Following their hugely popular performances as Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Colin Baker (the sixth Doctor Who) and Terry Molloy (The Archers’ Mike Tucker for over 40 years) are back on stage, leading the cast in another classic detective adventure – Sherlock Holmes & The Sign of Four, which will visit Scunthorpe’s Plowright Theatre on Tuesday 21 October.
What has become of Captain Morstan and why does his daughter now receive a valuable pearl every year from an anonymous benefactor? What begins as a curious puzzle soon becomes a terrifying murder hunt, with the discovery of a missing fortune, a locked room and the murdered body of Bartholomew Sholto. But who committed these heinous, inexplicable crimes and how do they involve a map of the far-off Agra Fort?
The case of The Sign of Four stretches all of Sherlock Holmes’ powers of deduction in a mystery that was born in war-torn India and now stalks Victorian London, fuelled by the vengeance of a seemingly unstoppable, cut-throat gang.
With the help of the Baker Street Irregulars and Doctor Watson’s new love Mary, can Holmes finally bring the gang’s malicious leader to justice, recover the stolen treasure, and reveal the hideous truth behind the riddle of The Sign of Four?
This classic tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the father of the modern detective story, is presented in a brand new adaptation by Crime and Comedy Theatre Company as a radio play live on stage. The setting is a radio studio, the actors ready as if for a radio broadcast, and the sound effects created live, all transporting the audience to the streets of Victorian London. A rare opportunity to see these popular actors live on stage at your local theatre, this is a production not to be missed!
Colin Baker said: “When I was at school, if you won a prize, it was always a book. You were allowed to choose your own book and I chose the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes, which I still have at home with the little Upper Fourth Handwriting Prize certificate, because I enjoyed reading them avidly.
“I love the writings of Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens, and the idea of bringing Sherlock Holmes to life is something I never anticipated. They’re such cracking good stories, they really stand the test of time, and I’m portraying him now – it’s all rather exciting!”
Terry Molloy said: “Colin and I are great friends and we’ve worked together many, many times since we met on Doctor Who in 1984, when we hit it off from the start. That was in Attack Of The Cybermen, and I then played Davros, leader of the Daleks, opposite him.
“It was Colin who suggested I play Doctor Watson to his Sherlock Holmes when we toured in The Hound Of The Baskervilles in 2022, and after the success of that it’s wonderful to recreate our partnership in another classic adventure, The Sign Of Four.”
 and Terry Molloy (The Archers) are back on stage for Sherlock Holmes & The Sign Of Four.){kind=link}