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It’s murder, the perfect murder. So Peter Marriott hears. Peter is in love with beautiful and sweet Anne Norbury and they want to marry. But there is a problem. Anne is already married to the ego-centric and famous children’s writer, Charles Norbury. Charles will not divorce the long suffering Anne. And so the desperate lovers resort to plotting what seems to be a foolproof murder. But they forgot to consider Charles’ demure spinster secretary, Miss Forbes, who harbours a secret passion for the handsome Peter. This is a tale of intrigue , blackmail and murder. Prepare to be thrilled and poised on the edge of your seat as this taut thriller unfolds and keeps you guessing until the last spine-tingling moment. Cast in order of appearance: Charles
Norbury - STEVEN PINDER
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RODERIC
CULVER (Peter Marriott) Roderic left school and headed for
America where he trained in both New York and Boston. After 13
years in the States he returned to London and found himself starting
from scratch. Theatre credits include, THE HOMECOMING (Joey),
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Bob Cratchit), JULIUS CAESAR (Cassius), A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM (Flute), TWELFTH NIGHT (Andrew Aguecheek), and most
recently, THE COLOUR OF JUSTICE, at the Tricycle Theatre in London.
Television includes NICHOLAS NICKELBY, THE BILL, SONS AND LOVERS,
HEARTBEAT, SPOOKS, ROSEMARY AND THYME, GREENWING, HUSTLE, BROKEN
NEWS, TORCHWOOD, and THE TUDORS. Film: INTIMACY, THE ROCKET POST,
V FOR VENDETTA and 28 WEEKS LATER. Roderic lives in London with
his wife Annie and two daughters Isabella and Grace. |
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IRVINE (Police Constable Nash) Will gained a BA Honours in
Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham before
training at LAMDA. He last performed at the Mill three years ago
in SHADY BUSINESS. Other theatre work includes: UNCERTAINTY (Sincera
Productions/Latitude Festival), AURORA (Pacific Playhouse), RHINESTONE
COWBOY (Hampstead Theatre), THE GIANT (RSC), THE RETURN (Birmingham
Stage Company), PRETTY BOY (Oval House), LATERS (Tristan Bates),
ALADDIN (Cambridge Arts Theatre). Television: THE BILL, BEING
HUMAN, BIKE SQUAD, PANORAMA, CASUALTY, RESPECTABLE, EASTENDERS,
SUGAR RUSH, REALLY WILD ROADSHOW. FILM: GREEN STREET, JAM, VANITY
FAIR, IT’S A CASUAL LIFE. |
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DIDO
MILES (Anne Norbury) Dido trained at RADA. Theatre credits
include: SAFETY IN NUMBERS (National Tour with Molecule Theatre
Company); Rachel/Mrs Gradgrind in Dickens' HARD TIMES for Taplow
Court Festival; Chorus in ANTIGONE and Mrs Kay in OUR DAY OUT
for Harrogate Theatre; Faith in KINDERTRANSPORT for Soho Theatre
at Palace Theatre Watford and the Vaudeville Theatre, West End;
Hippolita in 'TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE for Derby Playhouse; Abigail
in DENIAL for Bristol Old Vic; Agnes in DANCING AT LUGHNASA for
The Watermill Theatre Newbury; Mother in OVER GARDENS OUT for
Southwark Playhouse; Nerissa in MERCHANT OF VENICE; Lisaura in
THE COFFEE HOUSE; Goneril in KING LEAR; all for Chichester Festival
Theatre. Televison Credits Include: PERMANENT RED BBC Screen Two
; FRONTIERS, BACKUP, CASUALTY, LONDON BRIDGE, Jane Austen's EMMA,
HOLDING THE BABY, THE VERDICT, WYCLIFFE, MEN BEHAVING BADLY, THE
BROKERS MAN, PASSION KILLERS, TOUCHING EVIL, TENTH KINGDOM, A
LIKENESS IN STONE, EASTENDERS, HOLBY CITY, RESIDENTS, OSCAR CHARLIE,
ALASTAIR MCGOWAN'S BIG IMPRESSION, MURDER, DOCTORS, THE BILL,
WIRE IN THE BLOOD, HUSTLE, MAKING WAVES, LITTLE MISS JOCELYN,
SILENT WITNESS, ROSEMARY and THYME, BYRON. Film Credits Include:
BLACK BEAUTY for Warner Brothers, FIRST KNIGHT for Columbia Pictures,
DUMPING ELAINE for BBC, A BUNCH OF AMATEURS for Limelight. Dido
has just completed her first horror film MUM AND DAD, which will
be on general release in December this year. Radio Credits: JUSTINE
for Radio 4. |
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| DAVID
PARTRIDGE (Inspector Davidson) David’s most recent theatre
work was playing the role of Jack Chesney in CHARLEY’S AUNT on
a UK No 1 tour for Theatre Royal Bath Productions (dir: Mel Smith).
