Our Autumn Play this year will be A Murder is Announced, by Agatha Christie. Performances will be on 16th – 18th November.
A strange notice appears in the morning paper of a perfectly ordinary small English village, Chipping Cleghorn: “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends accept this, the only intimation.” This apparently comes as a great surprise to Letitia Blacklock, the owner of Little Paddocks, as she has no idea what the notice means; she didn’t place it and none of her companions knows more than she. Miss Blacklock decides to take it in her stride and prepares herself to have guests that evening. Naturally, the villagers are intrigued by this notice, and several of them appear on the doorstep with awkward reasons but a definite interest. As the clock strikes 6:30, the lights go out and a door swings open, revealing a man with a blinding torch…
This play has now been cast as follows:
Sgt. Mellors ……………… John Ogden
Inspector Craddock ……. Jim Woods
Rudi Scherz …………….. Richard Baker
Edmund Swettenham …. Darren White
Mrs. Swettenham ……… Thelma Wallis
Phillipa Haymes ………… Hayleigh Baker
Miss Marple ……………. Diane Bradbury
Mitzi …………………….. Sophie Garrett
Patrick Simmons ……… Tom Baker
Dora Bunner …………… Amanda Durley
Julia Simmons ………… Lauren Palmer
Letitia Blacklock ………. Pippa Mills
The rehearsals will commence from 4th September (Monday) and will be on Mondays and Thursdays with the performances on 16th – 18th November.