Sherlock Holmes' greatest adventure comes to life in a new radio theatre experience.

Veni Vidi Theatre Company presents Sherlock Holmes’ greatest mystery The Hound Of The Baskervilles in a new ‘radio theatre’ format. Adapted for stage the production runs at Theatro Technis from 15 to 20 August 2011.

Inspired by the infamous radio broadcasts of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre Company of the late 1930’s, a small company of actors will bring to life a multitude of characters whilst using an array of sound foley props, to produce every sound effect live on stage.

This new re-imaging will be a re-enactment of what live radio broadcasts may have been like. Audiences will be invited to immerse themselves completely in this radio theatre experience, as they are taken back to 1930’s England and watch a collective of recording artists who have come in to the studio to record a thrilling version of The Hound Of The Baskervilles for its listeners.

Originally serialised in the Strand Magazine from 1901 to 1902, The Hound Of The Baskervilles is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous mysteries of featuring his enduring detective, Sherlock Holmes. Set mainly on Dartmoor, in England’s West Country, it tells of Holmes and Watson’s investigation on the Baskerville curse of a fearsome diabolical hound that haunts the family. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, they begin suspect the life of the last remaining heir is also in peril and it becomes a race against time to save him from the fate of his ancestors.

Details:

Dates: Monday to Saturday 15 to 20 August 2011
Address: 26 Crowndale Road, London NW1 1TT
Time: Show Starts 7.30pm. Running Time 2hr 30mins inc. an interval.
Tickets: £9 in advance. £11 on the day
Online Box Office: venividitheatre.com
Information Number: 07938 995 825 (not box office number)