Now You See It, No, You Don't

A triumph for member MIke Warrick, co-author of Arrow's annual pantomimes and sole author of four of their recent plays, when asked to provide one completely socially distanced on and off stage. A valuable painting about to be auctioned to fund Church roof repairs (also the aim of our evening) had disappeared - but how? A series of interviews of the ten people apparently present made alternately by two detective officers might seem less than rivetting, but with doors on each downstage corner opening snap on cue to admit (one or two) others and Arrow's experienced cast making the most of every entrance, we became involved in and fascinated by actual conversations, telephone calls and much more. And from my socially distanced seat at a table, with a slight turn of the head I could see the whole audience rapt in attention throughout and of course socially distanced, while cast members maintained their distance for an audience vote on whodunnit as they did when taking individual bows to thunderous applause,  

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