News — sherlock holmes plays

We caught up with Orlando Pearson after the performance of 'A Scandal In Nova Alba' at Undershaw. We talk Shakespeare, Sherlock and how he picks his storylines. Orlando has five collections of stories published so far, several of which are being transformed into plays (Orlando's Books). The video of the performance is available on the MX site - Sherlock and Shakespeare.  

"Back in March I was sceptical when I learned of a play that was about tour the north-west: “Somewhere between the fact and the fiction Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest creation stole the soul of Jeremy Brett, the actor who would become the embodiment of the Baker Street Sleuth. The Curse of Sherlock Holmes follows Jeremy as he fights for his sanity… his life.” I don’t know how it came across in performance, but the published script by Dhanil Ali (MX Publishing, 2013) is thought provoking and dramatic, without being unnecessarily sensational. Since the protagonist is Jeremy Brett, however, the disclaimer: “All...