Improvised whodunnit MURDER, SHE DIDN’T WRITE to embark on UK tour with West End dates
The improvised whodunnit and many year Edinburgh Fringe favourite, Murder, She Didn’t Write, is heading on a UK tour from March 2025, it has been announced.
This cleverly comedic show sees improv legends Degrees of Error perform an entirely improvised murder mystery each night, across the country. The tour will include a foray into the West End with a number of exciting performances at the Duchess Theatre, home to The Play That Goes Wrong.
In this ingenious show, the audience becomes the author as a classic Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery is written live. With seven sell-out Fringe runs behind them, the extraordinarily talented company perform an ensemble of brightly coloured characters, with the murderer and victim chosen by an audience member, in a Cluedo-esque take on the improv format. From a poisoning at a synchronised swimming gala, to being crushed to death at a Love Island recoupling, the slick and experienced cast use quick-witted humour to turn nonsensical story lines into a hilarious and unique show every time.
Directed by Lizzy Skrzypiec, the rotating cast stars: Caitlin Campbell (Wardrobe Theatre’s Rocky Shock Horror, UK tour), Peter Baker (Only Fools and Horses, West End), Stephen Clements (Tales of Adventure, Bristol Improv Theatre), Douglas Walker (The Visit, National Theatre), Harry Allmark (The Room Above; Artistic Director), Rosalind Beeson (Real Positive Roles, The Old Vic), Sylvia Bishop (This is Your Musical, Bristol Improv Theatre), Emily Brady (Rhymes Against Humanity, UK tour), and Peta Maurice (The Borrowers, The Tobacco Factory).
Degrees of Error Director and cast member Lizzy Skrzypiec said: “This tour is years in the making for us. Overcoming numerous setbacks after COVID has been humbling to say the least and I am delighted we can take our show on tour and bring some of our silly humour to different areas of the country.
“We are essentially a group of friends being silly together in the most theatrical of ways. I'm so excited to take our show, forged by our own personalities and chemistry, on tour to spread some mischievous fun around the UK. What people don't understand is I either solve silly crimes on stage as my profession or I drive my husband mad by being like this at home. My dad was actually in the police force for many years and he still does not consider what I do to be real work. Ridiculous! He hasn't even performed in Grimsby.”
The production features set design by Justin Williams, costumes by Reuben Speed, lighting by Adam King, and sound by Lucy Baker-Swinburn.
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