By Billy van Zandt
and Jane Milmore
18 – 21 June 2025
Sheffield University Drama Studio
Shearwood Road, S10 2TD
Drop Dead! is the murder mystery Agatha Christie wished she’d written — brought to life by Broadway titan Victoria Le Pewe, director of Amarillo Galileo and Life Beneath the Roses. Le Pewe is back on form after her musical tsunami comedy Wave Goodbye to Daddy tragically failed to last beyond its opening night, refreshed and invigorated from her subsequent stay at Sunshine Meadows rest home and secure unit.
Mona Monet, jewel in the crown of 90s daytime TV, glitters once again as Bette Barrington. Multiple award nominee Brent Reynolds brings Alexander Barrington to life as only he can. And the venerable Constance Crawford delivers an unforgettable Lady Barrington, in what very well might be the last performance of her esteemed career! Introducing British ingenue Candy Apples as the new Lady Penelope, Alexander’s new wife, and Chaz Looney as Drools the butler. Hal Holst is in it too.
How will they all cope now that Daddy’s gone? Will they ever be able to eat Gouda again? And did someone say it looks like snow??
It’s sure to be murder!
Directed by Hollie Warman and Lily Luty
Running time: around 1 hour and 50 minutes (including 20 minute interval).
This amateur production of “Drop Dead!” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Current season
Spring: 5–8 March 2025
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
From the novel by Douglas Adams
Written by James Goss and Arvind Ethan David
Directed by Monica Gallo and Mark Todd
Summer: 18–21 June 2025
Drop Dead!
Written by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore
Directed by Hollie Warman and Lily Luty
Autumn: 8–11 October 2025
Titus Andronicus
Written by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Luke Mosley
Directed by Luke Mosley and Ed Bancroft
Photo by Mark Todd
Upcoming season
Spring 2026
The Picture of Dorian Gray
From the novel by Oscar Wilde
Adapted by George Shore
Directed by George Shore and Mark Todd
Summer 2026
Blood Wedding
From the play by Federico García Lorca
Adapted by Ed Bancroft
Directed by Ed Bancroft
Autumn 2026
The Turning at Bly Manor
Based on the works of Henry James
Adapted by Sam Islam
Directed by Monica Gallo and Erin Whyte
Where do we perform?
We don’t have a fixed location, but we perform at The Drama Studio, University of Sheffield, Shearwood Road, Sheffield, S10 2TD. The main entrance is at the front on Glossop Road.