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On Saturday November 30th, Peculiar Productions held a murder mystery evening which also doubled as a fundraising event and a launch for their February 2020 show- Norman Robbins’ A Tomb With A View.

Entitled “Blood Money”, the evening saw eight of the world’s richest people invited to a secluded mansion with the promise of the deal of a lifetime. However, before the deal can be revealed, one of the eight is found murdered. The audience were invited to watch the evidence, cross-examine the remaining suspects, and see if they could work out whodunnit? If they worked out who the killer was, they were entered into a draw to win two tickets to see A Tomb With A View

Our audience were quite the sleuths, with twelve people correctly guessing the identity of the murderer. with Sophie Griffiths being picked as the winner of the tickets. Congratulations, Sophie!

We also revealed the posters for A Tomb With A View and officially launched ticket sales.

Physical tickets are available from members of A Tomb With A View‘s cast and crew, with online ticketing to follow very shortly.

Proceeds from the evening will go towards the amount that Peculiar Productions will be donating to our chosen charity for A Tomb With A View, which is SiMBA (the Simpson’s Memory Box Appeal)

There’ll be another fundraising event in January, with details to follow.

Behind the acting, laughter and bravado lies the hard work and efforts of our crew, from set design and lighting/sound effects to costume design and prop design. It’s really important to us to recognise the work everyone puts in off-stage as well as in front of our audience!

We thought we’d take a few moments to talk to Matt Burnett on his efforts with one of the stars of our show, member of the City Watch Detritus…

Continue reading “Men at Arms Behind The Scenes – Matt Burnett on Building Detritus, Stone by Stone”

On 20th April, the Peculiars tackled a 5K in Swansea! But it wasn’t just any old 5K, oh no – it was the Gung Ho 5K of massive inflatable obastcles!

A massive thanks to everyone who donated or, or came to cheer us on. Thanks also to our Gung-Ho team, for letting no obstacle stand in their way. We’ve raised a fantastic £425 towards our August production of Terry Pratchett’s ‘Men at Arms’!

Continue reading “Our Gung-Ho challenge raises £425”

Have you got what it takes to bring a show to the stage? We’re now accepting pitches for our Early 2020 and and Summer 2020 shows, so if you’re interested in directing with our talented and exciting amateur company, we want to hear from you.

Written pitches will be followed up by a meeting to discuss your pitch shortly after. If you’re interested in pitching, contact us for more information.

Looking forward to our Pratchett production this Summer and want to get involved? Join us on Wednesday 27th February at the Owain Glyndwr, Tair Pluen at 6:30pm to find out what the production team have in store.

Whether you fancy acting, working backstage, being a creative genius and helping create the Discworld with us or just want to be a part of it, we have a place for you!

Audition and crew applications will be available from Wednesday. To get yours, drop us a line using the form below.

Terry Pratchett’s ‘Men at Arms’, 21st-24th August 2019, The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff

Audition pack requests are now closed. Thank you to everyone that got in touch.

It’s time to get Quizzical for the third Peculiar Quiz! There’ll be some colourful questions, a look back at 2018, and even a round to get you in the festive mood for Christmas! You might need a drink after all of that…

Plus some surprise rounds – but you’ll have to be there to find out more…*.

(*Don’t worry, there isn’t a Sport round. There may be some questions about sport though…)

Teams of up to 5 people, cash prize for the winning team! Don’t have enough for a team? That’s OK – we’ll match you up on the night.

Continue reading “4th December 2018 – Peculiar Quiz 3: Let’s Get Quizzical!”