Currently runs August 11 - 26 at the Dorset Theatre Festival.
Fast-paced and wildly entertaining, this brilliantly theatrical take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick re-examines the classic adventure stories you love through a bold new female lens. In this highly theatrical, small-cast escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Joan Watson join forces to emerge from the pandemic fog as a deeply codependent, quasi-dysfunctional, Odd Couple adventure duo… careening from caper to caper until they come face to face with a supervillain who seems to have all of the answers. Get ready for a rollicking murder mystery that packs in non-stop laughs and hijinks galore!
"Francesca Fernandez’ plays her as a sexy and sultry femme fatale who lights up the stage with her sexiness and bawdy wit.... Ensemble work is excellent throughout.” - Rutland Herald
"Francesca Fernandez is truly marvelous and inventive in a trio of roles. As Sherlock’s housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, she is in a continual farcical panic. As the mysterious Mrs. Drebber she fully embraces a Jekyll/Hyde character. Fernandez is outstanding as the famous Holmes character, Irene Adler—she is completely in control of a character who is glamourous, sexy, and lethal." - Berkshire On Stage
“It seems to me that she never for even a moment was still on the stage, but physically kept being seductive and comical and raw, all at the same time. I loved this actress’s work." - The Berkshire Edge
CAST
SARA HAIDER: Sherlock Holmes
NESSA NORICH: Joan Watson
MICHAEL FREDERIC: Lestrade/Moriarty/Monk
FRANCESCA FERNANDEZ: Irene Adler/Mrs. Drebber/ Mrs. Hudson
PRODUCTION TEAM
KATE HAMILL (Playwright)
ANEESHA KUDTARKAR (Director)
SARAH KARL (Scenic Design)
MARIKO OHIGASHI (Costume Design)
JACKIE FOX (Lighting Design)
MICHAEL COSTAGLIOLA (Sound Design)
CHARLOTTE BYDWELL (Movement Director)
JUDY BOWMAN, CSA (Casting Director)
ROBBIE ARMSTRONG III (Stage Manager)