Birthday Weekend | Improvised Comedy Performance
£5.00 (inc. VAT)
Last few tickets available for Murder on the Cobbles! A Dickensian Improvised Murder!
Murder is afoot upon the cobbles of the Roundhouse!
Join Foghorn Unscripted as they bring their hilarious whodunit to the historic surroundings of the Roundhouse as part of the 150th Birthday celebrations.
Who dies horribly? Who is the murderer? What awful secrets are revealed? You, the audience, are the puppet masters and the fate of the characters are in your hands! All served up with a generous helping of jokes so you can enjoy a good old-fashioned night of murder, mystery and mayhem The script is unwritten, and the plot is in your hands. Step into a world of comedy, suspense, laughter, and betrayal as you help us solve the mystery of whodunit using your own sleuthing skills.
Bring a chair, and join us for a night of improvised comedy with Foghorn Unscripted.
Description
Murder is afoot upon the cobbles of the Roundhouse! The script is unwritten, and the plot is in your hands. Step into a world of comedy, suspense, laughter, and betrayal as you help us solve the mystery of whodunit using your own sleuthing skills.
Step into a world of comedy, suspense, laughter, and betrayal as you help us solve the mystery of whodunit using your own sleuthing skills.
Preposterous names, ludicrous coincidences and crowd rousing melodrama will delight and astound you; I’ll wager a hundred gold sovereigns! We need you, the audience, to join our experienced performers and help unmask the murderer.
Sit back and take in the historic Roundhouse as Foghorn Unscripted entertain you with their comedic homage to those quintessentially British Whodunits… Was it the Butler or the impoverished Lady of the Manor? Did they use a candle stick or a feather duster to carry out their murderous antics. Or was it a staged accident involving a blunt spoon and a boiled egg?!
Watch the dastardly action develop in sumptuous drawing rooms, murky streets and smoky taverns and meet sailors, snobs and silk laden ladies.
Oh and by the way, the audience invent the show’s title – so no two performances are ever the same!
This hilarious show comes to the historic Roundhouse for a special outdoor performance on 10th May. We promise: no audience members will be harmed in the making of these shows!
Event Details
Timings:
6:00 pm - Doors open
6:30 pm - Performance begins
8:00pm - Performance ends
Directions: View our 'Getting here' page for detailed directions.
Duration: Approximately 1 hour 25 minutes (including interval).
Suitable For: Ages 14+
Group booking discount available for groups of 10 or more. Please contact us at hello@roundhousebirmingham.org.uk to book.
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Visitor Info
This event will go ahead in all but the worst of weather. If we do need to cancel due to poor weather, we will communicate at the earliest opportunity.
What to wear:
The performance takes place outside, so please wear clothing appropriate for every weather. Party hats optional, but heavily encouraged.
Checking in:
Please check in at the Roundhouse main gate on the corner of Sheepcote Street and St Vincent Street. Doors open at 6:00pm and the performance begins at 6:30pm. If you arrive after this, it might not be possible to let you in until a convenient break in the performance.
What to bring:
The courtyard is laid to cobbles, so bring a chair to make yourself comfortable for the performance. The performance takes place outside, so please wear clothing appropriate for the weather. Please bring blankets or coats to make your experience even more comfortable.
Food/drink:
You're welcome to bring your own drinks, or pack a picnic if you'd like. There won't be any food or drink for sale. Before or after the event, you can grab a drink at our neighbour Ristorante Caffe Arena or next door at the Distillery.
About Foghorn Unscripted:
Exciting and innovative storytelling, twisted by the audience!
As a theatre company, Midlands based Foghorn Unscripted has been working together for over 10 years appearing in venues such as Midlands Arts Centre, Lichfield Garrick, Blue Orange, AE Harris, The Artrix and the Old Joint Stock Theatre. Their most successful formats have been seen in Leicester and Brighton fringes, including a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival.
They also perform site specific work. Having partnered with Winterbourne House and Gardens since 2018, Foghorn Unscripted produce new shows: An Improvised Haunting and Murder on the Terrace (with high tea and a gin bar provided).
'We love improvisation and working together as a group. We train together, developing new formats and techniques, whilst also attending structured workshop & courses to upgrade our skills. Each of our shows features between 4 to 10 performers, picked from our team of trained actors.
Collectively, we have performed as actors, stand up comics, workshop leaders, musicians, directors and writers. Our credits include national tours, theatre in education, radio voice overs and television appearances in Doctor Who, Eastenders and Doctors.'
More information about Foghorn Unscripted can here found here.
Venue: The Roundhouse
Directions: 1 Sheepcote St, Birmingham B16 8AE
