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New show alert! Announcing THE BALLAD OF ROBIN HOOD
September 25, 2015 13:58We’re delighted to announce that THE BALLAD OF ROBIN HOOD will run at Southwark Playhouse 26th Nov until 26th Dec. Lots more information to follow. In the meantime you can find out more HERE
Who was Arthur Conan Doyle?
April 03, 2014 19:10Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish physician and writer who is best known for his stories following the adventures of the detective Sherlock Holmes. He lived from 1859 to 1930 and was writing for a large proportion of his life, though many of his first publications fell from history, some not being published until well after his death. However he has become a giant in the genre of detective fiction, his Sherlock Holmes stories considered by all as a milestone within the tradition, and certain...
The Danites
April 03, 2014 18:46If one tries, it is not hard to imagine the wonder that must have been had for the colonies at the time Sherlock Holmes was published. It was a frontier, the edge of the ‘civilised’ world. From there came adventure, wonder and excitement. Even the cultures of the colonials were shaping into an exotic and strange oddity. And not least among these was Mormonism and the Danites; a fundamentalist militia within Mormonism that has the special privilege among religious groups to have been excommuni...
Sherlock Holmes Series – Episode 3: The World beyond the books
March 02, 2014 11:00 - 22.3 MBFans of all kinds have gathered together as long as the books have existed. In this episode we talk about the different kinds of fans and we also share our top tips of Sherlock Holmes sight seeing in London. The interviews include: Steve Emecz, Roger Johnson, Jean Upton and Matthew J Elliott. All the three episodes are published in this blog and you can also subscribe through iTunes or the RSS feed here. The picture is of Roger Johnson and Jean Upton in the 221B exhibition at The Sherlock Hol...
Sherlock Holmes Series – Episode 2: A Study in Scarlet and Mormonism
February 09, 2014 12:00 - 25.6 MBWhy would Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scotchman living in London, write a story about an American Mormon community in the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet? We asked this question from Jean Upton and Roger Johnson from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and Bishop David Hooson from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our next episode about the Sherlockian fan culture and London sight seeing for Sherlock is coming out in a couple of weeks. The podcast episodes are ...
Sherlock Holmes Series – Episode 1: Writing Sherlock
January 20, 2014 00:43 - 17.7 MBSir Arthur Conan Doyle wasn’t the only one who published Sherlock Holmes stories and in this episode Matthew J Elliott, Jean Upton and Roger Johnson tell us about how Doyle wrote, and how other people have continued to write Sherlock Holmes stories. Our next episode about A Study in Scarlet and Mormonism is coming out in a couple of weeks. The podcast episodes are published in this blog and you can also subscribe to it through iTunes or the RSS feed here. In the photo Matthew J Elliott and Li...
Sherlock Holmes Series
January 01, 2014 12:00 - 3.33 MBHappy New Year! We start 2014 with the launch of our new podcast: Sherlock Holmes Series to accompany our upcoming production of A Study in Scarlet at London’s Southwark Playhouse. The episodes are published every third Sunday starting 19th January. We talk with experts including Matthew J Elliott, Steve Emecz, Jean Upton, Roger Johnson and Bishop David Hooson. Our podcast hosts Lila Whelan and Greg Freeman explore topics like writing an adaptation, Mormonism in A Study in Scarlet, Sherlock H...
A Study in Scarlet opens next March
December 09, 2013 17:31Tacit Theatre return to Southwark Playhouse in March with our brand new adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective classic. A young and ambitious Holmes at the outset of his career meets a war-ravaged, disenchanted Watson – discharged from the army after the horrors of the Afghan war – aimlessly floating around London and fast running out of money. A gruesome discovery in a derelict house in Camberwell sets them on a trail of intrigue and revenge, which leads through Victorian London’s murk...
Whilst you wait…
September 12, 2013 20:58Whilst we’re updating our new site, here’s the viral video from The Canterbury Tales at Southwark Playhouse, almost two years ago now.
Welcome to our new website!
September 12, 2013 20:53Have a look around and please do let us know what you think…