“This is impossible! We’ve got no motives. No suspects. We don’t know anything. Who knew solving a murder would be so hard?”
KATHY & STELLA SOLVE A MURDER!
A comedy musical about two true crime podcasters thrust into a thrilling whodunnit of their own.
Music, lyrics, arrangements and musical direction by MFJ.
Book and lyrics by Jon Brittain.
Direction by Jon Brittain & Fabian Aloise.
Produced by Francesca Moody, Kater Gordon, Fiery Angel & Wessex Grove.
Published by Bloomsbury.
PERFORMANCES:
Edinburgh Paines Plough Roundabout at Summerhall (2022)
Edinburgh Underbelly (2023)
Bristol Old Vic (2023)
Manchester HOME (2023)
London Ambassadors Theatre (2024)
☆ Winner, Musical Theatre Review Award for Best Musical
☆ Winner, Theatre Weekly Award for Best Musical
☆ Pick of the Fringe MusicalTalk
☆ Best Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe The Stage
“Terrific… painfully funny” ★★★★★ Arts Desk
“I defy you not to fall in love with it” ★★★★★ The i
“Brilliantly joyful” ★★★★ Evening Standard
“Catchy songs and witty, perceptive lines” ★★★★ Financial Times
“Lightning music and lyrics… packed with artistry” ★★★★ The Guardian
“Fast-paced, clever, funny and bang up to date” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“Not only packed with super songs but fabulously underscored too… The style, speed and overall playfulness is irresistible” Musical Theatre Review
“One of the big success stories at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a bona fide hit during a tricky year when the fringe was still in recovery mode… a big, warm-hearted show at a time when people needed just that” The Stage
“Something good is happening when a young group, outside the established and celebrated mainstream, get together and make a show on the fringes, daring to be different, facing the perils of launching it down the slipway to fill the stalls with surprised glee” Libby Purves, Theatrecat
Images by Mihaela Bodlovic & Pamela Raith featuring Bronté Barbé, Rebekah Hinds, Imelda Warren-Green, Elliot Broadfoot, Hannah-Jane Fox, Jodie Jacobs, TJ Lloyd, Ben Redfern, Elliotte Williams-N’Dure, Jacob Kohli & Sarah Pearson.