Two best friends try to solve a murder (and become true-crime stars in the process), in this hilarious musical from Olivier-winning playwright, Jon Brittain.
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Two best friends try to solve a murder (and become true-crime stars in the process), in this hilarious musical from Olivier-winning playwright, Jon Brittain.
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This is impossible! We’ve got no motives. No suspects. We don’t know anything! Who knew solving a murder would be so hard?Best friends Kathy and Stella host Hull’s least successful true crime podcast. When their favourite author is killed, they are thrust into a thrilling whodunnit of their own! Can they crack the case (and become global podcast superstars) before the killer strikes again...?A new comedy murder mystery musical from playwright Jon Brittain (Rotterdam) and composer Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky and Mannish).Following an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a UK tour, this edition is published to coincide with the London premiere in May 2024.
Critic Reviews
Not just funny and irreverent: it has heart. The Scotsman
Pure Joy. Arts Desk
A night of utter, unalloyed joy - I dare you to not fall in love with it The I
About the Author
Jon Brittain is a playwright, comedy writer and director. His play Rotterdam won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and was nominated for the Evening Standard’s Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. His other plays include the Fringe First Award-winning A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) and the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of David Walliams’ children’s book Billionaire Boy. He co-wrote and directed the cult hit Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho and its sequel Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows. He has directed all of John Kearns’ stand-up shows including the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick. He has also directed shows for Tom Allen, Tom Rosenthal and Mat Ewins. Most recently he directed the world premiere of Richard Gadd’s Fringe First Award-winning play Baby Reindeer. For television he has worked as a staff writer for Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball and Netflix’s The Crown.He was one of the 503Five 2012/2013 and has worked extensively with Old Vic New Voices. He has written for Radio 4’s The Now Show and Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball, and created and starred in the online sketch show HodgePodge. He directed both of John Kearns’s Fosters Award-winning stand-up shows Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick, and Tom Allen’s show Both Worlds.
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