Overview

Join an intrepid gang of young detectives on a journey through an explorable building and help them to solve a fiendishly puzzling mystery. You won’t be sat in the dark watching a play… you’ll be at the heart of The Adventure.

Cast/Creative

Directed by Dan Bird

Designed by Louie Whitemore

Technical Designer by Ian Stickland

Produced by Paul Jellis

Cast 

Jack Adam Jackson-Smith

Jill Bettrys Jones

Fred Brendan Murphy

Mr Wren Oliver Ryan

Meet the Playwright

Tell us in a sentence why should we see The Adventure.

Come and experience an adventure that grabs you by your smart lapels and hauls you directly into the action – better to be in the fun than watch it.

Why did you decide to become a writer?

I started by writing sketches in a revue simply to make people laugh, but I realized how much more interesting it might be if you could lead an audience through the full gamut of emotions, how much more would the laughter be if it came off the back of a good scare, or how much sweeter the laugh if it follows a real moment of loss or sorrow? I suppose I wanted to discover what makes up a character, how a human chooses to show themselves to the world and, more importantly, how they show themselves without choosing to do so.

What inspired you to write this play?

The route to this play is a curious one. I was approached by Bad Physics, the company co-producing the play, who asked me if I wanted to write a play for them. Then they gave me the title. Then they showed me the room where it was to take place. So I was handed a series of blank canvases and sat with Dan (the director) and Paul (the producer) and like three cheeky boys, talked about the most exciting puzzles, adventures, characters we could think of. So it was their enthusiasm and excitement which inspired this play.

Who inspires you and how do they inform your work?

It’s difficult to pin down one person who inspires me, so I’ll mention a few. I love Father Ted and all the work of Arthur Matthews and Graham Linehan for its surrealism, I love the transgressive work of Chris Morris, I love the tenderness and wit of Frank McGuinness and the danger and horror of Sam Shepherd’s plays. And Geraldine McCaughrean is my favourite children’s author.