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Audience with Murder

Full-Length Play  /  2w, 2m

Roger Leach, Colin Wakefield

"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…

Audience with Murder

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

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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.
History
It was first produced at the Edinburgh Festival in 2004 and subsequently presented to critical acclaim at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London, in 2006.

Plus 1 male voice

  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Intense Adult Themes
    • Strong Language

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

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Authors

Roger Leach

Roger Leach
Roger Leach (1948 – 2001) was an English-Australian actor who played Sgt. Tom Penny in The Bill, and guest starred in Bergerac, Perfect Scoundrels and Doctors. Leach was born in Sydney, Australia and read English at Sydney University where he also participated in rowing and o ...
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Colin Wakefield

Colin Wakefield
Colin Wakefield wrote Audience With Murder with actor and playwright Roger Leach. In addition to this thriller, he has written two stage comedies, Double Or Twin and On Your Honour (also with Roger Leach); Sleep No More, a supernatural thriller (with David Gillespie); and twe ...
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