BURDEN OF PROOF
21st May to 1st June 2024 at 7.30pm
White Bear Theatre
138 Kennington Park Road, London SE11
Written by Ian Dixon Potter
Directed by Phoebe White
Performed by Neil Summerville, Kieron Riddell, Elizabeth Orekoya, John Lutula, Francesca Anderson & Diljohn Singh
Detective Sergeant Dunderdale is on the brink of solving a bloody murder but is there enough evidence to convict Joseph Wade? Dunderdale is determined to secure a conviction by fair means or foul. After all, isn't it acceptable to bend the rules a little if the only alternative is for a dangerous killer to walk free?
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Reviews of an earlier version of the play:
“Authentic and credible. You will want to know how it ends even as you are appalled by the direction the investigation is going”
★★★★ Theatre Monkey
“Confession could not have been more timely” “It’s a quite horrifying tale” “Summerville is in top form here creating another monster hiding beneath a cloak of respectability” “Dunderdale is a loathsome and even quite dangerous individual; Summerville’s skill is in making him someone so watchable even as we are repulsed” “a series of short scenes each with more disturbing revelations than the last. The thing is that somehow it all seems so believable.”
John Chapman (2nd from bottom theatre reviews).