The Experimental Theatre Club in Oxford is prone to choosing challenging plays, and their latest choice is no different . . . Helen and Danny are a young couple, quietly celebrating the news that they’re expecting their second child, when Helen’s brother Liam arrives in their home covered in blood. He tells the story of how he discovered a lad injured in the street, and the couple offer to help him, but as the play unravels they begin to realise that Liam’s account of the evening might not be entirely accurate . . .

Playwright Alex Dennison is a man on a mission. The woman he loved and planned to marry, actress Monica Welles, was found dead ten stories below her balcony a year ago, within a few hours after her opening night as the lead in his latest play. Was this an unfortunate and sorry suicide? Case closed. Or not? Dennison hasn’t let go of the idea she was murdered. But what lengths will he go to in order to prove it?

While not perhaps making a comeback at least there are those who are making a worthy attempt to keep the flag (and the feathers) flying for burlesque. Missy Malone is one . . .