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A Murder is Announced - Directed by Matthew Cousins
Miss Marple, are you there?

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

About

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. 

Sorry, this play is now completely sold out.

 

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).

Single Ticket Prices

Adult: $32
Concessions: for seniors aged 65+: $29 (with proof of concession)
Equity New Zealand members: $29 (with membership ID)
Groups of 10+: $28
Members: $28
Students (with ID): $18
Playwright's Passport (available to Playmarket’s playwright clients): free available ticket from the box office on the day or night of the performance (with membership card and photo ID) 

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The call centre is staffed Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 6pm (excluding public holidays).

PRODUCTION CREW

Director: Matthew Cousins
Production Co-ordinator Ellie Barrow
Trainee Production Co-ordinator Lyneil Gray
Stage Manager: Trevor Hynes
Assistant Stage Managers: Rosie Elder, Sho Okumoto
Set Designer: David Gifford
Lighting Designer: Nigel Windsor
Assistant Lighting Designer: Parag Londhe
Technical Assistant: Dylan Day
Lighting Rigging: Nigel Windsor, Parag Londhe, Dan Lockett, Dylan Day
Sound Designer: Nicole Ashley
Prompt: Laurie Mills
Wardrobe: Jenny Connors, Amandeep Nanua, Ginny Jones
Props: Margaret Nash, Laurie Mills
Decor: Linda Le Verne, Nicole Harvey
Intimacy Adviser: AJ Johnson
Sound/lighting operators: Blake Ingram, Parag Londhe, Blake Elliott
Set Builders/Painters: David Gifford (foreman), Pat Hudson, David Guthrie, Doug Johnston, Dan Lockett, Dan Vlad, Laurie Mills, Roger Grice
Graphic Design: Emma Love
Photography: AJ Johnson

Reviews

 

Read the Times preview article.

Read the BroadwayWorld review.

Read Macleans College student Calvin Chong's review

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