Picture You Dead




Written for the stage by Shaun McKenna

Adapted from the novel by Peter James 

Produced by Joshua Andrews and Peter James

Designed by Adrian Linford

Sound and Original Music by Max Pappenheim

Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle

Shaun’s new Peter James adaptation tours the UK in 2025

Peter Ash as Dave Hegarty

Fiona Wade as Freya Kipling

George Rainsford as Roy Grace

Ore Aduba as Stuart Piper (second half of tour)

Jodie Steele as Roberta Kilgore

Nicholas Maude as Stuart Piper (first half of tour)

Gemma Stroyan as Bella Moy

Ben Cutler as Harry Kipling

Adam Morris as Oliver de Souza

Mark Oxtoby as Archie Goff

with Valentina Arena and Ross Telfer

When Harry and Freya Kipling buy a painting from a car boot sale, they are over the moon when they learn it might be a priceless Old Master.

The Antiques Roadshow broadcast attracts the attention of an unscrupulous collector who has been searching for this particular lost painting for decades.

Before long, the Kiplings are under threat and Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is on the case.