Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre is the perfect setting for a late autumn chiller, and it is Anthony Horowitz’s Mindgame that will definitely chill spines when it comes to the Grade II Listed playhouse from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th October.
Mindgame is a mind bending psychological thriller from the man who has written over 40 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which he adapted into a movie and has sold over 19 million copies worldwide, was commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate to write two new Sherlock Holmes novels (The House of Silk and Moriarty). Most recently he was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis.
The story tells of Mark Styler, a writer of glossy ‘true crime’ paperbacks, who tries to get an interview with Easterman, a notorious serial killer, but he has no idea what he’s walking into. First he has to get past Dr Farquhar, the head of Fairfields the unusual asylum for the criminally insane where Easterman is kept, but soon he discovers that nothing is what it seems.
Who is the mysterious Borson? Where did he get the meat in the fridge? And why isn’t the skeleton in the closet? Why has he been offered a liver sandwich? This darkly comic and genuinely nerve jangling night at the theatre will stay with you long after the curtain drops. Packed with red herrings this twisting twisted tale is a perfectly chilling night out!
Anthony Horowitz OBE is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media; juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism.
Mindgame appears at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne from Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th October with nightly performances at 7.45pm and Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Tickets, priced from £15.50, can be book by calling the box office on 01323 412000 or online at www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk
