Peter James' Picture You Dead

Peter, Fiona & George

Superintendent Roy Grace is back in a brand-new Peter James stage adaptation and world premiere of the bestselling Picture You Dead, which has opened to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.

Starring 2024’s multiple award-winning actor Peter Ash (Coronation Street, War Horse), Fiona Wade, who starred this year in 2:22 A Ghost Story, following 12 years in Emmerdale, and with Casualty’s George Rainsford (Call the Midwife, 2:22 A Ghost Story) returning as DSI Roy Grace.

With a total of 20 Sunday Times bestsellers to his name and the television series GRACE now a huge hit on ITV, Picture You Dead, the seventh and brand-new thrilling stage adaptation, cements Peter James’ Grace series as the most successful modern-day crime stage franchise since Agatha Christie. 

Back home in Brighton, DSI Grace investigates a cold case that leads him to the secretive world of fine art, but beneath the respectable veneer lurks a dark underworld of deception and murder.

When one unsuspecting couple unearth a potentially priceless masterpiece, they discover that their dream find is about to turn into their worst nightmare, and only Grace can stop them from paying the ultimate price.

Reviews

★★★★★ ‘One of the best crime thrillers I’ve seen on stage… kill for a ticket!’  - Chichester Observer on Peter James’s Dead Simple

★★★★★ ‘Will leave you breathless with suspense’ - Whatsgoodtodo on Peter James’s The House on Cold Hill

★★★★★
‘A thrilling investigation that had me on the edge of my seat’
- Fairy Powered Productions#

★★★★ ‘A gripping mystery that keeps the audience guessing until the very end’
- Broadway World

‘Keeps the audience on the edge of their seats’ - The Swindonian

‘The best of the Peter James stage adaptations I’ve seen’ - Southern Daily Echo

’It’s dead good. So do go!’ - Born Again Swindonian

‘Brilliant…a fiendishly enjoyable night out’
- Sussex World