IF you like a thriller with plenty of twists and turns, this play, adapted from the Peter James crime novel of the same name, should be right up your (Coronation) street. Former Corrie and Holby City actress Tina Hobley is at the centre of the labyrinthine plot, packed with the usual crime thriller staples –…
A stag night prank that goes horribly wrong is only the starting point for a five-star production of Dead Simple, which contains enough twists, turns and shocks to make a Scandinavian TV drama jealous. Author Peter James (who is also one of the producers) has every reason to be delighted by the stage adaptation of…
Despite having read the novel, this stage version of the Peter James novel managed to keep me gripped. Cleverly lifting crime fiction from page to stage is no mean feat and here the company do it with a razor sharp edge. A decent set manages the changes of scene well but at the end of…
By Angela Singer The stage version of Peter James’s bestselling thriller is anything but simple. It is chilling and so full of twists and turns that it has the audience gasping. Michael Harrison (Jamie Lomas) is the man who has everything. A several times over millionaire property developer, he is about to marry his glamourous…
Take a very deep breath, prepare to be thrilled and settle in for a classic, and suitably chilling, whodunit. Dead Simple comes to Cambridge Arts Theatre on the back of the success of 2014 production The Perfect Murder, starring Les Dennis (read our review online at cambridge-news.co.uk/whatson). The same team has got together to stage…
Here’s a play which could easily re-awaken your worst nightmare… A stag party stunt goes horribly wrong – or right depending on the cast member – which leads to a truly bloody outcome and some seriously tense scenes. Dead Simple is the second of Peter James’ plays to get a theatre outing – the first…
Simply a wonderful tease First published Tuesday 10 February 2015 by Alan Wallcroft REVIEW: Dead Simple – at the Festival Theatre, Malvern, from Monday, February 9 to Saturday, February 14, 2015. HEADING out into the cold night air through the theatre’s exits one particular comment – overhead from a lady -summed up how many of…
Dead Simple/Malvern Theatres First published Tuesday 10 February 2015 by John Phillpott IMAGINE the very worst thing that could happen to you. Then take it up notch by rack-creaking notch until you can bear the thought no longer. Yet this is only the beginning of your torment. For you have embarked on merely the start…
**** STAG nights have grown in excitement and extravagance, but Peter James’ play takes the idea to a whole new level when Michael Harrison is about to marry his fiancée Ashley. He has played some tricks on some of his friends on their stag nights, so together they have planned to get revenge, and they…
Dead Simple is the stage adaptation of the book of the same name by Peter James, and is on the surface the story of a stag night out prank that goes horribly wrong. Property developer Michael Harrison (Jamie Lomas) is getting married to his ex-secretary Ashley Harper (Tina Hobley). Michael’s partner and friend from his…