Dying for Christmas (2016)
| Play dates | 8 & 9 March 2016 |
About
“Dying for Christmas” is inspired by the novels of Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime. The story was created in a process new to the Company: a brainstorm session with 15 people led to a basic plan for plot, characters and murder methods, all of which were finetuned by the ‘creative team’: ca. 12 people providing input into story and production aspects. From the creative team, Floor Veldmeijer and Tommie van Wanrooij were selected as script writers and Sanne Akkermans, Hajco Bodewes and Menno Riemen oversee the design aspects (stage, costumes and props) of the production.
In March 2016 we hope to welcome you to the Grant Island Hotel in which our cast will no longer look like Cobbenhagen students, but shady and/or glamourous 1930s characters!
Plot
Christmas, 1937: a group of very diverse guests find themselves at the Grant Island Hotel on a small island off the southern English coast. Some of them appear to have some secrets in their past and that may be the reason why the hapless hotel owner, Charles Grant, is found murdered in his bed on Christmas morning.
Two crime writers, Helen Carter and Thomas Lockwood, who happen to spend their Christmas holiday in the hotel, are asked by Mrs Robson, the housekeeper, to begin the investigation until the moment the police can be alerted – the phone lines have been cut.
None of the guests seem to have a motive to kill Grant, until Helen and Thomas stumble across clues to a sinister conspiracy…
Galleries
Tech Rehearsal - set 1
Portretten
Dying for Christmas - Achter de schermen
Videos
Cast & Crew
The Cast
| The Writers | |
| Helen Carter | Bente van Vastenhoven |
| Thomas Lockwood | Hajco Bodewes |
| The Hotel Staff | |
| Charles Grant | Nick Notenboom |
| Mrs Robson | Floor Veldmeijer |
| Billy | Jorn de Vos |
| Philip, the handyman | Bart Slenders |
| The Suspect Guests | |
| Catherine Beaumont | Lotje Diepstraten |
| Isabella Beaumont | Danique Crestian |
| James Bennett | Emilio Haumahu |
| Major Anthony Hastings | Tommie van Wanrooij |
| Madama Galimatías | Maryem Lhajoui |
| Lizzy Thornton | Jet Nitsche |
| The Unsuspecting Guests | |
| Olivia Quinn | My-Y Trinh |
| Miss Jane Abbott | Renée Gommers |
| George Smith | Senn van de Sande |
| Winifred Smith | Shania van der Ven |
| Professor Gruberg | Jasper van Tongeren |
| Michelle Warren | Cindy van Miltenburg |
The Crew
| Director | Thessa van Aerde |
| Written by | Floor Veldmeijer & Tommie van Wanrooij |
| Creative Team |
Sanne Akkermans, Hajco Bodewes, Nejra Cantro, Renée Gommers, Emilio Haumahu, Jet Nitsche, Menno Riemen, Senn van de Sande, Bente van Vastenhoven, Floor Veldmeijer, Tommie van Wanrooij |
| Stage design & props |
Hajco Bodewes, Menno Riemen, Ton Sips Tim Nonnekes, Sanne Akkermans Bram Pulles, Marinus Horsten |
| Costumes, hair & make-up |
Sanne Akkermans Joan Bosveld, Melissa Tasdelen Roos Anemaat, Rafaela Eftimie Janine van Oers |
| PR |
Nejra Cantro, Jorn de Vos Jasmine Boor, Sau-Yon Kan, Dominique Schuurmans, Robyn Coeshott |
| Poster design | Bente van Vastenhoven, Marwan Lesteluhu, Alptekin Elver |