Peterborough Playgoers – Cat’s Cradle

Wed 6 – Sat 9 Nov

Cat’s Cradle is set in the present day in an old coaching inn in a very typically English village, and deals with the events surrounding an almost forgotten kidnapping and possible murder which happened twelve years ago and was never solved. 

As the play opens, the Inspector who was originally in charge of the case which has blighted his career, returns to re-open the investigation to try to resolve it before he retires. However, he discovers that he is not welcome and is met with a conspiracy of silence from the villagers who all seem to have their own secrets to hide. As a result, he enlists the help of a local journalist in an attempt to get to the truth. 

The whole affair is finally resolved in a series of startling revelations which gradually unravel and will keep you guessing to the very end of the play. 

The play was written by Leslie Sands, who was an actor, playwright, and tv scriptwriter whose face was well known to television audiences in the 1960’s and 1970’s and who was responsible for writing many episodes of series such as Z Cars and the original series of Van Der Valk.