THE game’s afoot Watson!’ as the award-winning Dean Theatre Company performs their production of The Hound of The Baskervilles in Ross-On-Wye next month.

One of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, this version adapted by Tim Kelly begins immediately after the death of Sir Charles Baskerville.

Set in the 1890s in Baskerville Hall, a manor house on Dartmoor, Devon, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are called upon to investigate the cause of death by his friend Lady Agatha.

Due to the legend of a Baskerville family curse, she is concerned about the welfare of the new young heir, Sir Henry Baskerville and has requested help from Holmes in order to protect him.

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson delve into the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of apparent supernatural origin who allegedly prowls the moor looking for his victims.

With a full set, beautifully dressed with authentic Victoriana and fully costumed in period dress, this production is set to be another outstanding production and a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Having won a National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) award in 2022, The Dean Theatre Company have recently been nominated for another NODA, this time for last year’s production of Murder Inn.

Can Holmes and Watson solve the mystery before any harm comes to Sir Henry?

Is the supernatural really at work on the moor?

Come along and find out……….

The production is directed by Caroline Foligno assisted by Ruth Barton and the cast include Lauren Malone as Lady Agatha Mortimer, Sophie Jenkins as Perkins, Liam Chessel as Doctor Watson, Shane Howells as Sherlock Holmes, Sammy Turley as Mrs Barrymore, Ryan Murphy as Mr Barrymore, Benji Dryden as Sir Henry Baskerville, Beth Carter as Kathy Stapleton , Dominic White as Jack Stapleton and Leanne Allport as Laura Lyons

The Dean Theatre Company was founded in 2019 when a group of individuals decided to turn their shared interests into an official theatregroup with the aim of bringing high quality amateur theatre to the local community in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.

You can see this production at the Larruperz Centre in Grammar School Close, HR9 7QD on the evenings of Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12 at 7pm, and Sunday, July 13 at 2pm.

The show is also being performed before that at Lydney Town Hall – where The Beatles famously played in 1962 – from Friday, July 4 to Sunday July 6.

Tickets priced £10 to £13.50 are available from thedeantheatrecompany.com

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