Sleuth
Todd Boyce (Coronation Street’s notorious baddie, Stephen Reid) and Neil McDermott (EastEnders, The Royal) star in Anthony Shaffer’s masterpiece, directed by award winning Rachel Kavanaugh (The RSC/Chichester Festival Theatre)
A young man arrives at the impressive home of a famous mystery writer, only to be unwittingly drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and gamesmanship, where nothing is quite as it seems…
This dark psychological thriller about thrillers it promises to baffle even the most proficient sleuth!
Sleuth is one of the greatest ever stage thrillers and played for a total of 12 years in both London and New York. Winning the Tony Award for Best Play, it also became the inspiration for the hugely successful film starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
CAST
TODD BOYCE
Andrew Wyke
NEIL MCDERMOTT
Milo Tindle
TOM MENDRICLET
Inspector Doppler
WILLIAM GOODISON
Detective Sergeant Tarrant
KENNY WRIGHT
PC Higgs
LEE PECK
Understudy
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by
ANTHONY SHAFFER
Directed by
RACHEL KAVANAUGH
Designer
JULIE GODFREY
Lighting Designer
TIM OLIVER
Sound designer
ANDY GRAHAM
Fight Director
BRET YOUNT
Costume Supervisor
TRISH WILKINSON
Props Supervisor
KATE FORRESTER
Hair and Makeup
DARREN WARE
REVIEWS
“THE MOST FIENDISHLY CLEVER THRILLER EVER WRITTEN”
THE TIMES
‘A thrilling cat and mouse game.
It had me well and truly pleasurably foxed’.
EVENING STANDARD
“A MASTERPIECE.
More twists than a corkscrew.
BRILLIANTY INGENIOUS”
Daily Telegraph
‘SHAFFER’S SUBLIME THRILLER
IS A MASTERPIECE OF PLOTS…
CRACKING ENTERTAINMENT
THAT WILL APPEAL
TO EVERYONE’
THE ADVERTISER
“The class and inventiveness of Shaffer’s writing is beautifully crafted”
The Observer
“THE GREATEST THILLER OF ALL TIME”
DAILY EXPRESS
2024 TOUR DATES
18 – 23 Mar
CAMBRIDGE Arts Theatre
25 – 30 Mar
SOUTHEND Palace Theatre
8 – 13 Apr
MALVERN Festival Theatre
15 – 20 Apr
CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre
22 – 27 Apr
GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
6 – 11 May
DARTFORD Orchard West Theatre
13- 18 May
RICHMOND Richmond Theatre
PAST TOUR DATES
13 – 16 Mar
BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre
4 – 9 Mar
EASTBOURNE Devonshire Park Theatre
26 Feb – 2 Mar
YORK Grand Opera House
19 – 24 Jan
TORQUAY Princess Theatre
12 – 17 Jan
BATH Theatre Royal Bath