The Dead Parrot Collective

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2 DAYS UNTIL WE OPEN!! With opening night so close, we've been thinking back on the creation process and thought we share some early concept and inspiration bits. We can't wait to share all we've been working on. 🕵‍♂️🦜

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3(!!) DAYS UNTIL WE OPEN! Cirque Du Banquet FC 🦜⚽️

It's nearly time for the Cirque Du Banquet's wacky cast of characters to go through their biggest peril yet when one of their own is murdered. Who has possibly served up this mystery and will Ace Dekkard be able to solve this case and come out the other side unscathed?? 🕵‍♂️🦜

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Finally, we get to reveal our flyer/poster design! 19 days until someone gets murdered but who could possibly ruin such an occasion? Make sure to get your tickets to catch Cirque Du Banquet’s new act and meet their dysfunctional family.

We've been hard at work with our final preparations and we're so excited to show you all what we've been working on. Is this truly Ace Dekkard's last case? Ticket link in bio 🕵‍♂️🦜

Welcome ACE DEKKARD!
Coat? Long. Collar? High. Wife? Dead. Fedora? Absolutely. Ace created a card-based process for reading suspects, called the “suit system” and with over two hundered solved cases and zero mistakes he really is the world’s greatest detective.

“Call the card, catch the killer.”

Played by ; Actor, writer, and co-founder of The Dead Parrot Collective.

Creating last year’s Fringe show The Tragedy That Befalls The Dastardly Crew Of The Kakapo was the creative highlight of Connor’s career, surpassed only by creating THIS year’s show. “Dead Parrot was formed with one singular mission statement, artists supporting artists. We choose to devise stories collaboratively, bringing everybody into the writers' room. This play belongs to the cast. Their love, their energy, and their boundless talent cascades through every scene, character, and line. I’m proud to call these people my friends, and I can’t wait for you to witness them bringing our story to life.”

Credits include; Coronation Street, BBC 1’s The A Word, THE SHEPHERD’S LIFE at Theatre By The Lake, Bridgewater Arts’ 2019 revival of The Judas Kiss, radio drama Social Construct, and Netflix’s historical epic Outlaw King.

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Welcome VINNIE CASSINO!
A rookie detective surviving his first night on the job. Idealistic, nervous and paired with the world’s greatest detective on a high profile murder case, will VINNIE be able to earn the respect of his hero?

“I know you ain't never had a.. protégé or nothin' but I promise I won't let you down.”

Played by ; Paul is originally from a small seaside town outside of Liverpool. He studied History and Politics at Edinburgh University, found himself at the Edinburgh Dungeons and here he is 2 years later! Auditioning for and playing Jolly in Dead Parrot's last adventure, Paul returns as Detective Vinnie Cassino this year and finds himself entrapped in a performance of The Faustus Project on the 21st with

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Welcome CLOWNMASTER PEPPER!
Leader of Cirque Du Banquet’s chapter of The Quinns (an underground network of criminal clowns.) she is ruthless, calculating and willing to destroy ANYONE who gets in the way of business.

“The Quinns don’t take kindly to Cop’s sniffin’ around our operation.”

Played by ; Erin (she/her) is an actor born and bred in Ayrshire, who can usually be found scaring tourists at The Edinburgh Dungeon or working as a tour guide on the Royal Mile. She graduated from Glasgow Kelvin College with an HND in Acting and Performance, where she played the titular role in ‘King Lear’, Miss Furnival in ‘Black Comedy’ and Nance in ‘Female Transport’ amongst other roles.

This is Erin’s second time performing at the Fringe after being a part of The Edinburgh Dungeons Murder Mystery Fringe Show in 2023, and her second show with Dead Parrot after working as Crew on Kakapo (2023).

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Welcome BON-BON!
Quinn enforcer, and right hand goon of Clownmaster Pepper. Bon-Bon is only capable of communicating in a series of short grunts, making it very difficult to ask questions about his shady past, though… get in his way and you definitely won’t have a future.

“Ugh.”

Played by ; Co-founder of The Dead Parrot Collective and film ranking list extraordinaire, James enjoys putting his hand to all things creative. With Cirque Du Banquet being his directorial debut along with portraying the mystery man of few words; Bon-Bon. After last year's romp as the bombastic Captain Ennis Valentine, he looks to challenge himself with a much more introspective and less self-serving character.

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Welcome RINGMASTER RELISH!
The flamboyant and enigmatic Ringmaster of Cirque Du Banquet! Any attempt to dig into the past of Esteban Del Carman De La Cruz Rodriguez Fernandez Relish yields no information. It’s as if he fell straight out of the skye. Relish loves three things: money, profits and dollars.

