Directors programme notes from Paula and Phil.

This was our second show for MDS as a directing partnership, having previously directed “Up Pompeii” together.

“Anybody for Murder” has been an absolute joy for us both to direct. We have challenged our cast by taking our normal rehearsal process and turning it on its head, and instead of working on scripts from day one we looked at improvisation and character work, building an understanding of the story. Our actors rose to the challenge, bringing their characters to life, making rehearsals so much fun!

We’d like to thank our cast and crew for all their hard work, commitment and open-mindedness towards this show. It takes a huge amount of people to put on a production like this. You won’t have seen most of them, so we’d like to formally thank them all, for making this production possible. We hope you enjoy the production just as much as we have enjoyed directing it!