Shows :: Spider's Web

A production by Theatre Group 

Performance Dates 29th October 2025 19:30 30th October 2025 19:30 31st October 2025 19:30 1st November 2025 17:00   Venue The Annex (Arts H)

Additional Dates
Get-in:	26th October 2025 10:00
Technical Rehearsal:	27th October 2025 18:00
Dress Rehearsal:	28th October 2025 18:00
Production Team
Technical Directors:	James Alcock
	Aaron Chamberlain

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Agatha Christie's "Spider's Web" is TG's Halloween slot for 2025 and the first full show of the academic year! A great opportunity for freshers to get involved with a full show process and come see how it all works.

Synopsis: Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live drama much harder to cope with. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband arrives with an important politician, she enlists the help of her guests.
Themes: Mystery/Detective/Thriller/Comedy

Content warnings:

• Mild Adult Themes (Alcohol and Gambling)
• Murder and References to Death
• Onstage Violence (Throat Grabbing)
• Hysteria/Screaming
• Mentions of Drug Use
• Brief Mention of Violence against Women
• Brief reference to suicide
• Depictions of corpse

Lighting:
Colours: White, Orange, Red, Blue
Themes: Mystery, Dark, Detective
Locations: In a 50’s living room
We would also like to have a static light facing at the desk
And UV lighting for one scene (POTENTIALLY)

Followspot: Yes
Hazer: Yes
Fogger: No
Intelligent Lights: No

Sound effects:

• Thunder
• Sound of hitting someone on the head with a stick
• Door bell
• Telephone ring
• Door slamming

Set design:



Stage Type: Raise and big flats
Raise: Diagram above (the raise is 6ft - the raise covers the whole back of the stage, square deck in front next to treads)
Large Props:

• Secret drawer in the desk (a drawer that pops out with a switch - challenging, so no need to do this if not possible)
• Secret door behind the desk (Just a regular door with shelves built on it so that it doesn’t look like a door)
• Door on upstage left under deck

Movement of Large Props:No

H&S Hazards:
Heavy: Sofa, Table, Desk
Sharps: Gardening tool
Liquids: Glasses of blackcurrant juice, Bottle with apple juice in
Cryo: None
Pyro (incl. Naked flames): Electric radiator (but doesn’t need to be turned on)
Stunts/Stage Violence: Throat grabbing, Falling onto the floor
Will anyone be barefoot or without shoes on stage? NO

Directors:

• Nick Skordellis (he/him)
• Jessica Scott (she/her/any)
• James Stark (he/him)

Head of Department Sign-Ups

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