Last night saw the final performance of the Southfields Theatre Group's latest offering, Murder in Company, written by Philip King and John Bowland and directed by Tony Parkin.
The play is set within an amateur dramatic group under the curse of a local prowler who has been attacking women, including a member of the cast. When one of the characters is murdered, suspicion falls on various cast members, both for the murder and as the local prowler.
This is a very difficult play in terms of the pace (in the first two acts) and the characterisations, especially in act three where the cast have to play characters within the play they are rehearsing as an amateur group. Despite the play itself, the members of Souhtfields Theatre Group managed a sterling performance and created a thoroughly enjoyable evening of theatre. Roll on the next show, a war-themed review, 'Hang Out the Flags' sometime in November.