Other theatre work includes Demetrius in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
& Tranio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW for Regent’s Park Open Air
Theatre (dirs: Ian Talbot & Rachel Kavanaugh); both Antipholus’
in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS for the Northcott Theatre, Exeter (dir:
Ben Crocker); Adam in THE SAFARI PARTY for Library Theatre, Manchester
(dir: Roger Haines); Petrucio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW forNottingham
Playhouse (dir: David Farr); Toby (lead) in THE GENTLEMEN at the
Jermyn Street Theatre; and Lucio in MEASURE FOR MEASURE at the
Riverside Studios (dir: Phil Wilmott). During his career he has
made several guest appearances in THE BILL for Talkback Thames’
and has also played police officers for the BBC in DOCTORS and
HOLBY CITY. Although his guesting role in CASUALTY was not as
a Doctor, he did play the role of Dr. David Scobie for three years
in Granada Television’s drama ALWAYS AND EVERYONE. Other guest
roles include: HOTEL BABYLON; WHERE THE HEART IS; THE VICE. David’s
film work includes THE BROWNING VERSION (for renowned director
Mike Figgis) and DOUBLE CIRCLE (for director Gerard Beilin). |
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STEVEN
PINDER (Charles Norbury) Steven was born in Lancashire and
trained at the Drama Centre in London. Most recent theatre credits
include tours of DEADLY GAMES, PRIVATE LIVES, DEAD FUNNY, TEN
TIMES TABLE, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE
CONSTANT WIFE, MURDER BY MISADVENTURE, THE TRAP OF A LONELY MAN
and THE UNEXPECTED GUEST. He also starred in THE GROUCH (West
Yorkshire Playhouse), CINDERELLA (Theatre Royal), Angus in NEVILLE’S
ISLAND at Liverpool Playhouse and revived the role at Eastbourne
Theatre. SEASON’S GREETINGS (Oldham Coliseum), Malcolm in WATCHING
(Bolton Octagon and tour), Valere in THE MISER (Birmingham Repertory
and tour), Tony in UP ‘N’ UNDER (Chester Gateway), Prince Giglio
in THE QUEST FOR THE ROSE AND THE RING (Watermill, Newbury), Donabain/Seyton
in MACBETH (Shaw, London), Maurice in DEATHWATCH (Edinburgh Festival),
Laurence in ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Cheltenham Everyman) and Mark Piper’s
production of DEAD CERTAIN at the Theatre Royal Windsor. Steven
is most noted for playing Max Farnham in Channel 4’s BROOKSIDE.
His numerous television roles include most recently DOCTORS (BBC1),
HOTEL BABYLON (BBC1), CASUALTY (BBC1), four episodes of EMMERDALE
(ITV), a guest role in THE BILL (ITV), ‘Owen’ in two series of
FOXY LADY (Granada), three years as Roy Lambert in CROSSROADS
(Central), HOLLYWOOD SPORTS (Yorkshire), CAT’S EYES (TVS), NOW
AND THEN (LWT), SCOTCH AND WRY (BBC) and CROWN COURT (Granada).
