A brand new production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain embarks on a national tour, with a stop in Edinburgh next month.
The World Premiere production stars Robert Powell as the Great Detective and Liza Goddard as Mary Watson.
Directed by David Grindley, this brand new thriller has exclusive Scottish dates at King’s Theatre Edinburgh, 28 May–2 June.
Sherlock Holmes lives in retirement on the South Coast. He keeps bees, occasionally casts his fly fishing rod, even plays his Stradivarius when the rheumatism allows. All too aware that he’s older and slower, he’s concerned that he might have lost his touch, paranoid that he is an easy target for his enemies – there have been so many over the years. Some of whom play heavier on his mind, namely his arch nemesis Moriarty.
So when Mary Watson (wife of his former associate Dr John Watson) tracks him down to tell him she has seen her long-dead son, James, through the window of 221B Baker Street, apparently alive and well, Holmes is determined to solve the mystery and confront his own demons at the same time.
Chilling, gripping and filled with unforeseen twists and revelations, this new play featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary super sleuth has been commissioned by Theatre Royal Bath from award-winning dramatist Simon Reade, previously literary manager at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
This world premiere production reunites the dream team of Robert Powell and Liza Goddard following huge acclaim for their performances at the Theatre Royal in Alan Bennett’s Single Spies, Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking and Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee.
Robert Powell is one of the country’s most loved actors. Having received multiple awards and a BAFTA nomination for playing the title role in Franco Zefferelli’s Jesus of Nazareth, he starred in five series of the hit BBC comedy The Detectives with Jasper Carrott, and played Mark Williams in BBC1’s Holby City for six years.
One of the UK’s favourite actresses, Liza Goddard has performed at theatres across the country, productions have included Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, Life of Riley, Season’s Greetings, Life and Beth and If I Were You. Her extensive television work includes cult classics The Brothers, Doctor Who, Bergerac, the Australian series Skippy (The Bush Kangaroo) and Take Three Girls.
The cast also features Roy Sampson as Mycroft Holmes, Timothy Kightley as Dr Watson, Anna O’Grady as Miss Hudson and Lewis Collier as Officer Newman, with all other parts played by Daniel Cech-Lucas, Peter Cadden, Peter Yapp and Louise Templeton.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887 in A Study in Scarlet. His popularity soon grew through a series of short stories published in The Strand Magazine from 1891 onwards, with additional tales totalling 56 short stories and four novels published by 1927.
His first screen appearance came in 1900 in the film Sherlock Holmes Baffled. Now, the Guinness Book of Records lists Sherlock Holmes as the most portrayed movie character in history with more than 70 actors playing the role in over 200 films, including Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey Jr, Jonny Lee Miller and Sir Ian McKellen.
Most recently, the BBC’s drama Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role and Martin Freeman as John Watson, has received huge acclaim and won numerous accolades including both BAFTA and Emmy Awards.
Tickets are available HERE or by calling 0131 529 6000.
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