“I am Ringmaster! MY head is on block for chopping!”

Played by Jack Jarvis Gouther; Jack graduated the joint BA(Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen course at Edinburgh Napier and Queen Margaret Universities in 2018. He is no stranger to performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, but this will be Jack’s first show with Dead Parrot. He is super excited to show what we have been working hard on over the past year. Jack has brown hair, brown eyes and one beard.

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Welcome CHIP REUBEN!
Once upon a time, Chip accidentally wandered into a sea-bound shipping container, and it was locked behind him. After a week sailing in complete darkness, the container reached its destination and Chip stumbled from the boat to find himself VERY FAR from his island home of Australia. Penniless and panicked Chip lied his way into the first job he could find, as a knife thrower in the travelling Cirque du Banquet… he prays his ineptitude will not come to light before The Circus finally delivers him back home.

“MURDER? S'truth.. I just wanna go home.”

Played by ; Jordan Monks is a Scottish Actor who last year graduated from Napier University with a BA(Hons) Acting For Stage and Screen. He is from Dundee but based in Edinburgh. Jordan is looking forward to jumping in to Murder! At Cirque De Banuet, and helping to bring this wild play to life.

Recent Theatre credits include: Julius Ceasar (Bard in the Botanics), Malion (Tired Horse Theatre / Under the Rug Theatre), Well Played(Josie Rose Embleton), Strays (Broken Bottle Theatre), Kingdom (Lunar Theatre), Black Watch (New Celt Productions).
Jordan has also taken to writing and has created a few short stories for stage as well as working on a script for a comedy show ideally written for TV. He is currently writing collaboratively to bring a show to Edinburgh later this year.

Welcome THE GREAT SAGE, LAVENDER LEMONGRASS!
Cirque du Banquet’s resident mystic, after discovering her latent magic powers, she escaped the mean streets of North London to find a more enriching life. Crass, blunt and quick to anger.. you can take the girl out of London, but not London out of the girl.

“How do YOU think magic works? Nobhead!”

Played by ; Chelsea Moles became a graduate of the Ba(Hons) Drama and Performance Course at Queen Margaret University in 2020. Chelsea has always adored performing and is absolutely ecstatic to be joining The Dead Parrot Collective in their second run at the fringe. Chelsea cannot wait to introduce audiences to Lavender Lemongrass as she is quite possibly the most interesting character Chelsea has ever portrayed! 🔮

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Welcome CANDY AMBROSIA!
A starlet of a bygone era, gracefully ageing out of the spotlight, the travelling Cirque Du Banquet is the perfect retirement… but can one truly let go of being the STAR attraction?

“I may be vain Detective.. but I ain’t stupid.”

Played by ; Lev Siegel(he/she/they)

Lev Siegel is a gender-fluid actor. She was born in Florida and moved to Scotland to pursue a professional acting career in the UK. She graduates from Edinburgh Napier University in October and is actively seeking representation.

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Welcome HORATIO MUSTARD!
Once.. heir apparent to the Mustard-Seams textile empire, until.. the business and Horatio’s family perished in a catastrophic fire. The young aristocrat wandered aimlessly before finding a new home with Cirque Du Banquet. He re-built himself as he built-up his body, today globally renowned as the world’s strongest strongman!

“Ha! HORATIO MUSTARD! Daring like Dijon.. but DOUBLE as STRONG!”

Played by Declyn Tracey; Declyn is an actor and writer from East Lothian who is especially keen to explore new work. They graduated from the MGA Academy of Performing Arts with a BA in Acting in 2019 and this is their first time ever performing at the Fringe. Declyn is super excited to join the cast of Murder! after Dead Parrot’s extremely successful debut last year, and has had an absolute blast bringing this play and all of its colourful culprits to life.

Welcome SCARLETT SOUFFLÉ!
Singer, dancer, and acrobat extraordinaire, Cirque Du Banquet’s radiant star! Three years have passed since Scarlett joined the circus, and she returns to Yew Nork with the world at her feet, but under so many spotlights it’s hard to keep her past buried…

“Good.. justice ain’t quiet.”

Played by ; Brianna studied BA Musical Theatre at New College Lanarkshire, graduating in 2020. Normally spending her days dwelling in the Edinburgh dungeon, outwith she is an avid lover of dance, animals and a good serving of Sarah J. Maas. This is her first show with Dead Parrot and her first time performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and she can’t wait to share what herself and the team have been working on.