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Kate Summerscale – The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place

  • Sunday 4 May, 4.45pm
  • Tickets From £10
  • Main Theatre
Kate Sum

A remarkable new look at the Rillington Place murders.

London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a double murder at 10 Rillington Place, three years ago, and the killer was hanged. Did they get the wrong man? 

In this riveting true story – a history written in her award-winning novelistic style – Kate Summerscale mines the archives to uncover the lives of Christie's victims, the tabloid frenzy that their deaths inspired, and the truth about what happened inside the house. 

In conversation with Claire Malcolm 

Concession prices: available to Friends of the Festival, those on benefits and students.

Carers qualify for free ‘essential companion’ tickets. Wheelchair spaces are limited. Please book for both directly at the Queen’s Hall Box Office.

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Book a table and receive 10% off dining at The Beaumont Hotel on presentation of your ticket.

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