The storyline of this 2022 musical centres on serial killings by “the Hull decapitator” and features an onstage beheading (shown in shadow play). News from Israel was filtering through as the audience gathered for the press night of its Manchester opening early last week. When terrible things happen, we want to respond appropriately. Sometimes, that means keeping on sharing the joys of life.
Best friends Kathy (Bronté Barbé) and Stella (Rebekah Hinds) deliver a weekly true-crime podcast from Kathy’s mum’s garage in Beverley (no hills – near Hull – nuff said!). It’s the only bright spot in lives marked by humorous self-deprecation and (not always) quiet desperation, until a world-renowned American true-crime author and broadcaster, Felicia Taylor (Jodie Jacobs), is murdered while visiting the area. The pair seize their opportunity to achieve fame and fortune: they will solve the crime!
