Assembly
They may be flying by the seats of their collective pants, but the cast in this improvised whodunnit murder were absolutely fantastic…
United in our mission to solve the case of the two-legged frog at the sheep-shearing competition, we were soon pointing the finger of suspicion at quite literally anyone ! As the story hilariously unfolded in the vague geographic location of general Yorkshire, more specifically Pietown, we were whisked expertly along by our detective for the day and their willing(?) assistant Jerkins. Our murder mystery involved an array of frogs, beauty pageants, French fruits and a rather amazing cape. After the sad demise of Trevor Sorbet, the intrigue increased as we saw each remaining character’s motive for murder evolve before our eyes. This is a slickly moving improvised show, keeping the energy, plot and audience engagement flowing…seriously impressive stuff.
A flurried finale featuring the re-enactment of the death scene perfectly wrapped this case up, and you don’t need any detective skills to see why this is a much loved fringe favourite, it’s definitely just become one of ours…
My (older) mini-reviewer said : ‘I really liked using my finger of suspicion (!)..and how the audience felt involved in the mystery.’ ‘David Red embracing the cape was hilarious !’
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