• larry campbell
• jo mitchell
• mrs bedford
• earnest foster
• david ryder
• george rudd
• roy campbell
• clare norman
• inspector cleaver

• Director
• Stage Management
• s
• s
• Lighting Design
• Lighting & Sound
• Continuity
• Set design
• wardrobe
• programme/Poster design

• garry fowler
• kay wetherilt
• doreen james
• stephen newberry
• alan lade
• damian sutton
• graham warren
• tanya minchin
• john hamilton

• stella dench
• gill watson, sarah cornforth,
• lindsey holledge, josie hobbs
• paddy turner
• brenda hanham
• pat macGhilles
• dorothy hemsley
• marie mason & the cast
• alan lade

MURDER MYSTERY KEEPS YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. Review by Shirley Linsell

If you want to be thrilled and excited go to Seaford Little Theatre and see their latest production. Murder With Love is based on the hatred between two protagonists in Francis Durbridge’s latest whodunnit to come to Seaford. The two main characters are David Ryder and Larry Campbell. They are played by two of the Little Theatre’s most talented actors, Alan Lade and Garry Fowler respectively. Campbell had run off with Ryder’s wife and when she became ill Ryder had taken their son to France to see her.
The son was subsequently killed in a road accident and the wife also died. Ryder therefore hates Campbell and Alan Lade conveys to us the man’s bewilderment, loss and sadness, while Garry Fowler as Campbell is duplicitous and nasty.
Add to this mix a mistress played by Tanya Minchin as an unhappily married, sultry, scheming TV presenter; Stephen Newberry as the kind and friendly solicitor, a part he plays to good effect; newcomer Graham Warren as the brother who portrays the picture of a good and decent man; Damian Sutton who personifies a sinister and lecherous blackmailer and puts chills up one’s spine; another newcomer, Kay Wetherilt, playing Ryder’s friend, a columnist on a newspaper like so many we see on our screens — she is a welcome addition; John Hamilton who gives a clever performance as the police inspector; and lastly, one of the elite band of actresses the Little Theatre has, Doreen James, only playing a small part as the housekeeper, but she makes a very welcome appearance and I trust next time we will see her in a larger role.
In the first act Campbell is murdered and the plot twists and weaves and keeps you guessing right until the end as to ‘whodunnit’. It keeps you on the edge of your seat due to the skilful and patient directing of Stella Dench. Mention must be made of the split set design and the lighting. Both very clever. This is a good evening’s entertainment that keeps you enthralled.
The Bafta this time goes to Alan Lade, a well thought-out performance and he just edges out Damian Sutton.