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Hello everyone and welcome to a new post. On the https://www.whatsonstage.com/ website it has been reported that a new production of the Morse play, House of Ghosts will be touring.
Here is the article written by Alex Wood.
Tom Chambers to star in brand new Inspector Morse play on tour
House of Ghosts will open on tour in Birmingham this summer
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5 February 2025
Tom Chambers will star as Inspector Morse in Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts, the first-ever original stage adaptation of the iconic detective series.
The new show, a co-production between Simon Friend Entertainment and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, opens in Birmingham on 28 August 2025 before embarking on a major UK tour.
The play follows Morse and his trusted colleague, DS Lewis, as they investigate the mysterious on-stage death of a young actress. What begins as a suspicious death inquiry soon takes a darker turn.
The production is directed by Anthony Banks and written by Alma Cullen, who previously scripted several episodes of Inspector Morse for ITV. The long-running television series, starring John Thaw as Morse and Kevin Whately as DS Lewis, aired for 13 years and became one of British television’s most celebrated crime dramas, inspiring spin-offs Lewis and Endeavour.
Chambers said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing to the stage the nationally loved character of Inspector Morse. Played by John Thaw in the TV series, it is an iconic role which audiences clearly loved alongside the Morse murder mysteries. This brand-new production is a tantalising tale, rich in story and character and even unpicks some of Morse’s closely guarded personal life. It’s going to be a fabulous evening of entertainment.”
Co-producer Simon Friend added: “Bringing the nation’s favourite detective to the stage is a very rare proposition. The genre has never been more popular, and we look forward to sharing this terrifically exciting production with audiences across the country from later this year, and continuing our ongoing collaboration with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.”
Following its opening in Birmingham, the tour will visit venues across the UK, including Richmond Theatre, Grand Opera House York, Theatre Royal Nottingham, Churchill Theatre Bromley, Grand Opera House Belfast, Theatre Royal Brighton, Lyceum Theatre Sheffield, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, New Victoria Theatre Woking, Theatre Royal Norwich, Waterside Theatre Aylesbury, Playhouse Theatre Liverpool, Leeds Playhouse, Theatre Royal Newcastle, Festival Theatre Malvern, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Milton Keynes Theatre, His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen, Theatre Royal Glasgow, and The Lowry Salford.
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The new drama kicks off on the 28 August at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. There is no dates for when the play will arrive at other theatres.
In 2017 a BBC radio drama of House of Ghosts was broadcast. Click HERE to listen to it.
The drama has appeared in the theatre back in 2010 with Colin Baker as Inspector Morse and Andrew Bone as Lewis.
I will certainly be buying my tickets for the new drama at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
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Hi Chris, I thought I read that Colin Dexter had it put in his will that no one would be playing Morse after John Thaw. I think he relented with Endeavour, possibly because he would be portrayed as a young Morse and Lewis wouldn’t be in the picture. . This play, though, has the somewhat older Morse with Lewis at his side. Just wondering why that would not go against Dexter’s wishes.
ok, I don’t have a reply… I have the same comments/question as Kathleen. Did Colin Dexter’s Estate make an exception to allow for someone else playing Morse? Has something been published about this? I’ve been scouring the web looking for info as to whether they publicly have given permission for this but so far haven’t found anything.
Killing off Morse and then banning future incarnations of Morse–that was like killing off Captain Kirk and the forbidding any further incarnations of Kirk.
And yet, the Colin Dexter Estate did allow the younger incarnation of Morse in the “Endeavor” series.
So, they just need to break down and recast the middle-aged Morse and get the show back on the road.
What say ye?
I had asked the same question and Chris replied that it was only TV and movies that could not have a new Morse.
I’d love to see one of these stage versions of Morse but being based outside the UK makes this unlikely.