Murder by Word

Anna Wishart (07Mar14): 5***** Review of MURDER by Word "This play's a Dead Cert" by Humph Hack for remotegoat on 27/02/14 News of a new play by Malvern based Nick Wilkes, always whets my appetite. I have followed his career over the last few years with increasing enthusiasm. As I have written before, “I am a fan” – not to say that everything he has written has been universally outstanding. This offering, “MURDER by Word” definitely is one of his best; possibly the best, I have experienced….and believe me, this was an experience. From the very beginning the audience at the Studio Theatre, part of the Everyman in Cheltenham, were enthralled. Most murder mysteries don’t start with a murder before we get to know anything at all about the victim, but then nothing about this exciting play was predictable. The twists and turns were ever more unbelievable, but before the night was out, everything made perfect sense. Nick has often appeared in his own plays, never with a better outcome than when playing this immoral, or is it a