Stage Adaptation of Peter James' THE PERFECT MURDER Plays King's Theatre Glasgow, Now thru 22 March

International best selling crime thriller novelist Peter James - who has sold over 15 million books of his Roy Grace series and been published in 36 languages - has had his work produced for the stage for the very first time. The Perfect Murder, which spent 15 weeks at No.1 in the book charts, has been adapted by award winning writer Shaun McKenna.

The show, which is being acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for its entertaining dark comedy and thrilling storyline, is at the King's Theatre Glasgow from Tuesday 18th until Saturday 22nd March.

Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for a long time. But Victor secretly loathes Joan and is getting attention elsewhere. Meanwhile Joan is bored stiff by Victor, whose irritating ways are driving her mad. The marriage has reached a crisis point and Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life forever.........but he's about to get a nasty surprise. As young Detective Roy Grace starts to investigate his very first homicide case, he begins to fear that nothing is quite as it seems.

The Perfect Murder stars Les Dennis, one of Britain's most-loved actors and entertainers who recently starred as King Arthur in the West End's Spamalot, finished joint runner-up in BBC 1's Celebrity Masterchef last year, and is set to cause trouble on the cobbles when he joins the Coronation Street cast. Les also starred in Ricky Gervais' Extras and Life's Too Short as well as in a Midsommer Murders Christmas Special.

Olivier Award winner Ian Talbot directs an all-star cast. Alongside Les Dennis - whose extensive credits in theatre include Chicago, Legally Blond, Hairspray, Art, Skylight and his award winning role in 'Jigsy'- is Claire Goose, who starred in the BBC hit series Waking the Dead and Casualty as well as ITV's The Bill and most recently SKY TV's comedy-drama Mount Pleasant.

They are joined by Gray O'Brien, who recently enjoyed an award-winning three years in Coronation Street and has also starred in the TV series Titanic, Peak Practice and Casualty as well as in the West End's Sleuth; Steven Miller who starred as Lenny Lyons for three years in Casualty and whose theatre credits include The Lord of The Rings at London's Drury Lane and Blackwatch; and finally Simona Armstrong, who the public took to their hearts in BBC's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria.

Peter James has won numerous awards both in the UK and in the USA. In 2012 Peter won the coveted US Barry Award for Best British Crime Thriller. The Perfect murder spent 15 weeks at No 1 and remained for 50 weeks in the iBooks Top 10 and he has recently enjoyed great success with the latest release in the Roy Grace Series, Dead Man's Time.

Peter James commented on the first stage adaptation of his work: "Ever since I was a small boy when my parents first took me to the theatre , I dreamed of one day having something I wrote appear on the stage, and this wonderful, extremely funny and in parts very scary adaptation on The Perfect Murder is truly a dream come true. And I do not think we could have a more perfect, murderously wonderful cast!"

Shaun McKenna is an award-winning writer whose numerous credits include the award wining Ladies In Lavender and the epic West End stage adaptation of The Lord of The Rings musical.

The Perfect Murder is produced by Joshua Andrews and Peter James, in association with Paul Tyrer and Jamie Clark at the Booking Office.

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