The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes review – strange things afoot in gag-laden crime convention caper

Grosvenor Park, ChesterThe debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will SurviveWe think we are here to see how playwright Molly Taylor has paid tribute to the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, but it turns out we are actually the audience at CrimeCon, a fan convention for lovers of detective fiction. Today’s special guest is Dr Jo Watson (a perky Alyce Liburd), here to be interviewed about her latest book. This being 2025, a podcaster is keeping track of it all.Chester is some distance from 221B Baker Street, something Taylor’s gag-laden script draws attention to with the arrival of a metropolitan Sherlock Holmes (a loose-limbed Ethan Reid) who, despite his love of travel, holds these northern parts in low regard. He has shown up to lend Watson support after the theft of a painting from Eaton Hall, seat of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster (Eddy Westbury and Hannah Baker struggling to remember what the heirloom actually looked like). Continue reading...

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