Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!

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This is impossible! Weve got no motives. No suspects. We dont know anything! Who knew solving a murder would be so hard Best friends Kathy and Stella host Hulls least successful true crime podcast. When their favourite author is killed, they are thrust into a thrilling whodunnit of their own! Can they crack the case (and become global podcast superstars) before the killer strikes again... A new comedy murder mystery musical from playwright Jon Brittain (Rotterdam) and composer Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky and Mannish). Following an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a UK tour, this edition is published to coincide with the London premiere in May 2024.

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Not just funny and irreverent: it has heart. * The Scotsman *
Pure Joy. * Arts Desk *
A night of utter, unalloyed joy - I dare you to not fall in love with it * The I *

Author Bio

Jon Brittain is a playwright, comedy writer and director. His play Rotterdam won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and was nominated for the Evening Standards Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. His other plays include the Fringe First Award-winning A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) and the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of David Walliams childrens book Billionaire Boy. He co-wrote and directed the cult hit Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho and its sequel Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows. He has directed all of John Kearns stand-up shows including the Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick. He has also directed shows for Tom Allen, Tom Rosenthal and Mat Ewins. Most recently he directed the world premiere of Richard Gadds Fringe First Award-winning play Baby Reindeer. For television he has worked as a staff writer for Cartoon Networks The Amazing World of Gumball and Netflixs The Crown. He was one of the 503Five 2012/2013 and has worked extensively with Old Vic New Voices. He has written for Radio 4s The Now Show and Cartoon Networks The Amazing World of Gumball, and created and starred in the online sketch show HodgePodge. He directed both of John Kearnss Fosters Award-winning stand-up shows Sight Gags for Perverts and Shtick, and Tom Allens show Both Worlds.