November 2025

The Unexpected Guest

by Agatha Christie

When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder and the unexpected guest offers to help. As the investigation unfolds, layers of lies, secrets and shifting suspicions reveal a shocking twist.

ACT I

Scene 1: A November evening, 11.30pm

Scene 2: The following morning,11.00am

ACT II

Late afternoon, the same day

Setting: The study of Richard Warwick.1950s. Bristol.

CAST

RICHARD WARWICK
LAURA WARWICK
MICHAEL STARKWEDDER
MISS BENNETT (BENNY)
JAN WARWICK
MRS WARWICK
HENRY ANGELL
SERGEANT CADWALLADER
INSPECTOR THOMAS
THE CONSTABLE
THE MAID
JULIAN FARRAR

Malcolm Shaw
Birgitta Morton
Simon Grier
Linda Montgomery
Robert Lambert
Cherith Dalzell
John Ellaway
Marc McMenamin
Basil Conroy
Brian Conroy
Olive Casey Conroy
Neale Webb

CREW

DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
STAGE MANAGER
STAGE CREW
SOUND & LIGHTING
PROPS
PROMPT
UNDERSTUDIES
TICKET SALES
BOX OFFICE
FRONT OF HOUSE

TEAS

PHOTOGRAPHY
WEBSITE & PUBLICITY

Edwina Scanlon
Gwen Priestman
Sally Crawford
Ivan Sheppard
David Murphy & Jim McMahon
Marc Whisker
Hilary Bryan
Sabina Purcell
Brian Conroy & Anikó Kraft
Ann Rath
Susie Grier & Anikó Kraft
George Windsor-Aubrey
Robert Dalzell, Ian Crowley
Alison Sothern, Hazel Sothern
Mags Gilmartin, Barbara Walker
Kevin Conroy
Simon Grier