A MURDER mystery in true am-dram style will be on offer next week when Stratford's Phoenix Players ham it up in their new production, which follows the trials and tribulations of an amateur production.

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr follows a group as they attempt to stage a play and things go hilariously wrong,

The play will be at Stratford Civic Hall for a three-night run beginning next Thursday.