Shot in the Dark

I met up with the cast of Shot in the Dark for a fun little photoshoot at Sidney Sussex College.

Blimey! It’s 1958 and the Cold War is in full swing, Britain’s ladies are neatly tucked away in the kitchen, and Her Majesty’s finest assassins have gathered to celebrate topping off their prime target. There’s just a small spot of bother: she’s not actually dead.

“I may not have killed her,” says Kenneth, “but I got jolly close.” Et voila! You are served a scrumptious platter of messed-up murders, accompanied by oodles of intrigue and lashings of lols.
All based on genuinely fictional events; it’s going to be absolutely capital.

Text from Camdram.

Luke Baines as Boyd, an agent with style.
Kathryn Cussons, Luke Baines and Juliette Hampton

‘Irene, I knew from the moment I saw your face in my target information file that you are the one for me…’

“Distracted boyfriend” with Kathryn Cussons, Luke Baines and Juliette Hampton.

“Hello Boyd, Charming to see you again.”

Kathryn Cussons
Juliette Hampton, Luke Baines and Kathryn Cussons
Juliette Hampton, Luke Baines and Kathryn Cussons
Juliette Hampton, Luke Baines and Kathryn Cussons
Kathryn Cussons, Luke Baines and Juliette Hampton
Kathryn Cussons, Luke Baines and Juliette Hampton

‘Everyone bursts into applause. Standing ovation. Two beautiful girls hang on each arm. Jump into the sports car and… return home to my dear loving fiancé.’

Kathryn Cussons, Luke Baines and Juliette Hampton
Jamie Williams, Adam Reeves, Kathryn Cussons and Juliette Hampton
Matt Gurtler, Hassan Hussain and Kathryn Cussons

Do you hope that if you send away most beautiful woman in Russia we will all climb in closets with you?’

Matt Gurtler, Hassan Hussain and Kathryn Cussons

‘Commander, you do not seem self today. Look at you, with little glum face. You usually love sentencing relatives to death.’

Matt Gurtler and Hassan Hussain
Hassan Hussain, Jamie Williams and Matt Gurtler

‘Assassinations are like sex; if you finish too quickly, no one enjoys it.’

Hassan Hussain
Kathryn Cussons and Adam Reeves
Adam Reeves and Kathryn Cussons
Adam Reeves and Kathryn Cussons
Kathryn Cussons with Adam Reeves in the reflection

“I don’t know. I’m feeling something a little more fun and fruity-.”

Kathryn Cussons

“I mean look at it. It’s so morbid, and yet quite mesmerising.’

Kathryn Cussons with Adam Reeves

 

Cast
Boyd – Luke Baines
Kenneth – Adam Reeves
Ethel – Evie Butcher
Irene – Kathryn Cussons
Bunty – Juliette Hampton
Penny – Jamie Williams
Comrade Fukqov – Matt Gurtler
Commander Peski – Hassan Hussain

Band
Saxophone – Rowan Hawitt

Production Team
Writer – Ella Godfrey, Simon West
Director – Ella Godfrey
Producer – Alasdair Glen
Technician – Alasdair Glen
Publicity Designer – Ruby Douglass
Composer – Isla Gow
Photographer – Johannes Hjorth

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