Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency (NHB Modern Plays)

By Nathan Bryon

When Dexter's mum is sent to jail for getting mixed up in a jewellery robbery, it's up to Dexter and his best friend Winter to get her out.
On their journey to uncover the truth and free Mum, their detective work leads them to some surprising discoveries.
Nathan Bryon's play Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency is a madcap adventure story for young people (and older detectives) to watch, read and perform. It was first produced in 2019 by Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd on a nationwide tour, including a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in Paines Plough's pop-up theatre, Roundabout.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Jul 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781788502139

Nathan Bryon

Nathan Bryon is a writer and actor. As an actor, he is best known for playing Jamie Bennett in the BBC Three comedy series Some Girls, and Joey Ellis in the ITV sitcom Benidorm. He has written for critically acclaimed Cbeebies' animation Rastamouse, BAFTA award-winning Swashbuckle and on all three series of Cbeebies' BAFTA-nominated Apple Tree House. He has written plays including Mixed Brain (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2017) and Dexter and Winter's Detective Agency (Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd tour, 2019).

Book preview

Nathan Bryon

DEXTER AND

WINTER’S

DETECTIVE

AGENCY

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Characters

Dexter and Winter’s Detective Agency

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Dexter and Winter’s Detective Agency was produced by Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd. It was first performed in Paines Plough's Roundabout at Theatr Clwyd on 29 June 2019, before touring to Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; The Lowry, Salford; and the Theatre Royal Stratford East. The cast was as follows:

Main Characters

DEXTER, ten, class clown and only child

WINTER, ten, a wannabe detective, Dexter’s best mate

ANGELA, thirty-six, Mum to Dexter, very cool, has made a big mistake

CARRIE, thirty-eight, Mum to Winter, very geeky, vegan and health-conscious

Supporting Cast

NEWSROUND PRESENTER

KID 1, 2, 3

GRANNY ANNIE

CALLUM CHARITY BUCKET

BOSSMAN

BARLADY

BILL THE BUTCHER

KATHY COSTUME LADY

JEFF / ZEBRA MAN

TICKET INSPECTOR

POLICE OFFICER

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

Scene One

We see three ROBBERS enter stage. They are all dressed like unicorns in onesies and their faces are covered by unicorn masks. They are carrying big ‘SWAG’ bags. The ROBBERS are shouting: ‘Grab the bag, don’t leave anything… come on LET’S GO!’

Maybe this could be shown in some funky dance or done with lasers, and we see them break into the jewellery shop and taking all the jewels. We can hear police sirens getting closer and closer.

Scene Two – Newsround Report

SFX – Newsround theme tune.

NEWSROUND PRESENTER. Hello, everyone, I’m Ricky, your top stories from Newsround this evening. A story we have been following, after two weeks of one of the most intense police searches in British history, three of the four Unicorn Jewellery thieves are in custody this morning.

Scene Three – Dreamland / Bedroom

We see DEXTER is asleep in bed, he is dreaming. We go into his dream.

DEXTER. Hi I’m Dexter aka D-Dog, aka Dex, aka Captain Stinkhead, I didn’t make the last one up! Welcome to my dreamland, you guys ain’t normally here? But that’s cool, I’m about to do my favourite thing in the whole world… do you guys want to