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Murder in the Air - November 2000
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Our millennium performance slipped out to November due to other commitments around Easter, but it was well worth waiting for!
"Murder in the Air" by Peg Sheldrick is an interactive whodunnit set in an aircraft hangar on the occasion of the birthday of Lord Cyril Pierce Ninny (a.k.a. "Budgy"). The guests get to mingle with the suspects over a drink and the evening is full of surprises as well as laughs.
Birthday celebrations began with a musical offering from Christchurch's wealth of talent. The Andrews Sisters made an appearance as well as a 'sanitised' Barbershop Quartet. After the interval a shocking revelation is presented by Holden Gunn, private eye, who then has to sort out which of the assembled guests is guilty of ... murder!
Performances were held at Central Methodist Church, Letchworth and the Queen Mother Theatre in Hitchin - raising a total of over £1200 for the North Herts Winter Shelter in Nightingale Road, Hitchin.
Action Photos | Cast Photos | Behind the Scenes
| CAST: | Arris, the butler | Michael Short |
| Isadora Graham-Cracker | Bethany Hocking | |
| Arrabella Langostino | Stephanie Searle | |
| Ricky 'Struts' Wingspan | Mike Rickard | |
| Ehrhardt von Ehrhardt | Daniel Leeson | |
| Nurse Hetta Babbler | Janet Hughes | |
| Doctor Barry M. Deep | Grahame Williams | |
| Holden Gunn | Tony Edmonds | |
| Reno Walsharski | Helen Dearn | |
| Dirk Belltone | Chris Blackman | |
| Lady Ariadne Dithering-Ninny | Ailsa Cutforth | |
| Lord Cyril Pierce Ninny, a.k.a. "Budgy" | Malcolm Lloyd-Smith | |
| Sergeant Knott | Paul Arnold | |
| CREW: | Director | Vanessa Rackham |
| Producer | Michael Short | |
| Prompt | Claire Rickard | |
| Make-up | Julie Mills Jennifer Willis Bethany Willis |
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| Costumes | Bethany Willis Ruth Feldman |
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| Lighting | Peter Elmer | |
| Stage | David White Peter Warren |
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| Sound | Paul Arnold |
... plus many more behind the scenes too numerous to mention here.
Thanks to everyone for making a memorable event.
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