16 – 20 July
Jason Durr and Ellie Leach lead the cast as brand-new comedy mystery Cluedo 2: The Next Chapter tours to Cheltenham as part of a nationwide tour, with the cast led by Jason Durr (Casualty, Heartbeat) and Ellie Leach (Strictly Come Dancing, Coronation Street). Based on the classic Hasbro board game which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, Cluedo 2 will keep audiences guessing right up to the final moments.
Rock n roll legend Rick Black has not had a hit for years and he’s broke. But as he settles into his brand new, expensive home, Graveny Manor, Rick is desperate to revive his fading career and reclaim his fame and fortune…. and is prepared to do anything to get it back.
Excited to reveal his long-awaited comeback album, Rick has assembled his supermodel wife, The Honourable Emerald Peacock; his manager, Colonel Eugene Mustard, long-time roadie “Professor” Alex Plum, Annabel Scarlett his trusted interior designer and housekeeper Mrs White, who came with house and who knows all its secrets.
But there is still someone missing… Rick’s former song-writing partner “The Reverend” Hal Green, disappeared mysteriously at the same time that Rick’s career went downhill and without him, has Rick still got it?
And where did that butler come from?
As the bodies pile up, Cluedo’s colourful characters – The Honourable Mrs Emerald Peacock, Colonel Eugene Mustard, Professor Alex Plum, Miss Annabel Scarlett, The Reverend Hal Green and the housekeeper Mrs White – move from room to room trying to escape the murderer and survive the night. Budding detectives of all ages, from 8 to 80 and beyond, can watch for the clues and unravel the secrets, as they try to work out whodunnit… with what… and where.
Star of television and stage Jason Durr plays Colonel Mustard. Most recently seen as David Hide in BBC One’s Casualty, a role he played in 200 episodes from 2016 to 2023, audiences will also recognise Jason as the motorbike riding policeman Mike Bradley in ITV’s hugely popular series, Heartbeat, a role he played from 1997 to 2003. He has played guest roles in series ranging from Sharpe to Inspector Morse and Rosamunde Pilcher. Jason also starred as Alex Hartmann in Jupiter Moon for six years from 1990 to 1996. His many stage credits have seen him perform in the West End and on tour nationwide, including previous visits to the Theatre Royal Bath in Little Women in 1989, Macbeth in 1994 and Volcano in 2012.
Ellie Leach – reigning champion of Strictly Come Dancing – makes her stage acting debut as Miss Scarlett in Cluedo 2. Known to millions of television viewers for her role as Faye Windass in ITV’s Coronation Street, during her 13 years on the soap Ellie was involved in many memorable storylines and nominated for numerous acting awards. Last autumn Ellie won the hearts of the nation when she waltzed her way through the much-loved BBC One series, with dance partner Vito, before winning the Glitterball Trophy in December.
The cast of Cluedo 2 is completed by Jack Bennett as Wadsworth, Hannah Boyce as Mrs Peacock, Dawn Buckland as Mrs White, Liam Horrigan as Mr Black, Edward Howells as Professor Plum, Tiwai Muza as PC Silver and Gabriel Paul as Reverend Green, with Kara Alberts-Turner, Audrey Anderson and Henry Lawes.
With an all-new story, written by BAFTA Award winners Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, (Birds of A Feather, Dreamboats and Petticoats) and directed by Mark Bell – director of the original hit UK production of Cluedo and the global phenomenon, The Play That Goes Wrong, Cluedo 2 – The Next Chapter, is a rollocking spoof of a comedy that will keep you guessing right up to the final twist and invites budding detectives of all ages, from 8 to 80 and beyond, to watch for the clues and unravel the secrets, as we all try to work out whodunnit…. with what… and where!!
Set and Costume Design for Cluedo 2 is by David Farley with Lighting by Jason Taylor, Sound by Jon Fiber and Movement Direction by Anna Healey.
Photo credit: Alistair Muir
