{"id":3756,"date":"2023-04-10T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madf.im\/?page_id=3756"},"modified":"2023-04-10T18:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T17:42:59","slug":"wellington-theatre-company-inspector-drake-and-the-black-widow-by-david-tristram","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=3756","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Theatre Company, \u201cInspector Drake and the Black Widow\u201d by David Tristram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wellington Theatre Company, \u201cInspector Drake and the Black Widow\u201d by David Tristram<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review\u00a0–\u00a0<\/em>by Helen Carroll<\/em><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0superbly competent (I\u2019m lying)\u00a0Inspector<\/span>\u00a0Drake<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0PC Plod are responsible for more deaths than they clear up in this snappy, slashy, sharply comic murder mystery.<\/p>\n

To be honest, there\u2019s no mystery about\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0carnage that advances across\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0stage\u00a0every time\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>inspector<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0his side kick attempt to clear up whodunit. Apart from Her Majesty’s\u00a0force (or lack of),\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0maid multi tasked delivering a wide variety of lady(ish) victims into\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0house of horror.Heck, even\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0cat bought it.<\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0dark humour of\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0play is matched by\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0equally dark set\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0then contrasted by\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0slapstick comedy. Neat sound effects, a talking French window (shouldn\u2019t he be home getting his vote in?)\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0large dose of craziness delivered a fun evening to close\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a02022 Easter Festival of plays. What a blast to go out on!<\/p>\n