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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Curtis

Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! at Ambassadors Theatre review: a slapdash spoof of the true crime genre

Perhaps there is a God, I thought, as this oafish musical was cancelled due to an onstage flood halfway through its original press night.

But here it is again: a slapdash spoof of the true crime genre – and of the more sinister growth in amateur sleuthing – that knowingly asks you to laugh along with its ridiculous storyline, feckless lead characters and bland, belted-out score.

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