Murder, mystery, mayhem and a corpse carried off the stage. It's all happening at Glossop's Henry Street theatre.

The Partington Players are producing Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Nile' and if you like a good 'whodunnit?' that's the place to be.

The playhouse was packed when the Christie classic opened on Monday (8 May) and it looks like being the same until the run comes to an end on Saturday (13 May). 

But if you can grab a ticket, this is a production you don't want to miss.

Right from the start, you know it's going to be a success. Thanks to the imagination of director Andrew Wilson and his team, the set is just perfect, everything you would expect in an Art Decor style paddle steamer cruising up the Nile.

From the stained glass windows and the opulent furnishings, to the polished stained wood deck, it's all picture perfect.

It's the ideal setting for a talented cast of Partington regulars and newcomers who, when I saw the show, resulted in one first nighter on the front row rising to her feet and enthusiastically applauding.

The murder mystery involves a mixed bag of travellers drawn together as a series of mishaps occur the voyage.

There's the wealthy and haughty Miss Ffoliot-Ffoulkes played by Julia Taylor, who clearly feels she is a cut above the rest of her companions and there to do her bidding was niece Christina (Victoria Verde).

Rich newly wed Kay Mostyn (Fay Coxon) and husband Simon (Greg Cooper) was clearly a man with a somewhat chequered past.

Jacqueline de Severac (Freya Rowland) was the ex-lover with a pistol in her handbag, who is clearly a woman who is there on a mission.

Throw into the mix the urbane and slightly mysterious Smith (Adrian Stokes), Canon Pennefather (Keith Livermore), Kay's guardian, who to her surprise suddenly arrives on board and the recipe for mischief almost complete.

But not without Harry Lee as Doctor Bessner, always good to have a medical man around when people are going around shooting on board a ship, travelling companion Louise (Louise Blanc-Curnier) and steward (James Fennell).

A superb production by everyone and is the last that Andrew and Carole Wilson will be involved in. They have decided the time has come to retire after many years service at Partington. Both will be sadly missed.

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