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Dreamstone Productions' 1940s Murder Mystery Cruise on the Norfolk Broads Why the 1940s? As a murder mystery company that hosts adventures from Sherlock Holmes' Victorian era to Doctor Who and everywhere in between, I can say with confidence that a 1940s murder mystery always sells out. Be it on a train, on board a boat, at a hotel, or in a National Trust Home, people will come from far and wide to experience a 1940s whodunnit! . I have been pondering why that is. I think tha

One of Dreamstone Productions' murder mysteries at Sheringham's North Norfolk Railway Why do people love murders on trains - because there is no getting away from it, they do? Murders and trains exist in our psyche, almost as intrinsically bound together as Sherlock Holmes and deductive reasoning. From Conan Doyle's The Story of the Lost Special to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, trains have featured in the great murder mystery stories we all know, and go back

Ian Alldis as Hercule Poirot in the Dreamstone Productions mystery What Shall We Do with the Murdered Sailor? I am taking a break from writing our next Poirot-themed Murder Mystery - Poirot Investigates: What Shall We Do with the Murdered Sailor? - so thought it was the perfect time for a Poirot-inspired blog post! Yes, we do a lot of Poirot, amongst other Agatha-Christie inspired murder mysteries; in fact we have such a reputation for 'doing' Agatha Christie that the Britis

'Floaty Towers', A Fawlty Towers Tribute Show, was produced by Dreamstone Productions and was performed on The Southern Comfort Mississippi Riverboat in May 2026. Here we are on the boat waiting for our audience to arrive. There are the 'normal' problems - the moustaches keep coming off, and Manuel cannot decide how many cocktail sticks to hand out on a silver tray (his response to being asked why he is handing out cocktail sticks, is a Manuel-esque "Tcha" and a roll of the e