Decades of Mystery

I have been back to the 40's and 50's recently with a couple of Murder Mysteries!

The first one, set in the 40's, was my first performance with Murder Incorporated and was in Harrogate. As I used to live in Harrogate I used the opportunity to revisit Nidd Hall where I used to work and live and catch up with a friend in Harrogate centre. I'm really fond of Harrogate though I've not been back properly since living there.

We actually performed in the hotel where crime writer Agatha Christie famously revealed herself after going missing in 1926.

In costume

This was an interesting experience. Although I'd been part of a murder mystery play many times at Nidd Hall, this was what I imagine as the more usual format for a murder mystery - constantly interacting with guests, a meal happening alongside the performance and heavily improvisation based. It was a good learning experience for me and good fun.

The second was a fundraising event for Brekenbrough School, directed by Graham Easterlow of Bordello Theatre and Sharon Lancaster of Wooden Spoons Theatre. Brekenborough is a school for boys with a range of learning and behavioural difficulties, you can read more about it here. We went back to the 50's for a hilarious evening of murder and shenaninigans!

This one included more scripted scenes, but interaction with the guests too. As I had worked with some of the cast before it was really fun, we had a great audience response and I enjoyed it immensley.

For Christmas my brother and sister-in-law gave me this book for Christmas and it's proved very useful in ideas for my costume, hair and make-up for these two performances and hopefully it will come into more use in the future too!

Vintage Beauty Parlour
by Hannah Wing

A make-up and hair look
inspired by
The Vintage Beauty Parlour book