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Devonshire Park Theatre , Eastbourne
Weds 30th April - Sat 3rd May 2025 |
The Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
Thurs 8th - Sat 10th May 2025 |
The time: 1981
The cast: A detective, a playwright and a man who's brought them together.
They are all it would seem in the same business........The Business of Murder.
Richard Harris (Stepping Out & Outside Edge) brings us a classic psychological thriller: where nothing is as it seems and the finale is as unexpected, elegant and satisfying as you would expect from one of our most successful crime writers.
“Fans of classic murder mystery stories will love it.”
The Chiswick Calendar
“Welcome to a psychological thriller that has it all... sensational!”
The Times
The cast: A detective, a playwright and a man who's brought them together.
They are all it would seem in the same business........The Business of Murder.
Richard Harris (Stepping Out & Outside Edge) brings us a classic psychological thriller: where nothing is as it seems and the finale is as unexpected, elegant and satisfying as you would expect from one of our most successful crime writers.
“Fans of classic murder mystery stories will love it.”
The Chiswick Calendar
“Welcome to a psychological thriller that has it all... sensational!”
The Times
The Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Tues 12th - Sat 30th August 2025
Tues 12th - Sat 30th August 2025
Tues 12th - Sat 16th August
DEATH BY FATAL MURDER
By Peter Gordon
Inspector Pratt's record of crime detection at Bagshot House is not enviable. In his previous visits the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on, helpless and hopeless. Now he's back and as usual, chaos reigns supreme. Pratt is soon embroiled in another murder mystery, aided and abetted by the redoubtable Miss Maple, Constable Thomkins, upper-crust Ginny, Italian gigolo Enzo and a Welsh clairvoyant Blodwyn Morgan.
DEATH BY FATAL MURDER
By Peter Gordon
Inspector Pratt's record of crime detection at Bagshot House is not enviable. In his previous visits the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on, helpless and hopeless. Now he's back and as usual, chaos reigns supreme. Pratt is soon embroiled in another murder mystery, aided and abetted by the redoubtable Miss Maple, Constable Thomkins, upper-crust Ginny, Italian gigolo Enzo and a Welsh clairvoyant Blodwyn Morgan.
Tues 19th - Sat 23rd August
DEATHTRAP
By Ira Levin
In Ira Levin's classic comedic thriller, a struggling playwright, Sidney Bruhl, invites former student, Clifford Anderson into his home to discuss a script that Clifford had sent him. Desperate for a hit play, after a number of his recent works have flopped, Sidney hatches a plot to steal the brilliant new script, but as the meeting spirals out of control, a deadly game of deception and betrayal begins.
DEATHTRAP
By Ira Levin
In Ira Levin's classic comedic thriller, a struggling playwright, Sidney Bruhl, invites former student, Clifford Anderson into his home to discuss a script that Clifford had sent him. Desperate for a hit play, after a number of his recent works have flopped, Sidney hatches a plot to steal the brilliant new script, but as the meeting spirals out of control, a deadly game of deception and betrayal begins.
Tues 26th - Sat 30th August
THE BUSINESS OF MURDER
By Richard Harris
The time: 1981
The cast: A detective, a playwright and the man who's brought them together. They are all it would seem in the same business........ The Business of Murder.
Richard Harris (Stepping Out & Outside Edge) brings us a classic psychological thriller: where nothing is as it seems and the finale is as unexpected, elegant and satisfying as you would expect from one of our most successful crime writers.
“Fans of classic murder mystery stories will love it.”
The Chiswick Calendar
“Welcome to a psychological thriller that has it all... sensational!”
The Times
THE BUSINESS OF MURDER
By Richard Harris
The time: 1981
The cast: A detective, a playwright and the man who's brought them together. They are all it would seem in the same business........ The Business of Murder.
Richard Harris (Stepping Out & Outside Edge) brings us a classic psychological thriller: where nothing is as it seems and the finale is as unexpected, elegant and satisfying as you would expect from one of our most successful crime writers.
“Fans of classic murder mystery stories will love it.”
The Chiswick Calendar
“Welcome to a psychological thriller that has it all... sensational!”
The Times