THEATRE + COMEDY

UpStage Theatre presents The Murder Room, running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, May 13 through May 28, in Lambert Hall.

A fabulous mystery farce concerning newlyweds Edgar and Mavis. Two days after their wedding Edgar discovers that Mavis - a nasty piece of work - is being unfaithful. After her first attempt to kill him by poisoning his cocoa when the cat dies instead, Mavis resorts to shooting him and then returning to her lover.

Chaos and complications reign when it transpires that the shots were blanks and that Edgar’s body has vanished…

When this hilarious spoof of British mysteries opened, reviewers spouted phrases like "a great vehicle for three ladies," "a plethora of hilarious situations," and "this is a romp!" "Really a gem ...witty and sophisticated." "Murder has never been this funny. A spoof of all crime thrillers ...it is good clean mirth all the way. The quick, smart, extremely well timed dialogue of Jack Sharkey comes through loud and clear [with] never a dull moment."