Death by
Design
Our next production
We are currently working on our next show Death by Design. We are looking for actors, a co-director and production team members for this show.
Please email us if you require further information or would like to advise us of your interest.
Additional rehearsal dates have been added:
Monday 27th March 2023 at 7pm. Red Room, Radford Social Club
Monday 3rd April 2023 at 7pm. Red Room, Radford Social Club
Tuesday 4th April 2023 at 7pm. Room to be confirmed, Radford Social Club
The original audition on Tuesday 28th March 2023 is still being held and will be in the Concert Room, Radford Social Club.
First official rehearsal will be Thursday 6th April 2023.
The show is due to be performed in early June 2023.
Death by Design
SUMMARY
What happens when you mix the brilliant wit of Noël Coward with the intricate plotting of Agatha Christie? Set during a weekend in an English country manor in 1932, Death by Design is a hilarious, delightful and mysterious mash-up of two of the greatest English writers of all time. Edward Bennett, a playwright, and his wife, Sorel Bennett, an actress, flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unexpectedly – a conservative politician, a fiery socialist, a nearsighted ingénue, a zany modern dancer – each with a long-held secret. When one of the guests is murdered, it’s left to Bridgit, the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide, to solve the crime. Death by Design is more than homage – it’s a new classic.
BRIDGIT – The maid. Irish, crabby, warm-hearted.
JACK – The chauffer. Cockney, charming, clever.
EDWARD BENNETT – The playwright. Urbane, vain.
SOREL BENNETT – The actress. Glamorous, daffy.
WALTER PEARCE – The politician. Stiff, conservative.
ERIC – The radical. Emphatic, fiery.
VICTORIA VAN ROTH – The Bohemian. Intense, artistic.
ALICE – The visitor. Sweet, shy.
