Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall
- Creative
- performance
- comedy
- Sat 3 Oct
- Zamia Theatre Zamia Theatre, Zamia Theatre, Main Street, Tamborine Mountain QLD, Australia
- $25
- villagegreentheatregroup.au
Bookings now open for Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall! News arrives at the theatre that several of the cast have the “dreaded lurgy” and are unable to appear that night. Never mind, the show must go on. Further news arrives that even more of the cast are down, and those who are gathered have to decide if the show can proceed. Shane also delivers the news that a member of the local council is in tonight to essentially decide the fate of the company. With just the Director and two cast members left standing, our troupe decide that the show MUST go on! So with the help of the stage manager (and her twelve year old niece) and a slightly unwilling audience member, opening night forges ahead. What follows is organised chaos as our cast swap hats and accents in a flurry of plate spinning, prop smashing, entrance missing madness. The play – Midnight Murder At Hamlington Hall – is a classic whodunnit story, lovingly adapted by Shane Tweed from the dubiously written novel by crime writer Mabel Shtint. A mixed bag of characters are invited to a secluded mansion, people keep getting murdered and we have to figure out who is the culprit. Our troupe of players soldier on bravely through all the pitfalls of theatre….ill fitting costumes, bad wigs, forgotten lines, bad acting, missing sound effects – the list goes on – and somehow manage to make it to the end of the show. Along the way our leading couple manage to realise they are in love, our stage manager discovers her talent for acting, our resident stalwart gets knocked down a peg or two and in a final twist we learn the audience member plucked out to perform is actually the local councillor sent to decide the fate of the Players. Naturally he has a ball, and the company is saved. Proving the adage true – The show must go on. Even when it sometimes probably shouldn’t. NOTE: This show will be BYO. Non-Alcoholic drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. The show contains strong course language & is not suitable for patrons under 15 years of age.
Listed by Tamborine Mountain Arts Collective