Bare Elements Productions presents
A Dinner to Die For
Synopsis
Not molecular gastronomy, but a wickedly funny musical comedy 'whodunnit'.
Set in 1928, Lord Quinten hosts his party bash. Rumour in social circles is that he will announce his engagement to Miss Fanny. Agatha Christie in spirit - all cut glass accents, flapper dresses and monocles - with lashings of sexual innuendo and double entendres.
Guests include the delightfully flighty Miss Fanny, besotted and oblivious to the designs on her fortune; Uncle Bernie, former army colonel, a blustering, big-bellied chauvinist; and Nanny Maude, Quinten's childhood Nanny. Scottish down to her brown boots, this is one of the best drag acts since Mrs Doubtfire.
Dinner guests are allocated a role and encouraged to indulge their inner artiste by dressing and behaving in character. Mingling over dinner, subplots emerge and the evening begins to gather pace and spices up into a hilarious romp peppered with murder, mayhem, disembodied limbs and suitably hysterical screams.
http://www.adinnertodiefor.com
http://www.bare-elementsproductions.com.au
Reviews
"A bravuro performance"
Inpress
"A true delight"
Australian Stage
"Thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds' of fun!"
Truth Booth
"Dazzling with decadence"
ArtsHub
"a chaotic, funny, borderline too cheesy, camp crime drama"
ArtsHub
Date
27 March - 10 April
Times
7.30pm
Duration
180 minutes
Venue
The Retreat Hotel
*
226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford
* Licensed venue. Under 18s must be accompanied by a Parent or Legal Guardian.
Prices
Dinner and Show $80
Bookings
- Venue Bookings 03 9417 2693
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