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Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty Malvern Theatres **** The lunge of engagement, dramatic in its parry, sends Doctor John Watson, Ben Owara, teetering on wobbly cobbled London backstreets in search of answers with his revered Mr Sherlock Holmes, Mark Knightley. The double act becomes embroiled in a gruesome mystery at Malvern Theatres this week as Moriarty’s ghastly body count mobilizes the troops spawning the country closer to war. “The inequity, the anger, it’s everywhere. The masses, desperate for a vice. Desperate for change and none of them realising those vices can be shaped and the change controlled and driven towards, well, anything.” rasps Moriarty, Gavin Molloy. This Blackeyed Theatre production written by Nick Lane, adapted from the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, brings a Sherlock like no other, altering dynamics and balancing power and just as the Phoenix rose from the ashes, so too will this tale of deceit, murder and violence. London, 1901, brings great turmoil gutting 221B Baker Street but as flickering flames ignite warmth and comfort this adaptation delves into the darkness, chasing shadows and missing Government papers discovered on a perished body the wrong side of the tracks, unlocking new entry points through theatre dressing rooms and ending, as all fires tend to fizzle with a splash of water, by a thundering waterfall. The narrative is brilliantly executed by only six talented actors, Mrs Hudson, Pippa Caddick, transforming from maid to mourner with the flick of a switch and Moriarty, Gavin Molloy, as Inspector Lestrade, Louis LaRotiere, Alex Trelawney-Hope and Herbert Fennell, to name but a few. Great to see Sherlock’s brother make an appearance, Mycroft Holmes, Eliot Giuralarocca, also transfiguring into Col. Valentine Walter, Wilhelm von Ormstein, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice and Will Parfitt. With all the multiple roles it’s not hard to lose the plot but stick with it and it’ll all make sense in the end or will it? The game is afoot with Sherlock Holmes, The Hunt for Moriarty, this week at Malvern Theatres until Saturday January 17th. Tickets are available from the box office on 01684 892277 or check out the website malvern-theatres.co.uk Emma Trimble 14-01-26 |
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