His film credit includes FLIGHTS OF FANCY and DADDY FOX. |
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KATE TERENCE (Miss Forbes) Kate is half German, half English, was brought up all over South East Asia, followed by boarding school in Surrey, has a BSc Honours Degree in Psychology from Bristol University and trained at Webber Douglas Academy for Dramatic Art. Her TV credits include THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS; BAD GIRLS; BLACKPOOL and most recently HOLBY CITY. Earlier this year she played Bridget in a BBC Radio 4 sitcom SINGLE FILES, in which she was chosen for Pick of the Week. Her theatre roles include Lady Would-Be in VOLPONE and Bodice in LEAR both for the Globe; Helen in HOWARDS END for the RSC. She has also appeared at many of the country’s leading theatres including The Soho Theatre; Theatre Royal Northampton; Nuffield Theatre Southampton; Salisbury Playhouse; RSC Tour; Belgrade Coventry and the Wolsey in Ipswich. Kate is half German, half English, was brought up all over South East Asia, followed by boarding school in Surrey, has a BSc Honours Degree in Psychology from Bristol University and trained at Webber Douglas Academy for Dramatic Art. Her TV credits include THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS; BAD GIRLS; BLACKPOOL and most recently HOLBY CITY. Earlier this year she played Bridget in a BBC Radio 4 sitcom SINGLE FILES, in which she was chosen for Pick of the Week. Her theatre roles include Lady Would-Be in VOLPONE and Bodice in LEAR both for the Globe; Helen in HOWARDS END for the RSC. She has also appeared at many of the country’s leading theatres including The Soho Theatre; Theatre Royal Northampton; Nuffield Theatre Southampton; Salisbury Playhouse; RSC Tour; Belgrade Coventry and the Wolsey in Ipswich. |
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ANDY
DE LA TOUR (Director) Andy directed SHADY BUSINESS at the
Mill in 2005. He directed his own play, QUESTION TIME, at the
Arcola Theatre, London, NO BODY’S FOOL, by Simon Williams, for
a national UK tour as well as two national tours of Simon’s NOBODY’S
PERFECT starring Simon and Stephanie Beacham; also a national
tour of A FAMILY AFFAIR, with Rik Mayall, Anne Reid and Susan
Wooldridge, which he also adapted from the original French play,
UN AIR DE FAMILLE. He also directed both plays that he co-wrote
with Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton, COLLATERAL DAMAGE at the Tricycle
Theatre, London, and SNOGGING KEN which was performed at the Almeida
Theatre, London. He has also written extensively for theatre and
television. Stage plays include VIVA!, HERE WE GO, SAFE IN OUR
HANDS, LANDSLIDE andfurther adaptations including those of Dario
Fo's THE POPE AND THE WITCH which transferred to the Comedy Theatre,
London, and Brecht’s THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI. As an actor
he has made many appearances in film and on television, most recently
in the feature film 44”CHEST due for release this autumn. On stage,
he last played ‘Briggs’ in Harold Pinter’s NO MAN’S LAND at the
National Theatre and was also in the world premiere of Pinter’s
last play CELEBRATION at the Almeida Theatre, London, and the
Lincoln Centre in New York. He lives in London with his partner,
actress Susan Wooldridge. |
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| TERRY
PARSONS (Set designer) Terry has designed thirty-seven productions
in London’s West End including GREASE (Dominion Theatre and now
at the Piccadilly), SOUTH PACIFIC, SWEET CHARITY, SOME LIKE IT
HOT, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN with Tommy Steele at the London Palladium,
SILLY COW with Dawn French, TWO INTO ONE with Donald Sinden and
Michael Williams, GASPING with Hugh Laurie, WHEN WE ARE MARRIED,
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE with Topol, and MIRANDA with Penelope Keith
and UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES which both transferred from Chichester
Festival Theatre. His numerous other credits include THE PIRATES
OF PENZANCE and WHERE’S CHARLEY? (Regent’s Park), NO TRAMS TO
LIMESTREET (Liverpool), THE SURPRISE PARTY with Peter Duncan,
Matthew Kelly and Ruth Madoc, Sian Phillips’s concert costumes
for MARLENE (Broadway), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SHOWBOAT, THE KING
AND I and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (Denmark) and PROOF, THE GOAT, LES
LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, VISITING MR GREENE and ROMANTIC COMEDY (Vienna).
