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DEAD CERTAIN

When an unemployed actor is given the tempting offer to stage a reading of a new play by an author in her country home, he jumps at the chance. Elizabeth, an ex-dancer and once keen theatre-goer before an accident has…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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DEAD RECKONING

by Chappell, Eric

A gripping psycholgical thriller, DEAD RECKONING sees a renowned artist finding himself caught up in a maze of chilling mind games and deceit. When the mysterious Mr Todd arrives at painter Tony Reed’s house, Tony is forced to face the…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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DEATH KNELL

by Cawood, James

The latest thriller from the author of Stone Cold Murder is now available from Josef Weinberger Plays following a successful National UK tour in 2016. Set in an isolated former hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands, Death Knell follows Henry…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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DOUBLE CUT

by Shaughnessy, Alfred

An ingenious thriller set in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol. The plot revolves around diamond heiress Olivia Prescott whose villa is disturbed by an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her supposedly dead brother. He seems to know…

Cast 4 male 3 female

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DRACULA (Godber & Thornton)

by Godber, John

A new adaptation of the most chilling story of all time. True to Stoker's original novel, Dracula is a fast-moving multi-layered masterpiece of fear. As a sudden and mysterious storm whips the coast of England, a young woman sleepwalks along…

Cast 6 male 3 female

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DRACULA (McKeown)

by McKeown, Charles

The play opens just after the mysterious death of Doctor Seward's fiancee, Lucy. Before long, his neighbour,Count Dracula, has paid a visit and clearly has his eyes on Mina, Dr Seward's sister. When Mina begins to display the same symptoms…

Cast 5 male 2 female

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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE

by Williams, Simon

This exciting new adaptation was a special commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's thrilling masterpiece. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances, his last remaining relative, Sir Henry Baskerville, travels home from America to…

Cast 8 male 2 female

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INTENT TO MURDER

by Sands, Leslie

Within minutes of the opening of this play, we are plunged into the middle of an explosive situation. Janet Preston, a well-known authoress who lives alone in a remote cottage on the Yorkshire Moors, has killed her husband, a complete…

Cast 3 male 3 female

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IT MUST HAVE BEEN MURDER

by Woods, Don

Another ingenious thriller from the author of Strictly for the Birds. This is a tale of murder, straightforward in that one's interest lies in wondering who will succeed and how. There are a number of twists in the plot and…

Cast 2 male 3 female

LADIES IN RETIREMENT

by Percy, Edward

Based on a famous murder which actually took place at the end of the last century and set in the 1880s, this play has become one of the most successful and most frequently performed in the modern repertoire. An eerie…

Cast 1 male 6 female

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MAN, THE

by Dinelli, Mel

When kindly old Mrs. Gillis, who lives alone in a large house on the outskirts of town, takes in a friendless and semingly helpless young man who has come looking for work and who reminds her of the son she…

Cast 5 male 2 female

MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE

by Amberley, Simon

Thriller.

Cast 4 male 4 female

NIGHT OF THE DOLLS

by Agnew, F.E.M.

Miss Wycherley has a passion for collecting life-size dolls. These dolls play an important part in this very unusual and gripping thriller in which her jealousy of Jane, who has become engaged to man who she is in love with,…

Cast 7 female

PERFECT MURDER, THE

by James, Peter

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly two decades, but each barely recognises the person they wake up next to every morning. Victor is so fed up with his job at the local factory –as well…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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REVENGE

by Hawdon, Robin

Bill Crayshaw, MP, returns from an overseas business trip to his smart Westminster flat to learn of the death of his party agent in a car crash. Mary Stanwyck arrives, a journalist intent on learning his reaction to the news,…

Cast 1 male 1 female

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SCARED TO DEATH

by Aldridge, Ron

The year is 1857. Will Nicholls, the owner of Nicholls Flour Mill, is an inveterate gambler. Desperately in debt, he raises the stakes at the weekly poker game. With the fate of his livelihood, his Mill and his marriage now…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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SOMETHING TO HIDE

by Sands, Leslie

This most ingenious thriller concerns an author who finds that his wife (who is also his publisher) has run over his mistress in a car and killed her. They agree to dispose of the body and the rest of the…

Cast 3 male 4 female

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STONE COLD MURDER

by Cawood, James

Newlyweds Robert and Olivia Chappell have bought a small hotel in the English Lake District, and at the end of their first season they settle down with a drink in front of a warm fire. But their evening is interrupted…

Cast 3 male 1 female

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STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS

by Woods, Don

Twists and counter-twists maintain suspense at high level in this complex new thriller. When Bernard discovers to his great surprise that his wife Linda has a penchant for collecting diamonds, a mysterious chain of events is set off. Linda is…

Cast 3 male 3 female

THERESE RAQUIN

by Sands, Leslie

A skilful adaptation of the 19th Century novel with a special twist to Zola's original ending. This well-paced and gripping tale of retribution provides a penetrating study of sexual obsession and guilt. The play tells the story of the secret…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN

by Thomas, Robert

Set in an isolated chalet in the French Alps, Trap For A Lonely Man is a gripping psychological thriller concerning a man who has apparently lost his wife, and is rapidly losing his mind. After having reported his wife's disappearance…

Cast 4 male 2 female

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UNDERGROUND

by Sloan, Michael

A tense and claustrophobic thriller emerges when twelve people become trapped in a London Underground train carriage. The fear of being trapped underground with very little air and apparently no rescue service underway becomes very real as we witness the…

Cast 9 male 3 female

UNINVITED, THE

by Kelly, Tim

Seeking to escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother, Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been empty, and…

Cast 4 male 6 female

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS

by Morrissey, Paul

On a stormy night on the small island of Guernsey, a young paranormal expert joins a sceptical history teacher to record the first in a series of podcasts based on the island’s incredible folklore and paranormal history. As the expert…

Cast 2 male

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WICKIES: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor

by Morrissey, Paul

December 26th, 1900. A replacement crew arrives on Eilean Mor, a lighthouse on the Flannan Islands far off the coast of the remote and desolate Outer Hebrides. When the crew step ashore they find the lighthouse unlocked, the fire out,…

Cast 3 male

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WOMAN IN WHITE, THE

by Boyce, Nicola

On a moonlit road in Hampstead, Walter Hartright is accosted by a woman dressed from head to toe in white. She asks the way to London and no sooner has Walter directed her than he is overtaken by a carriage…

Cast 9 male 5 female

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DEAD CERTAIN

DEAD RECKONING

DEATH KNELL

DOUBLE CUT

DRACULA (Godber & Thornton)

DRACULA (McKeown)

HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE

INTENT TO MURDER

IT MUST HAVE BEEN MURDER

LADIES IN RETIREMENT

MAN, THE

MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE

NIGHT OF THE DOLLS

PERFECT MURDER, THE

REVENGE

SCARED TO DEATH

SOMETHING TO HIDE

STONE COLD MURDER

STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS

THERESE RAQUIN

TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN

UNDERGROUND

UNINVITED, THE

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS

WICKIES: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor

WOMAN IN WHITE, THE