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MURDER BALLAD!

PRESENTED BY HOT COUSIN
Celebrate Christmas with a murder. Hot Cousin will send an advent calendar of clues straight to your phone

In 1923 Agatha Christie perfected the murder mystery. In 2023 Hot Cousin will butcher it. 

Over the festive period, the audience will piece together an online collage of clues and become central characters in the story. 

This ode to Agatha Christie in a digital space exploits the short form nature of social media to serve daily doses of high camp crime. Loosely inspired by The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Christie’s own disappearance and true crime culture, Murder Ballad! asks; what can the internet bring to solving a mystery? How can we unite across the globe to become Hercule Poirot? And WHO THE BLOODY HELL DUNNIT? 

Murder Ballad! will contain: internet drama, camp restagings, testimonials, thinly veiled political satire, memes, live stream arguments, deep dives, surreal response videos, audio walks and murder. A lot of murder. 

Audience members will act as detectives from their own bedrooms…

3-24 DEC
ONLINE
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
£3 | £4.50 | £6

MURDER BALLAD!

PRESENTED BY HOT COUSIN
Celebrate Christmas with a murder. Hot Cousin will send an advent calendar of clues straight to your phone

In 1923 Agatha Christie perfected the murder mystery. In 2023 Hot Cousin will butcher it. 

Over the festive period, the audience will piece together an online collage of clues and become central characters in the story. 

This ode to Agatha Christie in a digital space exploits the short form nature of social media to serve daily doses of high camp crime. Loosely inspired by The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Christie’s own disappearance and true crime culture, Murder Ballad! asks; what can the internet bring to solving a mystery? How can we unite across the globe to become Hercule Poirot? And WHO THE BLOODY HELL DUNNIT? 

Murder Ballad! will contain: internet drama, camp restagings, testimonials, thinly veiled political satire, memes, live stream arguments, deep dives, surreal response videos, audio walks and murder. A lot of murder. 

Audience members will act as detectives from their own bedrooms…

3 DEC
ONLINE
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
£3 | £4.50 | £6

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Concessions

Concessions apply to students, under-18s, over-60s and more. For more info on our concession policy click here→

Accessibility

All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.

Ticket Collection

We operate a paperless box office system. You will be emailed a receipt once you have booked in advance. There is no need to print this off, just state your name at the box office on arrival.

Content Warnings

Contains staged violence, strong language 

Find out more here.

Age Recommendation

12+

Duration

Online uploads, 5 mins per day for two weeks & 1h30m online performance