The Real Inspector Hound February 4, 2011

You're invited to the premiere of an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery where the mists rise ominously about a secluded country manor and reports surface of a homicidal madman on the prowl. But be warned - things are seldom as they seem in Stoppard's celebrated farce. Theatre and life merge hilariously as the opening night critics resist being pulled into the madcap world of the play. Alliances and actors' lines are shuffled like bridge cards and re-dealt for decidedly comic effect - while mysteries and belly laughs pile up like bodies in this side-splittingly outlandish, slapstick-filled satire.