Marie Cooper performing as Ann Wingate in Stewart Burke’s ‘Murder in Neighbour Watch’ at Great Hall Theatre at the Assembly House in Norwich, Oct – Nov 2019
Ann gave up her career as a travel courier to become the dutiful headmaster’s wife to her husband, Andrew. Ann felt stifled to have settled in the village of West Lynstead, near Worthing, with its coffee mornings full of gossips and people in and out of each others’ houses.
She returns from three months away on holiday in New Zealand visiting her parents, to find that village life has been turned upside down by a murder in local woodland.
Feedback following the performances was positive. There were some funny moments at the start of the play and the cast worked incredibly well to bring the characters to life.
Audiences seemed to enjoy it, discussing who they thought had committed the murder during the interval. I did not enjoy the play, in and of itself, but I did like pushing myself out of my comfort zone in terms of line-learning once again and the challenge of the emotions that Ann is put through when she returns home.
Trust Sandra! 
Murder is hardly a circus Andrew 
I’ll be back on Monday 
Tell me why! 
Why does it matter to you so much Andrew? 
Why Andrew, for God’s sake. 
I want to hear what he has to say. 
Were you in love with her? 
He says you were lovers. 
I wonder why. 
We won’t talk about that now. 
I refuse to be part of it.
Photographs were taken by Andrew Cliffe of Norwich Photo
