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Picture: Pamela Raith Murder in the Dark Malvern Theatres **** The brand new Torben Betts thriller,
Murder in the Dark, began the UK and Ireland Tour in September last
year, premiering at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, and is still
unsettling audiences at Malvern Festival Theatre this week. Does this psychological thriller set your teeth
on edge and can this ghost story offer up something perplexing and
ominous to really test your nerve? Definitely not for the fainthearted with the many
twists and turns that will most certainly get the heart racing and the
mind whirring as director Philip Franks takes you through a plethora of
emotions with plenty of jump scares thrown in. Tom Chambers, as aging popstar Danny, has finally
hit rock bottom with his career and family life fluttering in tatters in
the wind, but things aren’t always what they seem. Or are they? Not the best New Year’s Eve celebration when
Danny crashes his car, stranding himself and latest squeeze Sarah, Laura
White, in the middle of nowhere with a strange and eccentric pig farmer
Mrs Bateman, Susie Blake. Beware of the dog prowling the outside and the
dodgy electrics. Other guests at the cottage with an outside
toilet and shower, is Danny’s son Jake, Jonny Green, his ex-partner
Rebecca, Rebecca Charles and his brother William, Owen Oakeshott. The set designed by Simon Kenny, cleverly slides
from inside to outside and through the other side with plenty of doors
leading off to other rooms and windows to keep an eye on. Despite the
macabre atmosphere, there is plenty of humour thrown in, with even a
musical interlude as brothers William and Danny perform together. Lots
of horror film influences can be seen throughout, with a penchant for
Japanese horror like The Ring. A play with lots to digest, although probably
best not to eat the mushroom and garlic soup, which will keep you
entertained as mysteries unfold and it all clicks into place. Once upon
a time, there were three blind mice… Prepare to be perched on the edge of your seats
this week at Malvern Theatres until Saturday February 24th.
Tickets are available from the box office on 01684 892277 or online at
Here. Emma Trimble 19-02-24 |
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