​​​Synopsis

Feuding theatre critics Moon and Birdboot are swept into the whodunit they are viewing in this hilarious spoof of Agatha Christie-esque melodramas, filled with classically Stoppardian musings on fate and free will. In the wild proceedings that follow, the body under the sofa proves to be the missing first-string critic. As mists rise about isolated Muldoon Manor, Moon and Birdboot become dangerously implicated in the lethal activities of an escaped madman.

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Roles to be cast

 

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Moon: The second-string theatre critic who is insecure about his status and place in the shadow of the first-string critic.

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Birdboot: A lecherous, self-absorbed theatre critic who gets overly wrapped up in the drama on stage.

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Mrs. Drudge: The stereotypically gloomy, all-knowing housekeeper of Muldoon Manor.

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Simon Gascoyne: The mysterious, charming interloper who arrives at the manor.

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Felicity Cunningham: A young woman vying for Simon's attention and obsessing over the critics.

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Lady Cynthia Muldoon: The glamorous, tragic widow of Lord Albert Muldoon.

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Major Magnus Muldoon: Cynthia’s long-lost, wheelchair-bound brother-in-law with a dark background.

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Inspector Hound: The supposed police inspector who arrives to investigate the mysterious goings-on at the estate.

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