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'A is for Arsenic'
by David Pemberton
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26th - 28th June 2025

Synopsis

A small group of aspiring crime writers meet every week under the critical eye of their course tutor - a successful author who is always daring them to better her. When one writer decides to take up her challenge, it provokes a chain of consequences straight from the pages of a crime novel.

The 'Arsenic' actors

The 'Arsenic' actors

Flyer

Flyer

'You need to be more observant''

'You need to be more observant''

'Under my tutelage, you are acquiring the basic skills of writing'

'Under my tutelage, you are acquiring the basic skills of writing'

'Hang on a minute!'

'Hang on a minute!'

'Sorry to disturb these hallowed proceedings'

'Sorry to disturb these hallowed proceedings'

'If it's not harmful, why is she lying flat out on the floor?'

'If it's not harmful, why is she lying flat out on the floor?'

'So Jan, are we saying that arsenic might be mistaken for food poisoning?'

'So Jan, are we saying that arsenic might be mistaken for food poisoning?'

'She didn't quite make it as a script writer, but she's found her forte as a corpse.'

'She didn't quite make it as a script writer, but she's found her forte as a corpse.'

'A bath filled with acid'

'A bath filled with acid'

'The lights! What's happened to the lights?'

'The lights! What's happened to the lights?'

'Try not to worry, Fay.'

'Try not to worry, Fay.'

'He's going to remember you as his dear courageous wife.'

'He's going to remember you as his dear courageous wife.'

'Have you got anything yet?'

'Have you got anything yet?'

'Here we go...I can do it letter by letter'

'Here we go...I can do it letter by letter'

'Why has the volume increased?'

'Why has the volume increased?'

'Fay, what are you doing up there?'

'Fay, what are you doing up there?'

'Poisoned...How?'

'Poisoned...How?'

Curtain call

Curtain call

Arsenic Gallery

Arsenic Gallery

Cast (in order of appearance)

This amateur production of ''A is for Arsenic" is presented by arrangement with LazyBee scripts. https://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/

Fay - a housewife (Natalie Brown); Sally - a yoga teacher (Anna Vigor); Teresa - tutor of the group (Ev Milker); Brian - an insurance salesman (Stephen Coles); Stan - an IT consultant (Simon Crutchley); Jan - a social worker (Sarah Marks)

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Director: Hannah Johnson

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