AUDITIONS will be held at New Plymouth Little Theatre, Aubrey Street, New Plymouth on Sunday 8th December at 11am (and Monday 9th December at 7pm if needed). Rehearsals will be held on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays from late January 2025. Season runs: 30 April to 10 May 2025.
For script perusals, or to register for an audition, email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Agatha Crusty (pronounced Croosty) is a crime novelist. She’s also pretty adept at solving crimes. And, when her sister-in-law Alice invites her to spend a few days with her in the village of Chortelby, it’s not long before she gets caught up in a series of murders which seem directed at members of the All Saints Village Hall committee.
From Toby, the Vicar, and Eleanor, Chair of the committee, to Harry Knott the caretaker and identical twins Olivia and Oliver Truscott-Pratt, there are plenty of suspects. And, with an investigating officer as incompetent as DI Twigg, there are plenty of laughs as the murders begin to pile up.
But, while packed full of wit and very funny scenes, this is also a genuine murder mystery with an ingenious plot which will tax the little grey cells of the audience at the same time!
CHARACTER ROLES:
- Harry (30s-60s) The village hall caretaker, cynical, worldly-wise, down-to-earth
- Agatha (30s-60s) A crime novelist, unassuming, but very smart
- Alice (30s-60s) Agatha’s sister-in-law, pleasant, unpretentious
- Olivia & Oliver (30s-60s) Olivia is an upper-crust, landed gentry type. Oliver is Olivia’s brother. They look the same, (apart from hair), and both roles are played by the same actor.
- Eleanor (30s-50s) chair of the hall committee, mother-superior type
- Twigg (30s-50s) Detective Inspector of extraordinary incompetence!
- Maisie (30s-50s) a cleaner, pleasant but not afraid to call a spade a spade
- Toby (30s-50s) The Vicar, generally genial, a little naïve, can be forceful
- PC Lockett (30s-60s) The village Bobby, Harry’s cousin (could be played by the same actor as Harry)
- Isabella (30s-60s) The pub landlady. A mumsy type with definite pretensions.
- Mandy (late teens-20s) A model, young, streetwise.
