From one of America’s most-produced playwrights comes a whip-smart, darkly comic collision of classic mystery and modern mayhem.
Kate Hamill reimagines Holmes and Watson as a fiercely funny, gloriously dysfunctional duo navigating post-pandemic London with sharp wits and banter.
Packed with hijinks, high-stakes sleuthing and a bold feminist twist, this play dives headfirst into the chaos of contemporary Baker Street.
For Holmes devotees, comedy lovers and anyone who enjoys a clever caper with bite. This is Sherlock… just not as you know her.
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Running time
2 hours and 20 minutes (including interval) -
Age guidance
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Content warnings
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Discounts
Concessions available
Pay What You Can Tuesdays
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Captioned performance
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Relaxed performance
Previous reviews from past productions
“Sharp, playful, and moves at a rapid-fire pace… hilarious”- Portland Monthly
“Simultaneously plays homage to and flips on its head the detective story tropes”- BroadwayWorld
“Witty dialogue, brisk physical comedy, and a female-centered spin on time-honored characters”- ArtsWatch
The Company
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Kate Hamill
Writer
Kate Hamill
Writer
Kate Hamill is an actor & playwright. Regularly appearing on TCG’s most produced playwrights list, she was the Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year in 2017 and received the Einhorn Award in 2023.
Plays include Pride & Prejudice – Primary Stages / HVSF (originated role of Lizzy; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner, Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl (originated Becky; nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Little Women at Primary Stages, Dracula at Classic Stage Company, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. #2B at KCRep, Emma at the Guthrie, The Scarlet Letter at Two River, The Light & The Dark at Chautauqua Theater Company and Primary Stages and The Odyssey at ART in Boston.
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Sean Turner
Director
Sean Turner
Director
Sean is a former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells. He trained at the National Theatre and with Theatre de Complicite as well as at both the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and East 15 School of Acting.
He is responsible for unearthing the script of Arthur Miller’s first play, No Villain; he then directed the World Premiere at the Old Red Lion and later transferred the production to the West End.
Sean’s first foray into film work won an NME Award (Best Music Video, 2022) when he co-directed the video for ‘Wake Me Up’ by the band ‘Foals’.
More recently his production of Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England has won numerous awards across the world.
Sean was for many years associate director of The Play That Goes Wrong. As well as looking after the show in the West End and on tour, he has directed replica productions in many countries across the world.
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Hattie North
Sound Designer
Hattie North
Sound Designer
Hattie is a Sound Designer and Composer from Leeds, she studied at LAMDA and graduated with a BA in Production Arts.
Recent work includes: Perfect Show For Rachel (UK Tour), SKYE: A Thriller (Summerhall), Crying Shame (Stanley Arts/ Pleasance), Henry V (Insane Root), Rebel Voices (Complicité), Oh Pain, My Beautiful Pain (Pleasance), Bitter Lemons (Park Theatre) and The Elmer Adventure (Tall Stories). Associate work includes: Bullring Techno Makeout Jams (Birmingham Hippodrome/Soho Theatre), Our Cosmic Dust (Park Theatre) and How I Learned To Swim (Roundabout/Bristol Old Vic).
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David Howe
Lighting Designer
David Howe
Lighting Designer
West End lighting designs include: The Mind Mangler, Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Magic Goes Wrong, Mischief Movie Night, Mischief Movie Night In (Streaming seasons), A Comedy About a Bank Robbery, McQueen, Quartermaine’s Terms, Bette and Joan, Birdsong, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, Sweet Charity, Mrs Warren’s Profession, Private Lives, A Christmas Carol, The Norman Conquests, The Last Five Years, Tick Tick Boom!, Maria Friedman Re-Arranged, Rent, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Pageant, Forbidden Broadway, and La Cage aux Folles.
On Broadway, he designed Private Lives, Primo, The Norman Conquests Trilogy.
Off-Broadway work includes Mind Mangler (New World Stage); The Roundabout (59e59 Theatre); Woyzeck (St. Anne’s Warehouse)
He has lit numerous UK tours and regional productions, with recent O.-West End work at Park Theatre and the Arcola. His international designs span Europe, Asia, and the USA, and include large-scale immersive theatre projects. Opera and ballet for companies such as the Royal Opera, Scottish Ballet, Bari Opera, Philadelphia Opera, British Youth Opera, and the Royal Academy of Music.
David is the Professional Members’ Representative for the Association of Lighting & Production Design.
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Max Dorey
Set Designer
Max Dorey
Set Designer
Max Dorey is a scenic designer trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Associate Designer at the Royal Shakespeare Company (2012), he was a Linbury Prize finalist and multiple Off West End Award nominee. In 2015 he was shortlisted for Best Set Design at the UK Theatre Awards for And Then Come the Nightjars (Theatre503). Credits include Teddy (The Vaults & UK tour), No Villain and Talk Radio (Old Red Lion/Trafalgar Studios), and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, York). Since 2020 he’s also created and sold sculpture via @dreamyoxart on instagram, showing in numerous exhibitions in the UK and France.
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Sara Perks
Costume Designer
Sara Perks
Costume Designer
Sara has designed for UK & world tours, regional theatres, immersive & site specific, West End, National Theatre, & across all genres. She holds BA Hons: Drama & Theatre Studies (UKC); MA Theatre Design (BOVTS).
Future work: I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical (West End); The Manning Tree Witches (Mercury); Disenchanted (UK Tour)
Recent productions: Mary & The Hyenas (Pilot Theatre & Hull Truck); The Gift (Park Theatre); the (Woman) (New Perspectives & Park); Jesus Christ Superstar (Scenekvelder, Oslo); The Mind Mangler (Mischief Theatre).
Past Resident positions:
Head of Design for Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre (managing design teams for eight concurrent productions) & designing Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream; Twelfth Night and Hamlet & the shared stage facade.
Associate Designer: The Mercury, Colchester and English Touring Theatre.
Nominations: Broadway World Award & What’s On Stage Award (American Idiot); Offies for Oranges & Elephants and Flowers For Mrs Harris (Best Off West End Production WOS)
Awards: Edinburgh Fringe First; The John Elvery Theatre Design Award, & BBC Vision Design (Costume).
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Thu 27 Nov
7.30pm
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Fri 28 Nov
7.30pm
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Sat 29 Nov
7.30pm
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7.30pm
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7.30pm
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7.30pm
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Thu 4 Dec
7.30pm
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Fri 5 Dec
7.30pm
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Sat 6 Dec
3pm
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Relaxed performance
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Sat 6 Dec
7.30pm
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Mon 8 Dec
7.30pm
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Tue 9 Dec
7.30pm
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Wed 10 Dec
7.30pm
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Captioned performance
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Thu 11 Dec
7.30pm
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Fri 12 Dec
7.30pm
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Sat 13 Dec
3pm
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Sat 13 Dec
7.30pm
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Mon 15 Dec
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7.30pm
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7.30pm
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7.30pm
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Sat 20 Dec
3pm
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Sat 20 Dec
7.30pm
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
by Kate Hamill
Cheerfully desecrating the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B is presented through special arrangement with TRW, 19 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8RR, UK: theatricalrights.co.uk
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B was commissioned by and received its World Premiere produced by Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Stuart Carden, Artistic Director; Angela Gieras, Executive Director
Developed in the JAW: New Works Festival at Portland Center Stage; Marisa Wolf; Artistic Director; Cynthia Furhman, Managing Director