TICKETS are still available for the Wellington Theatre Company’s production of But Why Bump Off Barnaby directed by Steph Colman.

This self-proclaimed ‘ridiculously silly murder mystery’ at the Arts Centre in Eight Acre Lane runs until Saturday April 11.

It tells the story of the murder of Barnaby Folcey, a poor relation of the Leducs who has travelled from America to stay with the British aristocrat Orien Leduc, who is rather slow on the uptake.

This lunatic show poses a fascinating mystery. When Barnaby is murdered at a family gathering of disconnected individuals at the crumbling ancestral home Marlgate Manor, it transpires that he had a motive to murder everybody else, but no one had a reason to want him dead.

While the motley grouping including an old, near-sighted governess Miss Barnsdale, a middle-aged Hollywood actress Cleo Barton, temptress Rosalind Barstow on the search for a rich husband, and adorable young dimwit Dora Gunstock all frantically try to unmask the murderer, people vanish, poison is found in the sherry, and the police take forever to arrive.

Meanwhile, there's a secret treasure to be found, a mystifying limerick to decode, and all sorts of doom to be avoided before the killer is finally unmasked.

The book by Samuel French is adapted to stage by Rick Abbot, one of many pen names for prolific American playwright Jack Sharkey. He wrote his first stage comedy in 1965 in New York and continued to write under four different pen names until his death in 1992.

The play last 90 minutes and is appropriate for all ages. Tickets can be book via www.ticketsource.co.uk/.../but-why-bump.../e-ogqyaj with shows starting at 7.30pm, and a matinee on Saturday, April 11, at 2.30pm.

For enquiries, contact 01823 240063.