From the pen of the award-winning writing team Richard Levinson and William Link, the creators of the mystery series Murder She Wrote and the TV detective series Columbo, comes the classic “whodunnit” murder mystery, Rehearsal For Murder.
Following the decade-long success of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, which sold over two million tickets and continually played to packed houses across the UK, Bill Kenwright Ltd began an exciting new chapter in January 2016 with the launch of The Classic Thriller Theatre Company and its first production Rehearsal For Murder, adapted for the stage by David Rogers. The production will open at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre on Monday 17th October and will run until Saturday 22nd October.
Playwright Alex Dennison is left heartbroken when his fiancée and leading lady Monica Welles is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her stage debut. On the anniversary of that ill-fated night, Alex assembles the same cast and crew in the same theatre, for a reading of his new play. But as the reading progresses, the play’s similarity to actual events becomes increasingly uncomfortable for the participants, and it soon becomes clear that Alex believes Monica was murdered and his new play is a devious cat-and-mouse chase to uncover her killer…
TV favourites Alex Ferns (EastEnders, Legend) and Susie Amy (Footballers’ Wives, Echo Beach) join a cast of much-loved Agatha Christie Theatre Company regulars including Gary Mavers (Peak Practice, Emmerdale), 60’s pop legend Mark Wynter (Cats, Dreamboats and Petticoats, The Phantom of the Opera) and Ben Nealon (Solider Solider). Also in the cast is entertainment icon Anita Harris (Carry On), Lauren Drummond (Holby City), Gwynfor Jones (Being Human) and Georgia Neville.
Rehearsal for Murder takes place at the Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing from Monday 17th October 2016 to Saturday 22nd October 2016 with evening performances at 7.30pm and Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm. Tickets, priced from £20.50 to £28.50 (Student tickets at £10) can be purchased through the box office on 01903 206 206 or online at www.worthingtheatres.co.uk
