It's A Mystery

Sun Sep 14 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC+01:00

TQ2 5JE Torquay, United Kingdom | Torquay

International Agatha Christie Festival
Publisher/HostInternational Agatha Christie Festival
It's A Mystery
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“I suppose you’re wondering why I’ve gathered you all here this evening.”
Tim Benzie, award-winning playwright and the acclaimed creator and host of Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote presents his now one-man show, a funny and engrossing deep dive into the enduring appeal of murder mysteries.
The audience are summoned to the drawing room as Tim takes on the role of detective, examining the clues that drew him to the genre as a child, a journey from Scooby Doo and Encyclopaedia Brown, to German mystery-puzzle books via reading the entire works of Agatha Christie as a teenager. Along the way he draws connections between obsessions with detective films, the TV series Murder, She Wrote and his current Solve-Along show.
There is a tenacious theory that in times of societal strife, murder mysteries surge in popularity, and Tim unpacks the notion via stories of his own troubled times, to determine not just why there is a detective in all of us, but ultimately what is the mystery that we’re all trying to solve.
Funny, touching and showcasing the delight in pop culture minutiae that has made Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote a cult hit, It’s a Mystery! will appeal to fans of the genre and anyone who’s ever wondered whodunnit (and why).
It’s a Mystery! has played to critical acclaim at the 2023 and 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Bread and Roses Theatre London in 2024 and will tour Australia in early 2025.
Due to the subject matter, this event is only suitable for those over 16.
The bar at Torquay Museum will be open before and after the performance.
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