Mystery Theatre Unlimited offers a dinner theatre presentation of MURDER UNDER THE BIGTOP January 16, 2010

"Murder Under the Big Top"or "The Deadliest Show on Earth" by Bert Furioli and Butch Maxwell

This is a benefit for the Brooke County 4-H and is open to the public. For reservations, call Liz at WVU Exte...nsion Office @304-737-3666 from 8:30am-4:30pm or Alecia at 304-374-8336 after 4:30pm.

A bad circus, a mean and drunken clown. a shady ringmaster, a dueling duo of the trapeze, and a strange bearded gypsy lady combine with an unlikely hero for comedy and murder in the 13th greatest show on earth.

Barney N. Bailey's circus has seen better days. The ringmaster is in over his head in debt and things only get worse as circus workers quit, get injured or disappear. The main attraction is a trapeze act, the Flying Fallindas, featuring a husband and wife team on the verge of divorce. The rest of the circus includes a dour, disagreeable and drunken clown known as Cranky and a mystical gypsy who doubles as the bearded lady, named Mata Hairy. Bailey's beleaguered but ambitious assistant and all around lackey is Sheldon. When someone dies in a mysterious accident, who was the culprit? And, more importantly, how will the show go on? And who will pay for the cotton candy?

Official Website: http://www.mysterytheatreunlimited.com/circus.html