Cluedo - A New Play - UK Tour

Ooh exciting, CLUE is one of my all-time favourite movies.

This starts in January, any news on casting?

Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, Daniel Casey as Professor Plum, Wesley Griffith as Colonel Mustard, Etisyai Philip as Mrs White, Judith Amesenga as Mrs Peacock and Tom Babbage as Reverend Green.

I was already considering this but having now seen that the cast includes 3 actors who I've previously seen in Mischief shows I think I'll have to go when it comes to my local theatre next month. There are more characters than the 6 board game ones mentioned in the casting announcement so presumably others have been added.

Clue is the name the board game goes by internationally.

Thank you both, Figaro and robertb213. No chance of me seeing the film now as it must be some years since it was in any cinema but as soon as a running time for the play is available, I'll give it a go. There seems to be too little light relief around at present - apart from some musicals - and after recently seeing Best Of Enemies, Fair Play and Trouble In Mind, I could do with something a little more frivolous.

It’s also free to stream on Amazon prime!

Just watched the film trailer on Prime (they’re showing it through their IMDb channel with ads) and I have to say it looks a bit daft. I think I’ll give it a miss 😐

Puzzled to find not a single press review (including local Kent ones) or online comment anywhere, yet this opened last week in Bromley. So is it too dire for words or what? Hope not, as it sounded interesting and there's obviously a tour lined up.

I do hope that they use the quote “hysterically intensive” for the poster. That’s a mystery all of its own.

I was there yesterday. There were a some funny moments, including some laugh out loud moments, but they were few and far between, and for the most part I didn't think it was very good, with some terrible writing and pacing issues in act one.

Jean-Luke Worrell and Tom Babbage I thought were pretty good, but the rest of the cast have little to work with.

Not much else to say really except.... not great. Only runs an hour 50. Will be curious to hear what others think.

Saw this last night in Richmond, it's ok but nothing more. When the biggest laughs were due to a costume mishap for one of the actors then you know there are problems.

The film is one of the greatest comedies ever made with a fantastic set design and an (almost) perfect cast so this was always going to struggle to live up to it.

The problem is when they diverge from the film the creative choices aren't as strong and when they are just reading the same lines from the film then the limitations of the actors in comparison to the film cast is just glaringly obvious. The flames on the side of my face scene is included, presumably because it is so iconic but without the same acting choices of Madeline Kahn and the way it breaks the atmosphere is just falls flat.

The other issue is the film starts out relatively straight and then gets more manic as things go on with more deaths piling up, this starts at a shall we say more heightened level and the cast have nowhere to go.

That said there are some nice moments when the jokes make use of this being on stage and not a film which work quite well and it doesn't wear out its welcome - helped by the second act being overall the stronger.

Watching this touring production at its recent stop at the Belgrade in Coventry, I was struck at how the audience was split between those enjoying the fast-paced, farcical ride, and those staring open-mouthed in disbelief wondering what on earth they'd stumbled into.

If you've seen the film "Clue" (being the US name for the game known in the UK as "Cluedo"), you'll know what to expect, and the show is just as much fun. Jean-Luke Worrell brilliantly holds proceedings together as Wadsworth, but he is heavily channelling Tim Curry from the movie.

The shenanigans here are delightfully silly, very funny and expertly executed.

If you can stomach a parody that requires a complete suspension of any seriousness mindset, there is much to enjoy.

Four stars.

Act 1: 19:32-20:19
Act 2: 20:40-21:16

We had the moustache incident but not the loo shout. However, we were front row at the Belgrade, so it's possible it was the same night as you and we didn't hear the latter. Our show was 15 March evening.