One actor, one take, one dead guy at a party — and you're the detective now.
Paul is dead, killed at his own party. Everyone is a suspect, and most of them had a motive. Written and performed by Emily Head, directed by Guy Unsworth, and filmed live in one take, we meet each suspect to see how they react under interrogation, and see if the mystery can be solved. The stage at the New Wolsey Theatre becomes a complex cage (designed by David Woodhead) in this Original Theatre Online premiere. Playing every chatacter, Head uses different accents and subtle physical changes of facial expression or mannerisms to define each character. Paul is slowly unmasked as someone many would want to harm, and a twisted story unfolds through the different accounts we may or may not want to believe. It is clear something is drastically wrong in this psychological thriller.
Acting
Head plays entire cast via accents and micro-expressions
Direction
One continuous take, zero escape from the cage
Production
Stage becomes psychological prison, brilliantly claustrophobic
Director
Guy Unsworth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed live at New Wolsey Theatre during lockdown, making it one of the first major British stage productions adapted for streaming under COVID restrictions.
Emily Head is best known as Carli D'Amato in The Inbetweeners — this solo turn was deliberately cast against her sitcom image to destabilize audience trust.
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