The Kintyre Forum

The Mull Theatre Company and Right Lines Productions brings the award winning comedy ceilidh murder mystery show to Carradale Village Hall on Friday 29th August at 7.45pm. Be prepared for laughs, shocks and whisky - not necessarily in that order! Currently doing outstanding business at the Edinburgh Fringe and earning rave reviews in it's wake, The Accidental Death of An Accordionist will reach even more dizzying heights on it's Scottish tour when the company reaches Carradale, the cultural capital of Kintyre and all places off the map.

Seating is limited to the first 150 for what will surely be a night to remember, and in a break with tradition, tickets for a Carradale event will be available outwith the Principality to the wider community, with a few briefs becoming available at AP Taylor's shop before the end of the week. If you are not based in Carradale and cannot get into town, a call to 01583 431 345 should be enough to reserve your tickets which are priced at £8.

If you like a good murder who-dunnit combined with a bit of a laugh ( and surely everyone does?), then this is the night you have been waiting for. If you ever wanted to be part of a murder investigation, this is also your chance, because as a member of the audience you will automatically become a suspect! Just remember if you have ever harboured unpleasant notions about harming accordionists, say nothing and keep staring at the floor!

Be there or be sorry!

Thank You!

Okay, so what's this all about?

From the Press Release we learn:

The Accidental Death of an Accordionist
by Euan Martin and Dave Smith

the long-awaited revival of the legendary
comedy ceilidh murder mystery!

An inspired collaboration between Mull Theatre and Right Lines Productions has brought about the long-awaited revival of The Accidental Death of an Accordionist for a major Scottish tour in summer 2008.

Glengirnie’s holding its grand ceilidh and the village is out in force. Master of Ceremonies for the evening John Angus is loosening up his vocal chords with a couple of drams, Aly the accordionist and the band have promised not to be late, the raffle’s ready, the bar’s well stocked and Jean’s even sold a ticket to the Laird. But behind the scenes, there’s trouble brewin’!

You’re invited to take your partners for the first dance and join the craic… but watch your back, because just below the surface of this Highland idyll lurks deceit, mistrust, jealousy, hatred and bloody revenge!

The Accidental Death of an Accordionist swept through the Highlands & Islands on an inaugural tour in 2001, and now it will embark on a 9-week tour from July 2008, taking in the Highlands & Islands, Glenkinchie Distillery, a 3-week run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Argyll & Bute, Aberdeenshire and finally Moray.

“…packed with uproarious situations, witty lines and richly comic characters...”
The Inverness Courier

“..red-blooded, rollicking farce... simply explodes with raw theatrical energy”
Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman

“…gloriously slapstick in its broad outlines, sharply witty in its finely observed details”
Kenny Mathieson, The Herald

The tour has been made possible through a substantial grant from the Scottish Arts Council, plus additional support from HIE Moray, Argyll & The Islands Enterprise, The Arts Council for Moray and other sponsors.

For more information, please contact:
Sheena Miller, Mull Theatre, 01688 302673 / marketing@mulltheatre.com / http://www.mulltheatre.com
Euan Martin, Right Lines Productions, euan@rightlines.net / http://www.rightlines.net

RECENT REVIEWS OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH
“Complete with dancing, murder, and music, this show is hugely funny, highly entertaining and … should be one of the essential tickets at the 2008 Fringe. Don’t miss it!”
***** Fresh Air.
“The Accidental Death Of An Accordionist, a hilarious ceilidh-cum-farce… hugely amusing in detail… so if you fancy a quick, bracing twirl round the country dance floor after a long day on the Fringe, then this Scottish village hall show par excellence could be just the late-night ticket for you.” **** Joyce MacMillan, The Scotsman.
“I can't think of a play that has used the ceilidh format so successfully since John McGrath's The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil.” Mark Fisher, Northings, Hi-Arts.
“Great fun and some unobtrusively good character-acting make this the best, not to say the only, ceilidh play since The Cheviot.” *** Robert Dawson Scott, The Times.
“International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe, and you’ll laugh again... the charmingly rustic, lo-fi naughtiness of the show will tickle you until it hurts. “ **** Festmag

“A well received good night out combining humorous observation of Highland characters, village life and a fast moving plot in a very entertaining piece of comedy theatre. Good use of theatrical techniques, pacey direction and audience involvement (by ceilidh dancing) deliver exactly what it promises in the publicity material. Excellent use of the venues that it performs in make this remount as successful as its previous tours.” Overall Rating: Excellent
Scottish Arts Council.

What's going on here right enough. The long standing tradition in the village hall is that the accordianist does the murdering.... usually of a few well kent tunes!

If the whisky is competitively priced, then we will all be there, Jock's sock and two boaking sparrows.

What time's the murder?