2023 Season:

A Murder Is Announced

A murder mystery by Leslie Darbon, adapted from a story by Agatha Christie
Directed by Matthew Cousins

Season: July 8 to 29, 8pm
Matinees: July 9 & 16, 2pm

Miss Marple, are you there?

In Agatha Christie’s most ingenious murder mystery, the villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Jane Marple, are perplexed by an advertisement in the local gazette that reads: “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 13th, at Little Paddocks at 6pm. A crowd begins to gather at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…

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A community theatre production of A Murder Is Announced by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd and New Zealand Play Bureau Ltd. 

Note: Contains a short burst of flashing lights. 

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A CAST IS ANNOUNCED: Carleena Walsh (Letitia Blacklock), Jo Crichton (Dora "Bunny" Bunner), Emily Briggs (Julia Simmons), James Calverley (Patrick Simmons), Lisa Inman (Mitzi), Stephanie Liebert (Miss Marple), Shelby Sparks (Phillipa Haymes), Viktoria Jowers-Wilding (Mrs Swettenham), John Edwards (Edmund Swettenham), Barrie Graham (Inspector Craddock), and Stephen Moratti (Sergeant Mellors/Rudi Scherz).

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