The play, first produced in 2007, has since toured to London theatres and nationwide, but is returning to its roots for the first time since 2017.
Written by Grimsby born playwright John Hewer, 'STOP!... You're Killing Me' is a detective comedy, spoofing film noir/Humphrey Bogart classics as well as comedies such as The Naked Gun and the Pink Panther movies.
New York, 1938. Meet Sam Sloan, Private Detective, as he tackles his most dangerous, most compelling, most gag-packed case yet. Max Summers, a local horse-bookie, has disappeared. His femme fatale sister, Rowetta, wants to uncover the truth, and calls on our intrepid hero to solve the mystery.
From the makers of ‘Dracula! One Bloody Fang After Another’ and ‘Maybe Dick’, this clever compendium of witty puns and broad slapstick will leave you clueless.
John co-founded Hambledon Productions in 2007, and has forged a career reviving classic comedy as well as producing new writing.
"Theatre is for everyone, or at least, I like to feel that my work through Hambledon is," John says. "My writing reflects my tastes in comedy and performance - wholesome, slightly silly and done with panache and good storytelling. This show is a recurring favourite, and it's wonderful that audiences want to come along and have a good, old-fashioned belly laugh!"
The show is touring to Louth, Sleaford, Grimsby, Sutton-on-Sea, Skegness, Caistor, Alford, Wickenby, Bawtry, Gainsborough, Leadenham and Lincoln. For more information and booking, please visit www.hambledonproductions.com.