There will be three murders to solve in the 2022 Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
A summer staple at the city centre venue since 1988, the season includes a comedy thriller, a classic Agatha Christie and a suspenseful murder mystery.
Karen Henson of Tabs Productions, co-producers of the season, said, “we can't wait to be back at the Theatre Royal again. The twist and turns of Who Killed "Agatha" Christie? are worth the ticket price just for the sideburns—well, it is set in 1978!
“There’s also the gentle fun of one of Agatha Christie's finest stage plays, Spider's Web, and the classic ‘will he get away with it?’ from Emlyn Williams, Night Must Fall. Summer just wouldn't be summer without a classic thriller.”
Tudor Gates’s Who Killed “Agatha” Christie? features John, a failed playwright, who is obsessed with the notion that his career has been damaged by drama critic Arthur “Agatha” Christie. In revenge, he decides to concoct an ingenious plot to trap Arthur involving his own wife and Arthur’s partner who, it appears, have been having an affair. The play will run at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday 12 until Saturday 16 July.
In Spider’s Web, Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, discovers a body in her drawing room. She is desperate to dispose of it before her husband returns home with an important foreign politician. When a police inspector visits the house, Clarissa denies a murder has taken place. Spider’s Web can be seen from Tuesday 2 until Saturday 6 August.
Night Must Fall involves a cantankerous old woman, Mrs Bransom, hiring a charming young man called Danny as a live-in companion. But her niece Olivia is less than charmed. When news of a murder is revealed, Olivia has good reason to suspect Danny of the crime. Filled with suspense, romance and some unexpected humour, Night Must Fall will run from Tuesday 9 until Saturday 13 August.