Youngsters at this year’s Big Little Theatre Company (BLTC) summer drama school have been having fun with a script straight out of the books of Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh. All 19 cast members were given bespoke roles ahead of the start of the summer school on Monday and each dressed and acted in character. Some 18 clues were buried around Trott’s Garden at the beginning of this week, each shedding a little more light on the murder mystery. The colourful characters in her scripted play include Lady Edna Trott’s gardener, her bumbling doctor, her glamorous daughter and a disgruntled drama teacher who has had her funding pulled. The full play will be re-enacted by the young actors at Trott’s on Friday and only then will Mrs Heffernan reveal who actually murdered Lady Edna Trott.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2021 20:48 UTC