The Unexpected Guest
For Different Stages' staging of The Unexpected Guest, director Johanna Whitmore has tried to bring Agatha Christie's 1930s English village mystery into a contemporary setting, but with the text still rooted in the phraseology and linguistic mannerisms of the past, the result is a stilted and, ultimately, wooden production.
"...make their lines sound natural to the modern ear. Gareth Maguire is a solid presence on the stage as..."
