11-29 August, various locations around campus
Abigail Anderson, rising starlet and a leading lady of the big budget West End show ‘Hit the Sky’ has been found dead after opening night. Police suspect foul play but with Detective Mr. E. Solver on hiatus, it is up to you, dear reader, to solve the case! With more of a nod to the glamorous world of Agatha Christie than the drudgery of Sherlock Holmes’ Victorian England, Mysterious Mysteries gives you the chance to star in and solve your very own murder case. Akin to a life sized game of Cluedo, complete with caseboard located outside the Open Stage and suspects with alliterated names, this fun whodunit is well worth a lunchtime!
Having stumbled upon the writer of the show, Terence Turtleson, tapping away on South Lawn by chance, I was soon drawn into their world of shady characters and showbiz rivalries. My bumbling attempts at questioning were encouraged and so armed with a case sheet and 5 pre-prepared questions, I began to sniff out the characters scattered all around campus. On the first “Game Day” (12/8) the tyranny of distance between characters may have made all but keenest detectives lose interest however this was rectified by the second Game Day (19/8) and there were queues for interview appointments with some suspects!
Each character was very well signposted and had created their own set in the open. The cast (Danielle Asciak, Kieran Bullock, Sara-Tabitha Catchpole, Tim Fitzgerald, Sharon Flynn, Terry Kenos and Dylan Morgan) were all fabulous in bringing theatre to the people in the most literal sense. What could have been awkward silences were smoothed over by ad libbing in character and it was this marvellous attention to detail in each of the characters’ props, costume, mannerisms and accents that added to the thrill of piecing together the facts.
So who was it? Was it the writer in the wings? The star in her dressing room? What do the mysterious initials “F.F.I” stand for? You be the detective!
Review by Justina Lui
The unveilling of the murderer will take place Saturday 29 August.
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Posted Thursday 20 August, 2009. Updated Thursday 20 August, 2009.
