Murder Before Evensong review – the Rev Richard Coles’s village mystery squeezes into cosy theatre
Watermill theatre, NewburyIan Hallard impresses as the detecting rector in a thoughtful adaptation that sometimes strains under a villageful of suspects, victims and doubling actorsPoirot, Marple, Rebus, Barnaby and Grace have all recently investigated cases on stage. The latest literary sleuth in the group is Canon Daniel Clement in this adaptation of the 2022 book by accomplished broadcaster and hapless Strictly Co…