Park Theatre

The Park Theatre’s beloved series of spoof murder mysteries – which put a different, unrehearsed celebrity guest at the centre of the action each night – returns for its third iteration. Following the original, county house-set ‘Whodunnit’ and the cruise ship-located ‘Whodunnit 2’, number three is set on that most Agatha Christie-friendly form of transport, a train. Amongst the vast numbers of celebrity guests – remember, only one per night, and they only do it once – highlights of the new intake are Benedict Cumberbatch, Beverley Knight, Adrian Lester, Brian Cox and Jodie Whittaker. You’ll only find out once the show starts, though as in previous years you are guaranteed to get a pre-recorded Ian McKellen. Tickets aren’t cheap but it serves as a fundraiser for the theatre; £15 standing tickets are released every day at 10am for that day’s performances.

A suddenly single dating app developer tries out her own algorithms in a satire on online dating that self-describes as ‘a bisexual Bridget Jones’. Written and perfotrmed by Sadie Clarke, it’s directed by Madelaine Moore.

Patrick Myles writes and adapts this new stage adaptation of Gogol’s classic satire about a smalltime crook masquerading as… a government inspector, who dupes the corrupt officials of a small town into laying out the red carpet for him. ‘Ghosts’ stars Kiell Smith-Bynoe plays the conman – here dubbed Percy Fopdoodle – while Dan Skinner (best known for his comic alter ego Angelos Epithemiou) plays the town magistrate Governor Swashprattle.  

Israeli actress, writer and composer Ofra Daniel makes her UK debut at the head of the cast for her own musical inspired by the titular erotic Old Testament poem. She plays a young wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who embarks upon a passionate love affair.

In Arzhang Pezhman’s dark comedy, Iraqi Kurd Rebin has been stuck in the UK immigration system for ten years, and has become deeply cynical about it and the stream of newcomers who’ve managed to gain indefinite leave to remain by boasting of improbable heroics. But his life is shaken up when his boss proposes using his carwash business as a front for a human trafficking organisation.