Murder at Grange Towers

This murder mystery was written by John Conway and Caroline Baker and was also directed by John Conway, this made for a great evening’s entrainment.

There was a simple set and I liked the way the prompt was on one side of the stage and the special effects person with the door bell noises etc sat on the other.  The cast all worked hard introducing themselves one by one to the audience, and established their characters and the relationship to Lord Swansong, played by Mark Sterling, the victim of the piece.

He had called them all to his home to inform them he had changed his will and he was leaving everything to his nurse Samantha, nicely played by Emily Norris, and would be signing the new one the following morning. They were all shocked by this news so ‘someone’ murdered him before this could happen, but who??

Everyone played their part very well, but who did it? (Helen and Gerald Piper) Jane Waller & Adam Ogilvie, (The Vicar) Nick Lavies, (Edvina) the elder daughter of the Pipers, Joy Bacon, her adopted sister (Jodie) Alexandra Francis or her boyfriend (Jamie) John Painter. Other choices are the housekeeper (Mrs Tidy) Jane MacLean, (Mr Wanhung Lowa) the fitness adviser Jeremy Seacombe, (Jemima), Helen’s sister Sara Yarwood, or (Barking) the game keeper Chris Murray. 
The audience was then treated to a ploughman’s while they started to make their minds up; the cast circulated the hall so you could ask questions.

Act two features (Detective Smart) John Convway and (Sergeant Major) Susan Young asking questions and trying to find out who did it and why. Both played their parts very well.

After another short interval we all handed in our answer sheets, the cast then are questioned once again with the Detective revealing the murderer and why. He then went through our answer papers to see if the audience had come to the same conclusions.

A great night was had by all. Well done
 

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