Well known for his pantomime designs, among them lavish versions
of CINDERELLA for Stanley Baxter and MOTHER GOOSE for Danny La
Rue, Terry’s most recent credits are PETER PAN at Wimbledon with
Henry Winkler, CINDERELLA starring Mickey Rooney, SNOW WHITE with
Ross Kemp and this Christmas at Richmond, PETER PAN starring Bonnie
Langford. Previous designs at Sonning are A PASSIONATE WOMAN,
SHADY BUSINESS and A FOOT IN THE DOOR. |
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JANE
KIDD (Costume Designer) Jane who is our Resident Costume Designer,
trained in Fashion Design at Berkshire College of Art. She freelanced
in knitwear and dress design for five years before joining The
Mill as Wardrobe Mistress, and enjoys a variety of making both
period and modern costumes of which she has made many whilst at
The Mill. |
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| MATTHEW
BISS (Lighting Designer) Matthew is currently working as Technical
Manager at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead and is
delighted to be invited back to The Mill to light THE SOUND OF
MURDER. A few of his numerous previous designs at The Mill, include
SEPARATE TABLES, TWO AND TWO MAKE SEX, CAUGHT IN THE NET, SHADY
BUSINESS, A TOUCH OF SPRING, IT’S NEVER TOO LATE, ABSENT FRIENDS,
OUT OF ORDER, MURDER BY MISADVENTURE, THE BUSINESS OF MURDER,
NOEL & GERTIE, ALPHABETICAL ORDER, A NIGHT IN PROVENCE, THE HEIRESS
and MURDER HUNT. |
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SALLY
HUGHES (Artistic Director) Sally spent her early years in
Venezuela and Argentina and after finishing her education in England,
she then trained for the stage as an actress at The Webber Douglas
Academy of Dramatic Art. On graduating she was given her first
engagement by John Fernald who directed her in COMING OF AGE.
Then followed ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN at The Bush and
CATCHPENNY TWIST at The King’s Head Theatre. In 1984 Sally took
over the post of Artistic Director of The Mill At Sonning from
Peter Egan and has directed and appeared in many of its productions,
including DAMES AT SEA (an excerpt of which was included in The
Royal Gala Performance in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales),
and most recently she appeared as Barbara Smith in CAUGHT IN THE
NET and Ginger Mercer in the musical TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS,
ALPHABETICAL ORDER and THE HEIRESS. A few of the plays Sally has
directed at The Mill are A FOOT IN THE DOOR, POOLS PARADISE, THE
FACE OF FEAR, STEPPING OUT, A TOUCH OF SPRING, STRICTLY MURDER,
ALONE TOGETHER AGAIN, FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS, TIME TO KILL and very
recently the world premiere of MURDER HUNT by Brian Clemens and
LOVE’S A LUXURY. Sally enjoys a career outside of The Mill and
has played leading parts in the BBC series LATE EXPECTATIONS and
LAURA AND DISORDER in which she played Wendy Craig’s daughter-inlaw.
Other TV appearances include: DON’T WAIT UP, KEEPING UP APPEARANCES,
BRUSHSTROKES & MULBERRY. Sally directed the National Tour of PASTIMES,
starring Rosemary Leach and William Gaunt and also directed BAREFOOT
IN THE PARK by Neil Simon at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the
West End. Sally also appeared in TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS, at the
King's Head, London. |
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| WILLIAM
FAIRCHILD (Playwright) William Fairchild was born in Cornwall
in 1918. He was educated at Dartmouth and remained a regular naval
officer throughout the war. Immediately after the war he retired
from the navy to write. He wrote many TV plays: 30 major screenplays;
5 plays including BREAKING POINT and THE PAY-OFF; 2 novels and
2 works of non-fiction. He also directed 3 feature films winning
the Venice Award for best director of own original screen play.
His most successful films included MORNING DEPARTURE starring
John Mills and Richard Attenborough; JOHN & JULIE, which features
an early appearance by Peter Sellars and STAR with Julie Andrews.
William Fairchild died in May 2000 having enjoyed a long and successful
career. |
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