Killers

A controversial concept of utilising correspondence from Britain’s most infamous serial killers, performed in the atmospheric setting of the Victorian police cells beneath the Town Hall, was a Fringe highlight. With recorded prison hubbub ever-present we were let into the worlds of Brady, Nilson and Sutcliffe through genuine letters skilfully adapted by Glenn Chandler. A bitter Brady was resentful of being force-fed through his hunger strike while acting as an agony uncle to a teenage pen pal; Sutcliffe’s flowery, flirtatious responses to various groupies were delivered with menacing relish but Arron Usher’s lascivious, and unsettling rants as Nilsen was the highlight of this powerful show.

The Old Police Cells Museum, 28 May 2013

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