Gavin Robertson & Nicholas Collett
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Done To Death, By Jove!
BRITISH DETECTIVE GENRE GETS A COMEDY MAKEOVER …
“The 39 Steps” meets “An Inspector Calls” via Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes and Midsomer Murders. A cast of six brings a comic flurry of suspects and characters together to discover who done what, and why …
Except, well … four of the cast are stuck by the side of the road in the van, and only those two knights of the Theatre – Sir Gavin of Robertson and Sir Nicholas of Collett have managed to get to the venue… but ‘the show must go on’…
Comic clichés from the Detective genre abound in this genre-busting comedy from the masters of inventive silliness! That’s if the two of them can get through the play at all without losing the plot. Literally.
It’s not a new idea – it’s been DONE TO DEATH, BY JOVE – but not like this! Promise.
From touring in USA, Australia and beyond, they’re now at the The Space!
After two years of inaction while covid killed off live performance, investigating a murder seemed appropriate!
But how? With no income and no production funds in the bank, what to produce and how?
Nicholas Collett & Gavin Robertson found a solution – produce a show for six actors but manage with two! With almost no budget and a dearth of necessary actors this was a case of writing a Whodunnit, rehearsing the ACTUAL storyline – then working out how to sabotage themselves at every turn!
The result is this show – a storyline complete with bickering, audience on-the-spot interaction, and laughs a-plenty. And many hats!
Gavin and Nicholas now have 9 shows as a partnership, with Gavin best known for his West End hIt, THUNDERBIRDS F.A.B. (first seen at Edinburgh in 1987!) and Nicholas in the award-winning ‘Black & White Tea Room’ in 2019.
★★★★ Broadway Baby “Comedy gold” ★★★★ Bath Echo “Great fun”
Listings information
Venue: theSpace Triplex
Dates: Aug 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27
Time: 17:05 (1hr)
Ticket prices: £11.50 / concessions £9.50 / children £8.50 / Family £8.00 Student £8.50
Fringe box office: 0131 226 0000 / www.edfringe.com