The year is 1974 in the lavish beauty of Corsica, France. Luxury hotel The Scarlet Sun is in turmoil following the death of its owner, the mysterious Jeremiah Scarlet. When his son hapless Adrien takes the reins, sinister conspiracies ferment behind his back and duplicitous patrons trickle in to stay the night. The death of a maid is only the beginning of this hotel’s bloody history.
Someone at the hotel is a killer and it is up to rival investigators Jasper Clarke and Alexandra Knight to find out who - and why. Everyone’s a suspect and everyone wants a cut of The Scarlet Sun’s fortune.
Four Letter Word Theatre is proud to present this original murder mystery comedy musical inspired by Knives Out, Clue, and all things Agatha Christie. Prepare for a show filled with twists and turns.
Written by: Ethan Francis-D’Amour and Madeleine Cheale
Music by: Ethan Francis-D’Amour and Alec Stalder
Recording by: Henning Kallies
Originally performed by Four Letter Word Theatre at the Union Theatre, The University of Melbourne, on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation.
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CAST
Jakob Schuster as Jasper Clarke
Nikita Mohar-Williams as Alexandra Knight
Bronte Lemaire as Amber Davis
Finn Corr as Jayden Quill
Emily Napolitano as Rose Morgan
Zhi Syuen Yee as Florence Gold
Lockie Carmichael as Adrien Scarlet
Susan D’Souza as Madam Petra
Darcy Vissenjoux as Milo Diamandis
Elaine Wong as Aveline Perle
Joshua Mackie as Dante Garnetta
Nano Bhargavan as Ruby McBride
Sean Millis as Jeremiah Scarlet
Amelia Lau as Sylvia Scarlet
Eden MacLean as Opal Whittemore
Chaewon Baik as Beryl
Crystal So as Sunny
Tom Worsnop as Serious Cop
Ben Wrobel as Naive Cop
Hirday Bajaj as Fanboy Cop
Phil Lee as Sassy Cop
PRODUCTION TEAM
Ethan Francis-D’Amour - Co-Director, Co-Writer, Co-Choreographer
Madeleine Cheale - Co-Director, Co-Writer
Alec Stalder - Music Director
Chaewon Baik - Assistant Music Director
Hayley Francis-D’Amour - Stage Manager, Co-Choreographer, Animations and Graphics
Tainá Araujo - Assistant Stage Manager
Caitlyn You - Vocal Director
Emeline Harris - Choreography Assistant
Tim Augier - Set Designer
Juliana Neild - Set Designer
Max Vrancic - Sound Designer
Tomas Gerasimidus - Lighting Designer
Dom Katsokas - Lighting Operator
Sarah Goode - Sound and Lighting Mentor
Bella Russell - Costume Designer
Shene Pao - Hair and Make-up Artist, Poster Designer
Shakira Tavan - Hair and Make-up Artist
Jessica Fanwong - Front of House Manager
An Dang - Equity Officer
Colin Han - Caption Operator
Esther Luk - Caption Operator
Captioning with thanks to Hayley Francis-D'Amour, Tainá Araujo, Nikita Mohar-Williams and Elaine Wong
BAND
Alec Stalder - Conductor
James Boon - Keyboard
Josh Boult - Guitar
Silas Harris - Bass
Mateo Garcia-Hernandez - Drums
Zoë Bartholomeusz - Violin
Max Coleman - Violin
Kevin Woodhouse - Reeds (Alto Saxophone and Flute)
Archie Gladwin - Trumpet
Ashling O’Farrell - Trombone
SONG LIST
0:00 FLW Logo
0:14 ACT ONE
0:27 "Dear Adrien"
2:31 "Overture"
15:21 "Something Funny"
26:43 "Dreamaway"
35:18 "Obvious Criminal"
42:51 "What’s the Plan?"
48:30 "The Blame Game"
58:57 "There’s Always A Man"
1:05:55 "Strictly Business"
1:20:24 "Out to Kill"
1:26:11 ACT TWO
1:34:35 "Obvious Criminal (Reprise)"
1:39:39 "Now She’s Gone"
1:45:36 "Dreamaway (Reprise)"
1:47:15 "How Do You"
1:53:15 "Change of Heart"
2:00:25 "Petra’ Lament"
2:02:18 "Where in the World"
2:09:39 "Scarlet’s Lullaby"
2:10:21 "Where in the World (Reprise)"
2:14:30 "The Blame Game (Reprise)"
2:15:11 "Last Resort"
2:32:02 "Murderer's Lament"