colin McIntyre Classic Thrilller Season 2016 are:
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 July
Arsenic and Old Lace
By Joseph Kesselring
In a quaint Brooklyn house, two sisters have been perfecting their elderberry wine. Little do their gentleman callers suspect that they will soon be heading off to more exotic climes courtesy of the sisters’ crazy nephew.
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 August
House Guest
By Francis Durbridge
When film star Robert Drury’s young son is kidnapped, he and his wife Stella are visited by a stranger. Instead of a demand for ransom, the unknown man insists on remaining with them in their house for 48 hours.
Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 August
Father Brown – The Curse of the Invisible Man
By John Goodrum, based on the mysteries of G K Chesterton
Set in 1906, multiple murders have been committed, but the culprit leaves no trace. Can he, or she, be truly invisible?
The role of Father Brown will be played by John Lyons, an actor most recognised for his work on TV including A Touch of Frost with David Jason, in which he played Frost’s sidekick, Detective Sergeant George Toolan.
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 August
Mindgame
By Anthony Horowitz
When Mark Styler, a writer of glossy true crime paperbacks, tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, he has no idea what he’s walking into.
Karen Henson, co-producer for Tabs Productions, said: ‘We’re very excited about the range of plays this year. Our third play, Father Brown – The Curse of the Invisible Man, will be the first time G K Chesterton’s fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur sleuth, Father Brown, has ever been seen on the British stage. That’s hugely exciting for us. Our final play of the four, Mindgame, is a modern psychological thriller from renowned author and playwright Anthony Horowitz, who wrote Foyle’s War and Sherlock as well as the new BBC detective series New Blood. The season also features House Guest, which is a classic kidnap mystery from Francis Durbridge, and Arsenic and Old Lace which is one of my favourite black and white Cary Grant movies. We really can’t wait to get going!’
Here at Nottingham Live we will be covering all four shows so lookout for reviews at the beginning of each week.
The plays will be on Tue – Fri 7.30pm, Wed 2pm, Sat 3pm & 6pm
Tickets are from £11 or see all four plays in the Stalls or Upper Circle for £60 (evenings) or £48 (matinees)
Members, Concessions & Group discounts also available.
Book online here:www.trch.co.uk or ring the box Office: 0115 989 5555
