The Hound of The Baskervilles

Summary

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
directed by Pam Chohan

A mystery so dark it is almost funny and a comedy so funny it is almost criminal.

A lonely manor. A cursed family. A will with too many motives and a moor with too much fog. When Sir Charles Baskerville drops dead under suspicious and possibly supernatural circumstances only one man can get to the truth and he brings his doctor with him. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson dive headfirst into the mystery of a giant glowing howling beast said to hunt the Baskerville line and quickly discover that the only thing more maddening in the dark than a demon hound is the suspects.

In this riotously clever comedy adaptation by Steven Canny and John Nicholson (Peepolykus) the world’s greatest detective meets gothic horror and knocks it sideways. Expect lightning paced character swapping physical comedy theatrical trickery ridiculous revelations and just enough genuine detective work to make you feel like you have solved something.

Is the curse real? Is somebody using local superstition for their own ends? And will Watson ever get a quiet moment to write his diary in peace? One thing is certain. Something with large teeth is out there and it is not on a lead.

Fiendishly funny gleefully theatrical and gloriously daft. This is Conan Doyle as you have never seen him.