New Old Friends present:Crimes in Egypt An Artemis Arinae thriller from New Old Friends inspired by Christie, Coward and classic Ealing comedies - previously Crimes on the Nile UK Tour, 3rd September – 23rd October 2021 |
Following a sell-out world premiere run at the Ustinov Studio in 2019, a critically acclaimed national tour (under previous title Crimes on the Nile) and a welcome return to Theatre Royal Bath's Main Stage in 2019, multi-award-winning theatre company New Old Friends are set to return this Autumn with a UK tour of another of their hilariously inventive comedy thrillers.
It’s 1935 and celebrated Belgian detective extraordinaire, Artemis Arinae, is enjoying a cruise along the Nile – when tragedy strikes again. All passengers and staff are suspects, and the body count is growing - will Arinae’s little grey cells identify the murderer in time?!
A cast of just four bring to life lascivious lawyers, crocked captains, fastidious physicians, ardently amorous authors, feuding femme fatales, plodding paramours, colossal kids, friendly first mates and attractive Americans, who all get swept along the driving narrative and inventive set-pieces.
Crimes in Egypt toured in 2019 as Crimes on the Nile, playing to over 17,000 people across 23 venues, including multiple sell out performances. This August, Crimes, Camera, Action is premiering in Bath (25th – 28th August) before a national tour in Spring 2022.
Heather Westwell, co-artistic director says: “Touring is such a huge part of who we are as a company and we love taking shows to different theatres up and down the country. So we’re over the moon to finally be touring again with this brilliantly bonkers show. We’re so grateful theatre is coming back and as well as this tour we’ve got some really exciting projects on the go: Crimes, Camera, Action at Theatre Royal Bath, our Comedy Whodunnits For Your Ears podcast and a brand new Christmas show A Christmas Getaway happening in December/January.”
New Old Friends are an award-winning theatre company dedicated to creating original comedy theatre, founded in 2008 and run by husband and wife team Feargus Woods Dunlop and Heather Westwell. Last year saw New Old Friends release the first in a new audio drama series Comedy Whodunnits For Your Ears, with Crimes Against Christmas (OnComm Award winner) charting at #2 in the Apple iTunes Fiction chart and inside the top 200 overall podcast charts as well as featuring on BBC Radio 4's Front Row. Recent instalments also include Crimes on Centre Court and Crimes of a Country Garden, both released earlier this year.
In 2017 and 2018 New Old Friends were awarded the Creative Bath Award for writing. Previous shows also include five instalments of the hugely popular Crimes… series of comedy thrillers, including 2019’s spring hit Crimes on the Nile. In summer 2019, their adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’ The Falcon’s Malteser enjoyed a six-week run at London’s Vaults Theatre. It was selected as a ‘Critic’s Choice’ for ‘Best Family Shows’ by the Guardian. Their latest show for families, Swiss Family Robinson (Top 40 Christmas shows 2019, inews) premiered at The Core at Corby Cube in 2019.
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Running Time: 105mins plus interval | Suitable for ages 12+
Company Information
Directed by James Farrell
Associate Directors Heather Westwell & Feargus Woods Dunlop
Designed by Connie Watson
Music & Sound Guy Hughes & Fred Riding Lighting designed by George Seal
Movement director Gary Sefton
Cast: Kirsty Cox, Frances Keyton, Oliver Malam, Ben Thornton
Listings information
3 – 4 Sept 2021 Merlin Theatre, Frome
Bath Rd, Frome BA11 2HG
Fri – Sat 7.30pm, matinees 2.30pm | £16
www.merlintheatre.co.uk | 01373 465949
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