Langham Court enters scary season with a whodunit Ravenscroft, which opens Thursday at Victoria's Langham Court Theatre, combines slapstick and a few red herrings, among other staples of the murder-mystery genre. Mike Devlin Sep 26, 2024 4:30 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message James Johnson, left, and Lexi Redman are among the cast of Ravenscroft, which opens Thursday at Langham Court Theatre. KATHY MACOVICHUK Listen to this article 00:04:31 RAVENSCROFT Where: 805 Langham Court, Victoria When: Sept.
25-Oct. 13 Tickets: $19-$26 from langhamtheatre.ca At the turn of the 1990s, straightforward dramas like Dancing at Lughnasa and heartfelt comedies à la Lost in Yonkers — not crafty whodunits like Don Nigro’s Ravenscroft — were winning Tony Awards by the bushel.
But the latter play has come roaring back into fashion, largely due to the silver screen success of 2019’s Knives Out , a sharply-written yarn that earned an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. The cat-and-mouse mystery, starring Daniel Craig, was named by the Writers Guild of America as one of the 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far), and produced two high-profile movie sequels. Better still, it renewed interested in work by mystery authors like Agatha Christie, the best-selling fiction writer of all time.
Christie is a clear source of inspiration for Nigro, and the style she pioneered is alive and well in Ravenscroft .
