The Accused – theSpace at Surgeons’ Hall
After taking our seats in the performance space we waited in spooky red light, listening to eerie music, knocking and screams. So the mood was set – for murder!
Daniel Hindley is on trial for the murder of pretty young thing Samantha Sutcliffe (names sound familiar?), after she stole the starring role in a show in which he had been promised the lead. After the charges have been read in the court, we see in flashback, various key moments leading up to the awful crime, although stopping short of revealing the actual killer. That’s up to the jury to decide. Before the case was presented, members of the audience had to look under our seats to discover if we had been selected for jury duty in the form of the presence, or not, of a paddle with “G” on one side...