Blue Orange Arts presents –

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band & Charles Dickens: The Signalman – Edinburgh Preview Double Bill

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band

“Oh my God. It was the band. The specked band!”

A dying woman’s mysterious last words and a plea for help from her sister, lead Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to a crumbling country house. How did a young woman die there with no obvious cause of death, and why does her sister believe she will be next? With a seemingly locked room mystery on his hands, Holmes must solve one of the darkest and most baffling cases of his career. Adapted from the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle this is Sherlock Holmes at his finest!

Charles Dickens: The Signalman

Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story. When a traveller chances upon a solitary railway signalman he is drawn into a tale of ghostly premonitions, tragic occurrences and human solitude that echoes the contrasting Victorian feelings towards the nascent railway system.

Published in 1866 Dickens likely based the story on the incident of the Clayton Tunnel crash that occurred 5 years prior, at the time it was the worst accident on the British railway system. A train ran into the back of another inside the tunnel, killing 23 and injuring 176 passengers.

Beware the ringing of the signalman’s bell!

Dates and time of show: 

Saturday 18th – 2.00pm

Saturday 11th – 7.45pm

Ticket price: 

Standard ticket: £15.00

Concession ticket: £13.00

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Running time:

Approximately 1 hour 45 (each play is approximately 45 minutes plus a 15 minute interval)

Terms and Conditions: 

All ticket purchases are final.

The only occasion that we will refund tickets is if we are forced to cancel a performance. On those incredibly rare occasions we will offer a credit note or full refund for the ticket(s) (the customers choice)

Tickets cannot be sold to a third party. Sale of such will render them void.

We will transfer tickets to an alternative showing of the same productions at our discretion and on the following conditions:

Subject to availability (performances that are near to being sold out will not be considered available).

If the customer has informed us at least 24 hours before the original performance.

There will be an administrative charge of £2 per ticket (plus if the cost of the new performance is greater than the previous.)