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THE RED RAT Murder Mystery to premiere at Shimmy Beach Club's ALL HALLOWS EVE on 31 October

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Meet the shady characters who call THE RED RAT home...

Academy of Musical Theatre Cape Town Events is joining Shimmy Beach Club in their upcoming ALL HALLOWS EVE with their original THE RED RAT, a brand new interactive murder mystery premiering on Friday 31 October 2014 in the Shimmy Beach Club Restaurant, V&A Harbour.

It's 1888. Prostitutes all over London continue to disappear, their bodies found later with a chilling nursery rhyme. September has been terrible and October is getting even worse! Escape the stench of death from the recent "Jack the Ripper" crime spree and spend All Hallows Eve at the Red Rat, an underground club with Delilah, Lucy, Madame and the girls... with Spider closely guarding the door.

The cast is to include Lee-Anne Summers as the Madame, Daniel Barnett as the greasy manager, Shannyn Fourie as the reigning star, Luella Holland as the rising star, Tamryn Spiers as the writer and David Fick as a patron. The Red Rat Girls are Marion Geale as Eve, Jess Sutton as Desdemona, Leandre Swanepoel as Venus and Kelly Stephenson as Lolita. Drew Rienstra writes and directs.

Eat! Drink! You may not make it to tomorrow. For further information about the Shimmy Beach Club and the evening of mystery and suspense planned for this extraordinary venue for ALL HALLOWS EVE on 31 October, visit the Shimmy Beach Club website. Bookings are through Computicket. The murder mystery includes a four course dinner, as well as entrance to the All Hallows Eve Party.

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