Cirencester’s Barn Theatre will be welcoming a master detective and his trusty sidekick in October.

The theatre will be hosting ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, the famous story written by Arthur Conan Doyle that sees the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr Watson attempt to solve one of their hardest cases.

The first performance of the show is on Wednesday 24th October and the curtain will come down on the final show a month later on Saturday 24th November. “We’re so excited to be hosting such a fantastic production”, said Jamie Chapman Dixon, Producer at the Barn Theatre.

Jamie continued: “We’ve seen in recent years that people have a real fondness for the Sherlock Holmes stories, with the hugely successful BBC TV series and films featuring different takes on his character.

“Sherlock Holmes is an iconic character. His stories deserve to be told and we’re really looking forward to welcoming audiences here to The Barn Theatre for what promises to be a fantastic production. We’re extremely excited with the cast we’ve assembled for the show. We’ll be welcoming some supremely talented actors to the theatre, it’s very exciting.

“The original ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ was portrayed as more of a horror but ours is completely different, it’ll be a really fun show that can be enjoyed by the whole family.”

The theatre will be hosting a very special Halloween event on Wednesday 31st October, with visitors encouraged to dress in their finest tweed. Jamie added: “It’s going to be a fun night. We were brainstorming ideas on how we could make Halloween a bit special and we came up with the idea of a fancy dress evening where we want people attending the show to come dressed in tweed, Holmes’ favourite attire.

“There will be opportunities to meet the cast, and a prize for the best tweed! It’s certainly a bit different to usual Halloween ideas but we’re confident it will be a great night for everyone who attends. We’ve already had plenty of interest in the evening already, so I’d recommend people book as soon as they can.”

The theatre has hosted several successful productions since opening earlier this year and Jamie is sure the good times will continue heading into the busy autumn and winter seasons. He added: “It’s been a great year and we’re very grateful for the support we’ve received from the people of Gloucestershire.

“We’re very ambitious and want to keep on moving in a forward direction. We’re very clear that as well as being a theatre for the local community we want to spread our wings and attract visitors from all over the south-west of England.”