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Crimes on the Nile (New Old Friends theatre company, Ustinov studio theatre at Theatre Royal Bath, January 2019. It’s touring England and Wales throughout the spring).

Written by: Feargus Woods Dunlop
Directed by: James Farrell
New Old Friends website

Apparently ‘Crimes on the Nile’ is the fifth in a series of the unconnected adventures of brilliant Belgian detective…Artemis Arinae (mais oui, a lady detective! etc etc). Imagine a Venn diagram, this play would be in the overlapping bit between the circle of Agatha Christie and farce. It’s an affectionate send-up. ( Read more... )

Crossposts: https://feather-ghyll.livejournal.com/165630.html

Daisy Pulls it Off (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Sherman Theatre, 4/4/2009)

Daisy Pulls it Off
Written by: Denise Deegan

Well played, Denise Deegan!

Last night, I went to see Daisy Pulls it Off, which I have been itching to see since I first heard of it - a play that gently sends up and celebrates girls' boarding school stories. At the start of the year, I saw that this production was on and rushed to buy a ticket. As the date approached, I began to wonder how they'd handle the material, I only knew a rough outline of the story, but I started worrying that the production would poke fun in the wrong way, but it didn't and now I really want a copy of the play. Oh, and I'm really rather chuffed.

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