‘Tis the season of Grove Theatre drama in Dunstable

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DRAMA season

The Grove Theatre, Dunstable

Various days

SUSPENSE and intrigue is the order of the day this month at the Grove Theatre as its drama season opens.

Starting on April 23 with James Cawood’s tense thriller, Stone Cold Murder, spine-tingling productions will be making its way to Dunstable to provide what should be good nights out for family and friends.

In Stone Cold Murder, Olivia and Robert, owners of a secluded hotel are enjoying the success of their first season when things take a sinister turn.

Their bliss is disrupted by the arrival of a rugged hiker seeking shelter and as the evening unfolds, it becomes clear that the hiker’s presence in the desolate spot is anything but a coincidence.

The play stars Freya Copeland (Emmerdale), Gary Turner (Emmerdale) and David Callister (The Bill).

Stone Cold Murder is followed by Arnold Ridley’s classic comedy thriller The Ghost Train, which hits the stage on May 28.

The story is about a group of stranded travellers who chance upon a remote railway station but then soon find that all is not what it appears to be.

They meet the station master who warns them of a ghostly train that haunts the line and if anyone sets eyes upon it, they’re doomed.

After this follows Alan Ayckbourn’s comic play Table Manners on June 25, which depicts the interplay between an extended family whose members simultaneously despise each other and can’t get enough of each other.

Central to these relationships is Norman, who needs desperately to be needed…by anyone, especially his career-obsessed wife Ruth.

It stars Anna Brecon and David Callister (Emmerdale) and Marcus Hutton (Brookside).

Tickets cost £18 and can be purchased by calling 01582 602080 or visiting the Grove online at grovetheatre.co.uk