Murder at Midnight Review

Review: Murder at Midnight at The Darlington Hippodrome

Murder at Midnight | Darlington Hippodrome 1st April 2026 | Review by Stephen Stokoe After recently reviewing opera in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Shakespeare’s Hamlet it was nice to let my hair down last night as it were with a good farce in the form of Torben Bett’s Murder at Midnight. Having already seen the sister play Murder in the Dark and thoroughly enjoyed it, I was looking forward to seeing this one. I was certainly not disappointed …

Murder at Midnight Review

Darlington Hippodrome – until Saturday 4 April 2026 3*** There’s plenty going on in Murder at Midnight at Darlington Hippodrome, arguably a little too much. Torben Betts’ darkly comic thriller aims to blend farce, family drama and a high-stakes whodunnit, and while it often entertains, it doesn’t always fully land. Set over the course of a chaotic New Year’s Eve, the play follows a dysfunctional family gathering that quickly spirals into violen…

Murder at Midnight - Darlington Hippodrome

Writer: Torben Betts  Director: Philip Franks  Despite its title, and the fact that it is a spiritual sequel to Original Theatre’s serious thriller Murder in the Dark from a few years ago, Murder at Midnight is surprisingly a comedic farce. It contains lots of elements of the thriller and murder mystery genres but first and foremost clearly wants to deliver laughs. Writer Torben Betts states in the programme that he [...] The post Murder at Midn…