An amateur production of a murder mystery is rehearsing in the theatre at the end of the pier. Storms rage overhead and the doors are locked: they are trapped! Then the Assistant Stage Manager falls to certain death through a trapdoor. There are characteristics that we will all recognise from our involvement with amateur dramatics, such as fragile egos and self- absorption. Will anyone actually survive until the curtain finally closes?

By Bettine Manktelow
Directed by Lesley Crowther-Smith