Mind-bending psychological thriller on stage at the Theatre Royal

A mind-bending psychological thriller from the pen of Anthony Horowitz, Mindgame comes to the Theatre Royal, in Bury St Edmunds, this March.

When a writer of pulp crime novels gets an interview with a notorious serial killer he believes he has snared the coup of his career but when he arrives at the asylum he finds nothing can be trusted, not even his own eyes.

Mark Styler has no idea what he’s walking into when he goes to meet ‘Easterman’, first he will have to get past Dr Farquhar, the quixotic head of Fairfields – the asylum where Easterman is kept. Mark soon discovers that nothing is what it seems. Who is the mysterious Borson? Where did he get the meat in the fridge? And why isn’t the skeleton in the closet?

Written by Anthony Horowitz, creator of Foyles War, the BBC’s New Blood, Alex Rider, the Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty and the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis. Anthony is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK having written over 40 books, he is also responsible for creating and writing some of the UKs most beloved and successful television series including Midsomer Murders.

Mindgame stars Michael Sherwin (The Phantom of the Opera, The Mousetrap) as Dr Farquhar, Andrew Ryan (Arsenic And Old Lace, The Ghost Train) as Mark Styler and Sarah Wynne Kordas (Treasure Island, Frankenstein) as Paisley and is being staged from Thursday to Saturday, March 22 to 24.

Tickets are on sale at the Box Office, call 01284 769505, book online at www.theatreroyal.org or visit the theatre in person.

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