Accidental Death of an Accordionist

International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. There’s tartan, there’s ceilidh, and there are authentic village folk who’ll see to it that you’ll feel part of their frivolous Highland culture for the duration of this action-packed evening. And it’s all packaged together in a universally loved murder mystery theme. You’ll laugh, you’ll cringe, and you’ll laugh again, and if you’re lucky you might even take home some special raffle prizes to gloat to your family about.

Mull Theatre have taken this lively puppy of a play on frequent tours since its hugely popular debut in 2001, and it now returns to the Fringe as fresh and as candidly fun as it ever could have been. The imaginary but all too real Highland village of Glengirnie has organised a ceilidh to raise money and enthusiasm for a proposed leisure development project that will see large chunks of local woodland transformed into a luxury leisure village replete with dozens of Swedish-style chalets. We join its fête and dance with its denizens who initially lap up the festivities as if they’ve bought the same ticket as us, but it soon emerges that certain folk among us have more to say about the destined death of the accordionist than others. Could it be that it wasn’t an accident at all and that malice lurks in this seemingly peaceful community?

Whilst the suspense won’t kill you, the charmingly rustic, lo-fi naughtiness of the show will tickle you until it hurts. Don’t expect to guess whodunit, but have fun pointing your finger when the penny drops.