Playing the role of Sherlock Holmes is Drew Sutherland, an actor based in Lexington, Kentucky, who appeared as Little Willie in Pioneer PlayhouseвЂ™s opening show, KongвЂ™s Night Out. Our actors are having a lot of fun with the accents.вЂќ вЂњSherlock is taken out of his comfort zone and brought to 1890вЂ™s middle-America, which is teeming with larger than life characters вЂ“ Norwegians, Scandinavians, Minnesotans. вЂњThe setting makes this particular Sherlock special,вЂќ says Robby Henson. A young man has gone missing just before his wedding, so itвЂ™s up to Holmes and Watson, with the help of local barkeep and amateur sleuth, Shadwell Rafferty to track a cold-blooded killer from the icy streets of St. The year is 1896, and the setting is Minnesota in winter. вЂњWe skipped doing a Sherlock Holmes mystery last year,вЂќ Henson says, вЂњbut when we came across this play, we knew we wanted to bring Holmes and Watson back to our stage.вЂќДescribed in reviews as a smart, funny, fast-paced mystery, Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders places its iconic sleuth and his trusted sidekick, Dr. Henson, founded Pioneer Playhouse in 1950, and who now acts as managing director, running the theatre with her brother, artistic director, Robby Henson, and producer mother, Charlotte. вЂњEverybody loves Sherlock,вЂќ says Heather Henson, whose father, Eben C. Running from June 25 through July 6, this scintillating mystery featuring everybodyвЂ™s favorite deerslayer hat-wearing sleuth was written by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the novel by Larry Millett.

Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders is the second offering in the historic theatreвЂ™s 70th season under the stars. PaulвЂ™s famed Winter Carnival where one of the cityвЂ™s wealthiest young men has lost his headвЂ“literally.

It may be summer in the Bluegrass, but for two weeks on stage at Pioneer Playhouse of Danville, itвЂ™s the height of St.

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