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Lullabies of Broadmoor: The Murder Club
Venue: C venues - C
Where: Edinburgh
Date Reviewed: 7 August 2011
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The Murder Club is just one of the four linked plays that Bristol-based Stepping Out Theatre are presenting in rep at this year's Fringe. The season tells the stories of five of Broadmoor's most notorious patients, exploring the madness behind their crimes and the effects of their actions on their victims.

The Murder Club takes as its subjects Ronald True, the small-time swindler who bludgeoned prostitute Olive Young to death with a rolling pin, and Richard Prince, the unsuccessful actor who killed stage star William Terriss in a fit of jealous rage. The play is engagingly narrated from beyond the grave by Young, who stops and starts the action as she pleases to reveal ugly truths about True and Prince, as well as as some enthralling and gruesome details of her own death.

The cast are an able bunch, but Violet Ryder, who plays Young, is without doubt the best thing about this show. Her heartrending speeches lighten the rest of the piece, which although absorbing, too often crosses the line into melodrama.

- by Jo Caird

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	I agree with Jo Caird that Violet Ryder is the standout peformer in this company (I saw two of the four plays). She has a real presence and, given the good to high levels of competence of the other actors, this is most notable. There were times when I couldn't take my eyes off of her, hanging on her words. I would take issue with Jo's criticism of the plays veering in to melodrama. They undoubtedly do this, but I felt that this was entirely in keeping with the spirit of the peformances. A most engaging, informative and enjoyable series of plays. - Robert Black	21 Aug 11

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