Murder on the Dancefloor

Written by Matthew Gabrielli, co-created with the young people of Wolverhampton Grand Arena Youth Theatre

Everyone is a detective, everyone is a suspect.

The mysterious Frankie Dupin is throwing the party of the year at her family mansion, everyone at Selkirk Road Academy is invited even though nobody has ever met her before.

Frankie’s mystique crosses the school’s social groups: goths are mixing with geeks, popular kids with gamers, even the hipsters have shown up! But when a party game goes horribly wrong and a classmate is found murdered, everyone becomes a detective and a suspect.

Before the night is over, they’ll be twists, turns and revelations, Murder of the Dancefloor is a fun and exciting murder mystery play co-created with the young people of Wolverhampton Grand Arena Youth Theatre.

Matthew Gabrielli is an award-winning writer for stage, screen and funding applications. He describes his work as telling tales and having adventures. He’s interested in speculative fiction, weird tales and folklore. His previous work include Zombiegate (Theatre 503), The Lapworth Experiment, (The Lapworth Museum of Geology). His play Fool’s Gold won the Lancaster Playwriting Prize and he has written for BBC Radio’s Newsjack.

Matthew is also a facilitator and writer for young people and community groups including a reimagining of Greek Myth, Pandora Unleashed for the University of Birmingham and Women & Theatre’s Community Pantomime Puss in Boots. He is represented by Maddie O’Dwyer at Berlin Associates.