Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO present Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood
Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO present Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood
An Adaptation by Lesley Hart
From the Novel ‘A Study in Scarlet’
By Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by Marc Small
Designed by Elizabeth Newman
Sound designed by Matthew Tomlinson
Movement directed by Lesly Hutchison
Cast: Deirdre Davis and Ben Stock
Dates: 1 - 22 September
Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s 2022 production of ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood’ returns by popular demand.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 classic Sherlock Holmes adventure A Study in Scarlet is once again set to captivate audiences in late summer when it is brought to life in the theatrical adaptation Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood written by acclaimed writer Lesley Hart in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s outdoor Amphitheatre.
In a blasted world, two survivors - a doctor and an actor - pass the time by staging their favourite story salvaged from the flames: A Study in Scarlet, the origin story of Sherlock Holmes. But when tensions arise around casting, more than dead bodies start to surface.
The play, co-produced with St Alban’s based theatre company OVO, will feature Deirdre Davis (Eileen Donachie in River City, BBC Scotland, and the films Orphans and Get Duked) who will be reprising her role as Harry and Ben Stock (Gypsy, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Ash.
Once again, the production will be directed by Marc Small and is designed by Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman, sound by Matthew Tomlinson and movement by Lesley Hutchison.
Lesley Hart’s plays include Safe Keeping (Paines Plough), World Domination (A Play, A Pie & A Pint/Sherman Theatre), Role Shift (Birds of Paradise), The Fundraiser (Horsecross Arts), Flame Proof, 3 Seconds (PPP/Traverse Theatre), Saint One (PPP/Aberdeen Performing Arts), Personal Best (BBC Radio Scotland). For Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Lesley co-wrote Plunge Day with Sally Reid - a short digital play for young people which featured in the Pitlochry Festival Theatre 2020 #LightHopeJoy season. As an actor, Lesley has featured as regular character Louise Caplin in BBC Studios long running soap River City, as well as appearing onstage for the National Theatre of Scotland, Traverse Theatre, Òran Mór and in the film Wild Rose.
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood runs from the 1- 22 September. Tickets are available from the Pitlochry Festival Theatre Box Office on 01796 484626 or online at pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com