VOLUntEER FORM

Written By Ian Hornby

Directed by Freya Rowland

Partington Players

3rd-8th May 2027

The show takes place in Squire Grange; a manor that is home to Sir Malcolm and his wife Lady Amelia. However the play opens with the maid and butler; two rather inept performers who require post-it notes hidden under various props to remember their lines. The rest of the cast aren’t much better I’m afraid, as this cast are quite familiar with the amateur nature of the performance and are constantly interrupted by the stage hands and tech crew behind the scenes, reminding them what they are supposed to be doing. This is very much a farce.

A brutal murder has taken place and a tired Inspector and their thoughtless sidekicksare on the case. Unfortunately for them, the bodies start to mount and the audience barely has time to gasp before the deceased pop back up- only now as ghosts, visible to only a few, very inconvenient selection, of characters that don’t prove much use in solving the crime. In the end, the truth is uncovered; not through careful inspection but through sheer, glorious incompetence.