Sherlock Holmes comes to North Finchley on Valentine’s Day

One of London’s most famous detectives is coming to North Finchley as part of a major UK tour.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular sleuth Sherlock Holmes will feature in two performances at Artsdepot on Saturday, 14th February.

Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty, created by the team at Blackeyed Theatre, stars Mark Knightley as Sherlock and Ben Owara as Doctor Watson, with Pippa Caddick as Irene Adler and Mrs Hudson. 

Potentially offering an alternative Valentine’s Day treat for couples who prefer historical detectives to expensive restaurants, the show interweaves several of Conan Doyle’s short stories into one narrative. 

The play is set in London in 1901. As the British Empire wages war in the name of a Queen whose health is failing, a series of mysterious events reveals a crack in the high corridors of power. 

This crack threatens to destabilise monarchy, government and the empire. And at its centre, controlling the flow of information and influence, a shadowy figure plans a final deadly move.

Writer and Director Nick Lane said: “After working with Blackeyed on two previous adaptations of Conan Doyle novels (The Sign of Four and The Valley of Fear) it was really exciting to be asked back to create something a little different for our third Holmes collaboration. 

He added: “It’s been fun capturing the pace, the spirit and the character of Doyle’s original adventures, and our hope is that, like the stories themselves, The Hunt for Moriarty will keep audiences gripped – and guessing – along with the great detective himself, right to the last”. 

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