The Small Hours

All Star Cast:

GRAHAM COLE
MARK CURRY
SIMON DUTTON
DEAN GAFFNEY
DEBORAH GRANT
GEORGINA LEONIDAS
CAROL ROYLE
MARK WINGETT

What do a Koala bear, a devious chef and a famous emerald necklace have in common? Carl Houston, Sussex hotelier, finds his life unexpectedly under threat in this thriller of international intrigue which bears all the Durbridge hallmarks of suspense, mystery and murder. Having saved the life of a fellow passenger during a hijacking on a planefrom Australia to London, Carl is visited by the seemingly all-knowing Inspector Westwood, who is interested in the fate of his flight bag…

Theatre Royal Windsor exclusively presents a murder mystery thriller from the master craftsman with an all-star cast. Stuffed with suspense and murky with mystery, The Small Hours is presented in Windsor straight after Rehearsal for Murder, creating a Murder Mystery January that will keep audiences guessing from start to finish!

The all-star cast includes SIMON DUTTON, best known as The Saint as well as for his roles in Eastenders and Doctors, Windsor and TV favourite MARK CURRY, CAROL ROYLE from BBC’s Life without George, DEBORAH GRANT from TV’s Not Going Out, Casualty and Room at the Bottom, along with GRAHAM COLE and MARK WINGETT who headlined ITV’s The Bill. Joining them are GEORGINA LEONIDAS who played Katie Bell in the Harry Potter movies, and Eastenders favourite DEAN GAFFNEY.

Francis Durbridge is one of the best loved thriller writers that has ever put pen to paper. The Times said of him "A virtuoso of the red herring and unexpected plot twist, he could turn a victim into a villain (and back again) in less time than it took an old wireless to warm up. As cliffhanger piled upon cliffhanger, audiences were riveted, night after night for weeks.”
His first book Send For Paul Temple, invented the character who was to become a household name, picked up by the BBC and serialised on the radio from 1938. The iconic detective enjoyed years of international success, placing Durbridge as a leading writer of his day. In the 1940s Durbridge started writing for television. He enjoyed great success and is credited with the creation of the television thriller serial. Among his best known work was A Game Of Murder, Bat Out Of Hell and The Doll. From 1970 he returned to writing for the theatre. His seventh play The Small Hours was written in 1991 and contains all the elements of a great Durbridge thriller.