Burns’ Night. Sulgrave Manor is the setting for Sulgrave Women’s Activities Group’s production of a “Scottish Murder Mystery”. Those assembled for the evening entertainment are instructed to: “…..picture the scene….a Scottish castle huddled in the snowy Cairngorms, miles from anywhere. This is where eight very different people – some friends, some enemies will be spending the night. By morning one of them will be dead…..The job of everyone here tonight will be to identify the killer. Watch out for clues but beware of red herrings. Pay close attention to what people say and do. The most incriminating evidence may be revealed when you least expect it!
All will be revealed in “rest of this entry”:
The audience awaits…..
…..some well dressed for Burns’ night!
INTRODUCING THE CAST
Russian Ballerina, Olga Pavlova
French Painter, Vincent Van Vinci
British Politician, Winston Burchill
American Humanitarian, Theresa Mater
Scottish Racing Driver, Jock McHamilton
Canadian Round-the-World Explorer, Ellen McCartney
Japanese Novelist and Samuri Master, Hirokami Mukaru and Award-winning Scottish Actress, Fiona McTaggart
AND SO THE SCENE IS SET
The play’s the thing wherein……
….the (more or less) attentive audience will identify the murderer!
Between acts, the cast and audience relax with the help of a few drinks and a Haggis dinner
After the final curtain, the magically revived Olga Pavlova discovers the name of her murderer…..
…..and announces the names of those who reached the right conclusion.
The murderer was none other than Hirokarmi Mukaru, seen on the right in the picture below, taking a bow with the rest of the cast:
THOSE TAKING PART WERE:
Fiona McTaggart…………………………Sally Elliott
Windston Burcill………………………….Ed Frewin
Theresa Mater……………………………..Christina Shillito
Jock McHamilton………………………..Mike Harmon
Olga Pavlova………………………………..Donna Nicholls
Hirokami Mukaru………………………..Colin Wootton (The murderer and photographer!)
Ellen McCartney…………………………..Lynne Harmon
Vincent Van Vinci…………………………Clive Nicholls
Thanks are also due to all those “behind the scenes” who made this production possible, not least the providers of the traditional Haggis dinner!