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A Killer Party murder mystery musical final casting and first look revealed

The show will be available later this month

Jason Manford
Jason Manford
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Final casting and first look images have been revealed for A Killer Party.

Ben Forster (Jesus Christ Superstar) will complete the cast of the piece, which premieres later this month.

Lucas Rush
Lucas Rush
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Rachel Tucker
Rachel Tucker
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Debbie Kurup
Debbie Kurup
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Oscar Conlon-Morrey
Oscar Conlon-Morrey
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Appearing in the episodic piece are Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Only Fools and Horses, Nativity The Musical) as Shea Crescendo, Debbie Kurup (The Prince of Egypt, Sweet Charity) as Vivika Orsonwelles, comedian, actor and presenter Jason Manford (Curtains, Sweeney Todd, The Producers) as Varthur McArthur, Cedric Neal (The Voice, Motown The Musical) as George Murderer, Amara Okareke (Les Misérables, The Boyfriend) as Lily Wright, Lucas Rush (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Les Misérables) as Clarke Staples, Emma Salvo (Come From Away, The Toxic Avenger) as Justine Case, Ashley Samuels (Motown The Musical, The Book of Mormon) as Cameron Mitchelljohn, Harriet Thorpe (Wicked, Les Misérables) as Detective Case and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away, Songs From a New World) as Joan McArthur.

Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe
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Emma Salvo
Emma Salvo
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Cedric Neal
Cedric Neal
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Directed by Benji Sperring (The Toxic Avenger), the piece has a book by Rachel Axler (The Daily Show), music by Jason Howard (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and lyrics by Nathan Tysen. It has musical supervision by Nick Barstow, design by Zahra Mansouri, cinematography by Click Boom and casting by Jane Deitch. The full series costs £25, with £2.99 per episode. It will now be presented from 26 April to 23 May.

Amara Okereke
Amara Okereke
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A Killer Party is produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, Tanisha Spring for Blue Mahoe Productions and Ilai Szpiezak. It follows a group of actors who discover that one of their party has died.

Benji Sperring directing
Benji Sperring directing
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