Tabs Productions and the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, are delighted to announce the welcome return of The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season 2025 this August.
Now in its 38th season, the Theatre Royal’s much-loved repertory season of comedy murder mysteries and classic psychological thrillers opens on Tuesday 12 August and runs for three weeks until Saturday 30 August.
Karen Henson, who co-produces the season for Tabs Productions, said:
“If you want laughs, thrills, and shocks, don’t miss this year’s Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season. After the huge success of last year’s Murdered To Death, bumbling, hilarious Inspector Pratt is back to try and solve Death By Fatal Murder. Ira Levin’s ingenious Deathtrap follows on the critical acclaim of last year’s Veronica’s Room. And who could resist the intrigue of the West End hit The Business Of Murder where nothing – absolutely nothing – is what it seems!”
Tue 12 – Sat 16 August
Death By Fatal Murder
by Peter Gordon
By arrangement with Josef Weinberger
Inspector Pratt’s record of crime detection at Bagshot House is not enviable. In his previous visits the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on, helpless and hopeless. Now he’s back and as usual, chaos reigns supreme. Pratt is soon embroiled in another murder mystery, aided and abetted by the redoubtable Miss Maple, Constable Thomkins, upper-crust Ginny, Italian gigolo Enzo and Welsh clairvoyant Blodwyn Morgan!
Tue 19 – Sat 23 August
Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
By arrangement with Creative Artists Agency
In Ira Levin’s classic comedic thriller, a struggling playwright, Sidney Bruhl, invites former student, Clifford Anderson into his home to discuss a script that Clifford had sent him. Desperate for a hit play, after a number of his recent works have flopped, Sidney hatches a plot to steal the brilliant new script, but as the meeting spirals out of control, a deadly game of deception and betrayal begins.
Tue 26 – Sat 30 August
The Business of Murder
By Richard Harris
By arrangement with The Agency (London) Limited
The time: 1981
The cast: A detective, a playwright and the man who’s brought them together. They are all it would seem in the same business … The Business of Murder.
Richard Harris (Stepping Out and Outside Edge) brings us a classic psychological thriller: where nothing is as it seems and the finale is as unexpected, elegant, and satisfying as you would expect from one of our most successful crime writers.
The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season is sponsored by Smooth Radio.
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season 2025
Theatre Royal Nottingham
Death by Fatal Murder: Tuesday 12 to Saturday 16 August
Deathtrap: Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 August
The Business of Murder: Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 August
Tue-Fri 7.30pm, Wed matinee 2pm, Sat 3pm & 6pm
Tickets £19.50 to £34 plus discounts for multibuy packages, Members*, Under 26s, and Groups
www.trch.co.uk Box Office 0115 989 5555
Age Guidance 12+
*Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham Membership scheme offers benefits including ticket discounts and exclusive pre-sales. For more information, please visit www.trch.co.uk/membership
Posted on 21 July 2025
