Sherlock Holmes – The Speckled Band (26th October – 4th November 2023)

Blue Orange Arts presents –A DOUBLE BILL of Locked Room Mysteries Edgar Allan Poe –The Murders in the Rue Morgue Arthur Conan Doyle –Sherlock Holmes: The Specked Band Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band“Oh my God. It was the band. The specked band!”A dying woman’s mysterious last words and a plea for help from her sister, lead Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to a crumbling country house. How did a young woman die there with no obvious cause of death, and why does her sister believe she will be next? With a seemingly locked room mystery on his hands, Holmes must solve one of the darkest and most baffling cases of his career. Adapted from the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle this is Sherlock Holmes at his finest! Edgar Alan Poe – The M u r d e r  in the Rue MorgueThe original detective story.Two women are found brutally murdered in their Parisian home in the Rue Morgue – one body, virtually decapitated, the other the rust head downwards up a chimney. The Police, baffled by the apparent lack of any possible egress by the killers, strange voices heard just after the blood curling screams of the woman and the lack of a motive – not for the murders themselves but for the savage nature of the crime – arrest a seemingly innocent man. In steps C. August Dupin, to investigate the seemingly impossible events.In Dupin, Edgar Alan Poe created the first modern detective that all others were based including: Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, Miss Marple and even Jessica Fletcher. Dates and time of show: Thursday 26th October – 7.45pmFriday 27th October – 7.45pmSaturday 28th October – 3.00pmSaturday 28th October – 7.45pmTuesday 31st October – 7.45pm (Pay What You Can)Wednesday 1st November – 7.45pmThursday 2nd November – 7.45pmFriday 3rd November – 7.45pmSaturday 4th November – 3.00pmSaturday 4th November – 7.45pm Running TimeEach play is approximately 50 minutes with a 20 minute interval in between Ticket price: (Ticket is for both shows)Standard ticket: £13.00Concession ticket: £11.00 20 Tickets for PAY WHAT YOU CAN performance will be released a month in advance.