Who Killed Gertrude Crump?
A One-Woman Haunted House Murder Mystery Puppet Show
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Agatha Christie returns from the dead to perform a one-woman haunted house murder mystery puppet show. World-famous mystery author Gertrude Crump has been murdered… mysteriously! As the characters investigate, accuse, suspect, confess, plot, flash-back and engage in general hubbub, the audience is tasked with answering one simple question: Who Killed Gertrude Crump? All the clues are there… Nominated for multiple Jessie awards, this is a whodunnit of epic proportions… told with puppets.
As the characters investigate, accuse, suspect, confess, plot, flash-back and engage in general hubbub, the audience is charged with the task of answering one simple question: Who Killed Gertrude Crump?
“…the most impressive acting feat in the festival!” ★★★★★-Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press
“A standing ovation followed Travis’ tour-de-force performance.”- ★★★★★ London Free Press
Credits:
Puppets and set created by Dusty Hagerüd and Tara Travis
Original Score by Drew Jurecka and Robbie Grunwald
Lighting design by Keagan Elrick
2018 Jessie Award Nominations:
Outstanding Performance
Outstanding Direction
Outstanding Production
Significant Artistic Achievement for Puppet Design and Performance.
Agatha Christie Returns from the Dead to perform a Puppet Show.
From the team that brought you Til Death, The Shakespeare Show, No Tweed Too Tight, and the Jessie Award-winning The Little Prince. Who Killed Gertrude Crump? is a plot-twist-a-minute puppet caper presented by the Vancouver International Puppet Festival’s HomeGrown Series.
It’s New Year’s Eve 1899. One by one, an enigmatic cast of characters arrive by boat to the haunting and isolated Monkswell Manor. That night, famous murder mystery author Gertrude Crump is murdered… mysteriously! No one can leave until the truth is uncovered.
As the characters investigate, accuse, suspect, confess, plot, flash-back and engage in general hubbub, the audience is charged with the task of answering one simple question: Who Killed Gertrude Crump?
“…the most impressive acting feat in the festival!” ★★★★★-Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press
“A standing ovation followed Travis’ tour-de-force performance.”- ★★★★★ London Free Press
Written and Directed by Ryan Gladstone
Performed by Tara Travis
Puppets created by Dusty Hagerud
Sound design by Robbie Grunwald with Drew Jurecka
First created 2014
Toured 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020