Mindgame (Modern Playwrights) (Oberon Modern Plays)

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He goes on to say , "Richard Baron's production, wittily designed by Ken Harrison, combines efficient slasher thrills 'n' chills with outbreaks of pitch-black humour. In fact I wrote my first book when I was ten, stuck in a miserable, north London boarding school where reading and telling stories were my only lifeline. Mindgame premiered at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester on 2 September 1999, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End in 2000. Another run of performances took place at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 2018, following a UK tour.

It feels as if Horowitz's has written this thriller without any thought of 'real' mystery and surprise.He is desperate to see Easterman, and suggests that he wore a strait-jacket to keep him from damaging anything. There were eleven more books in the series - the latest, Never Say Die, was published in 2017 - and they are now being developed for TV. Theatrical thrillers are damn hard to get right - that's why there are so few really top notch ones (Sleuth, Deathtrap, The Mousetrap). Unfortunately, the mystery and tense moments never really emerged, mainly because the plot and the idiosyncratic behaviour of the characters were just not believable.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.If you are considering staging this play you need to bear in mind that performers, directors and audiance will either love it or hate it - nothing in between. A lot of this seems to be included for shock value, without much understanding of how psychiatric institutions actually operate. This dark comedy was the perfect antidote for me personally after beginning and discarding five books in a row (maybe more). Mindgame is a play written by Anthony Horowitz that is closely tied to one of his books: the twist of a knife. Recently revived in 2016 as part of the Theatre Royal Nottingham’s thriller season, Mindgame later embarked on a limited national tour.