Blue Orange Arts presents –

Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue

As Part of Birmingham Fest

The original detective story.

Two women are found brutally murdered in their Parisian home in the Rue Morgue – one body, virtually decapitated, the other thrust head downwards up a chimney. The Police, baffled by the apparent lack of any possible egress by the killers, strange voices heard just after the blood curling screams of the women and the lack of a motive – not for the murders themselves but for the savage nature of the crime – arrest a seemingly innocent man. In steps C. August Dupin, to investigate the seemingly impossible events.

In Dupin, Edgar Alan Poe created the first modern detective that all others were based including: Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, Miss Marple and even Jessica Fletcher.

In steps C August Dupin, who Arthur Conan Doyle would go on to base Sherlock Holmes, to investigate the seemingly impossible events.

Written by Mark Webster based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe

Dates and time of show: 

Friday 12th July – 7.00pm

Saturday 13th July – 7.00pm

Running Time

Approximately 50 minutes

Ticket price: 

Standard ticket: £9.00

Concession ticket: £7.00