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The Shark is Broken at Theatre Royal Brighton

The Shark is Broken

Following sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival plus subsequent West End Broadway engagements, this hit comedy, written by Joseph Nixon and Ian Shaw (son of Robert) is coming to you on tour. Based on Robert Shaw's own drinking diaries during the shoot, we learn how the trio, fuelled by alcohol and ambition, passed the time bullying, bickering, and bragging while sitting out the interminable delays caused by their Great White co-star.

Murder on the Orient Express at Theatre Royal Brighton

Murder on the Orient Express

Since its publication in 1934, Agatha Christie's iconic locomotive whodunnit Murder On The Orient Express has thrilled and chilled readers and audiences with subsequent stage/screen adaptations over the decades, including a Hollywood blockbuster or two. In a new staging by Ken Ludwig, director Lucy Bailey and Firey Angel Productions don't miss this elegant tale of murder and mystery as it pulls into town on this much anticipated new tour!

The Girl On The Train at Theatre Royal Brighton

The Girl On The Train

Rachel Watson longs for a different life - the one she sees between a happy couple she watches on her commute. But when the woman suddenly disappears, Rachel finds herself wondering what lies beneath the bliss she's been longing for. Following a run in London this summer, don't miss this gripping adaptation of Paula Hawkin's international bestseller when it brings the thrilling, edge of your seat story to you.

Picture You Dead at Theatre Royal Brighton

Picture You Dead

The late Queen's favourite literary detective, DSI Roy Grace is back in this brand new adaptation of Peter James' novel, marking Grace's seventh stage outing! In Picture You Dead, join Grace as he finds himself delving into the gentrified world of fine art, where appearances are not what they seem...

Awful Auntie at Theatre Royal Brighton

Awful Auntie

David Walliams' seventh sensational page-turner comes to life on stage in this brand-new production from The Birmingham Stage Company. Following on from the success of their brilliant adaptations of Gangsta Granny, Billionaire Boy and Demon Dentist, Awful Auntie is set to be another rollercoaster romp. Set in 1933, join Stella Saxby, the newly orphaned heir to Saxby Hall, as she pits her wits against her titular Awful Auntie Alberta, who'll stop at nothing to steal Stella's inheritance!

Ghost Stories at Theatre Royal Brighton

Ghost Stories

Join the lightly cynical parapsychologist Mr Goodman, whose life's work is dis-proving the tales of ghostly activity he investigates. Except there are three cases that have him flummoxed. This is the chillingly terrifying scream-fest Ghost Stories from Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, the men behind the darkly comic League of Gentlemen and the mind twister Derren Brown.