top of page

Magic Hour

The Interactive Murder Mystery Disco

There’s a murder on the dance floor and we need you to solve it. Magic Hour is an interactive, farcical, queer thriller. Come and infiltrate the nightclub, grill its staff and clientele and see if you have what it takes to find out who’s behind the crime. With ghosts, time-machines and a killer on the loose there's no time to lose... Your Disco Needs You!

First performed in May 2018 at the Night Owl, Birmingham, Magic Hour is Quick Duck's first production. Created in response to the closures of night clubs in Digbeth, Magic Hour offers an exciting night out in a club with no pressure to drink. Since its first run Magic Hour has done two revivals, one in February 2019 and one at the National Student Drama Festival 2019 where it recieved three awards.

NSDF '19

Judges Award for

Singularity of Vision

Will Jackson

NSDF '19

Judges Award for

Best Ensemble

NSDF '19

Clive Wolfe Bursary

Carly McIntosh

Production Photographs

Lane and Grey (May 18), Beatrice Debney (NSDF)

Photographs

Reviews

Grace Patrick, Noises Off Magazine, NSDF 2019

"Quick Duck Theatre aren’t just telling a story, they’re constructing an entire world and inviting us to take a step into it. It’s an enormous undertaking, but I can hardly see how it could be done better."

Alicja Baranowska, Noises Off Magazine, NSDF 2019

"They improvised. They adapted. They made the audience feel involved and continued the show despite unexpected and somewhat tricky circumstances. And they did it well."

Marina Johnson, Noises Off Magazine, NSDF 2019

"It turns out a power cut can't stop Quick Duck Theatre from putting on an electric show. The energy of the performers was infectious enough to carry us all though; the denouement more of a rock concert, than a fabulously technicolour drag night. But it was no less spectacular for it."

Lucy Thompson, Noises Off Magazine, NSDF 2019

"How did I get here? The story is immediately so engrossing that you go along without a second thought, following the investigators through madcap interviews and clue-hunting. Then you take a step back and realise everyone is wearing glittery black veils and, cult-like, chanting prayers in memory of a fictional character."

Emma Rogerson, Noises Off Magazine, NSDF 2019

"With a gigantic cast spreading a ton of fun, gender-bended caricatures that interacted with the audience before the show started and an engaging story told through an intricate set, the show wasn’t only a masterclass in improv, but also a clearly well thought out performance."

Reviews

Production Team

Director - Will Jackson                         Producer - Lucy Bird                         Stage Manager - Chaz Webb

Associate Producer - Carly Macintosh                         Assistant Producer - Emily Horn

Lighting Design - Marcus Paragpuri (May 2018) / Kirsty Bennett (Feb 2019/NSDF)

Team

Cast

Detectives

36628956_195894931120733_664698660671455
36522957_195897434453816_583354688921088
36538058_195900457786847_789260379631072
36533440_195915377785355_474402295877363
36515573_195926387784254_901324260873391
36547119_195940211116205_266008293960109

Totters

Sarah Allwright

DI Runcorn

Rachel Baker

Betsy Conybear

Jack Beresford

DI Wicks

Abbie Cooper

CI Gurnings

Kat Forbes

57532971_10217877015946542_3422100559857
60851232_336706280372930_657233489537951
71694443_536691837100642_483691811063411

Colin Bradford

Meabh Quinn

Colin Bradford

Vita Fox

(Feb 2019)

Isabella/Totters

Abbi Greenwood

Betsy Conybear

Alex Wilcox

(Feb 2019)

Employees of
Club de Pompidou

36650706_195901834453376_754839275629340
36485301_195912921118934_266346818128419
36534367_195902907786602_907317827175920
36542156_195929637783929_529032209278749
36551445_195903557786537_879654691005687
36550625_195919004451659_291060381213156

Samantha De Pompidou

Will Jackson

Sterling Dollair

Satya Baskaran

Studley Davies

Zoe Head

Madame Lola

Laurs Oakley

The Great Alonso

Lucy Price

The Glamarous Isabella

Lydia Stone

36628383_195916247785268_233603778894574
36476160_195907634452796_826783992343271
36516933_195892664454293_784763071271796
36628383_195916247785268_233603778894574
MagicHour-MurderMysteryDisco-WM-154_edit
MagicHour-MurderMysteryDisco-WM-152.jpg

Beryl Carname

Charlotte Boyer

Stacy Delorean

Darcy Dobson

Gracy Mercardes

Emma Phelan

Tracy Diesel

Elle Rattenbury

Martin Sparks

Marcus Paragpuri

Clive Ammunition

Chaz Webb

72473320_2447150558687169_62626564833437
60488178_336705203706371_920489176324269
60744729_336705963706295_535543891659587

Sterling Dollair

Kalifa Taylor

(Feb 2019)

Sterling Dollair

Lucy Bird

(NSDF)

Martin Sparks

Kirsty Bennett

Guests of
Club de Pompidou

60201678_336705543706337_887068034768830
36526503_195888327788060_785979694631826
36508104_195927064450853_356741258781550
36522594_195934414450118_703129229172146

Cheetah Tofurkey

Jack Davies

Hans

Taylor Herbert

Kevin Coprolite

Antonia Strafford-Taylor

Cecile Foxtrot

Flora Wilson Brown

bottom of page