Death by Chocolate

PERFORMANCES
AUGUST 10 (Evening Only), 17, 24 and 31 (Matinee and Evening Shows), 2024
Richmond School or Arts
Corner March and West Market Streets, Richmond NSW

Matinee Shows: Doors open at 1.30pm and the show starts at 2pm. Coffee and tea will be available during the intermission.

Evening Shows: Doors open at 7.00pm and the show starts at 7.30pm. Coffee and tea will be available during the intermission.

About The Show

Members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort are dropping like flies, including famed chef Edith Chiles! On the eve of the grand re-opening, this is not the best advertisement! It's up to John Stone, the manager, to find the cause... and the murderer.

Delightfully sarcastic and cynical, Stone finds himself teaming up with Ed Parlor, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, in a wacky race against time. The clues point to a sinister box of chocolates, and the suspects include all the outlandish characters working for the resort. Could it be Lady Riverdale, owner of the resort, and a woman with dark secrets? Or Ralph Deadwood, gym instructor and all around cad? Dick Simmering, the aerobics instructor? Anne, the panic stricken nurse? Or could it be "Sweet Pea" Meadowbrook, the grieving daughter of the recently deceased founder of the resort?

Combining all the elements of classic murder mysteries with scathing satires of the 80's health crazes, technology and fashion.

The Cast of Characters

​The staff and guests of the Meadowbrook Health Resort.
They'll get you healthy.... or die trying!
JOHN STONE - The new manager of the Meadowbrook Health Resort (and how he got there, no one knows). John is s quick-witted and finds almost everything absurd and… he is now on the hunt for a murderer!

LADY RIVERDALE - She is the owner of ‘Lady Riverdale Chocolates’ and the new owner of the ‘Meadowbrook Health Resort’. A bit of an unusual combination but this savvy businesswoman (and lover of all things high society) knows when to tap into her shrewd roots too, especially if someone is murdering her staff and trying to ruin her grand re-opening!

ED PARLOR - Ed is a guest of Lady Riverdale's and at Meadowbrook for more than just the grand re-opening. He is a writer who hopes to be inspired for his next play… a murder mystery. Is he the type of author who really immerses himself in his material (maybe too much) or is he just keen to solve a real-life murder?

​MARGARET DANIELS - She is trying to write a feature story on the resort for a leading gossip magazine but is having a bit of trouble getting to those who are “in the know”. Who doesn’t love publicity? Yet, how far will Margaret go to get the scoop and the front page?
CAST  
​JOHN STONE | Joel tba
LADY RIVERDALE | Emma Taite
ED PARLOR | Peter Phan
MARGARET DANIELS | Heloise Tolar

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CREW​
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STAGE MANAGER |
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COSTUMES DESIGNER |
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​PROPS |
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REHEARSAL PROMPT |
Elizabeth Finlayson

​SET DESIGN |
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 LIGHTING DESIGN |
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SOUND DESIGN |
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LIGHTING & SOUND OPERATOR |
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An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French Inc. - A Concord Theatricals Company