Arthur Haynes and the Smoking Gun -Theatre Performance

Written by Jenny Davis. Directed by Stuart Halusz. Featuring Andrew Lewis, Alexandria Henderson and Brett Hamilton.

In collaboration with Government House Foundation.

ARTHUR HAYNES AND THE SMOKING GUN by Jenny Davis tells the incredible true story of a crime which shocked the nation, the scandalous murder of Cyril Gidley by Audrey Jacob in 1925 in front of hundreds of guests at a charity ball at the Government House Ballroom and the courtroom trial which tested the law in Western Australia.

ARTHUR HAYNES AND THE SMOKING GUN explores the turbulent times following the ravages of WWI, when society’s values were changing, and young people were living life with passion through the Roaring Twenties. As the story unfolds, the fascinating ambiguities of the tale leave the audience in the position of the jury. The facts become mired in speculation, and what initially appeared as an open and shut case becomes more and…