Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder
Ambassadors Theatre
4.7/5 based on 14 reviews (read reviews)- Booking until: Saturday, 14 September 2024
- Running time: 2hr 20min. Incl. 1 interval.
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Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder description
Meet the unlikely crime-fighting duo Kathy and Stella. Audiences really do laugh most of the way through this show, a comedy treat to remember.
Here’s where you get the best of all comedy worlds: a gripping plot, excellent musical theatre and very funny actors. Roll them together and it’s un-missable. This show has a big, warm heart filled with plenty of thrills, witty and irreverent with a generous helping of classic British silliness. When you’re in the mood for an evening of side-splitting joy, it’s ideal.
Edinburgh audiences rate this show highly, as did those in Bristol and Manchester. This is a very well-deserved West End run. It’s no surprise the show won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, the second such award won by the writers Jon Brittain and Matthew Floyd Jones.
What’s the plot for Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder?
‘Best Friends Forever’ Kathy and Stella host a not-very-good Hull podcast about true crime. When their favourite crime writer is killed they decide to solve the murder, which quickly turns into a crazy whodunit where their friendship is at risk, their podcast might just go viral, and murderer might strike again.
Three hilarious women create uproarious fun
Bronté Barbé plays Kathy and Rebekha Hinds plays Stella, both reprising their roles. They’re joined by Imelda Warren-Green as Erica, also reprising her role. Barbé won the Gyearbuor Asante Prize for Acting while training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and was one of the final 10 chosen for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Dorothy in Over The Rainbow. Her theatre credits include Newsies at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
Rebekah Hinds has worked on Oklahoma! at the Young Vic / West End and the world premiere of the Tom Jones musical What’s New Pussycat. She was The Girl in The Polka Dot Dress at the Birmingham Rep, appeared in Paradise at Hampstead Theatre, and in the Olivier Award-nominated The Government Inspector. TV-wise she’s been on-screen in Scarborough, Inside No. 9, and Shameless.
Imelda Warren-Green has appeared in TV’s legendary Doctor Who: Time Fracture. She graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts with a first-class honours degree in Musical Theatre. Her stage appearances include the role of Zo in Public The Musical, Kris in Spitfire at Charing Cross Theatre, and Miss California in the UK tour of Little Miss Sunshine.
The creative team of Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! has a Book, Lyrics and Co-Direction by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain (Rotterdam). The Music and Lyrics are by Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky & Mannish) and Co-Direction and Choreography comes from Fabian Aloise (Sunset Boulevard). The Set and Costume Designer is Cecilia Carey, the Co-Sound Designers Tingying Dong and Dan Samson, and the Lighting Designer is Peter Small.
The Musical Supervisor and Orchestrator is Charlie Ingles. The Associate Director Charlie Martin, Dramaturge Gillian Greer, Casting Director Annelie Powell CDG and Casting Assistant Alice Walters.
Playing at Ambassadors Theatre
Age restrictions
Ages 12+.
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