| What: The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair When: July 1-5, 2026 Where: Star Theatre, The Homecoming Centre, Cape Town Cast: Megan Armstrong-Davies (Katherine Sinclair), Stephan Fourie (Detective Philip Mortimer), Amy Reed (Marjorie) and Daniel von Hoesslin (Patrick Sinclair and others) Writers/producers: Megan Armstrong-Davies and Stephan Fourie Bookings: Quickethttps://qkt.io/KatherineSinclair Age Restriction: No under 13s Website: https://katherine-sinclair.com/ |
She’s murdered. She’s missing. She’s making a scene. That is Katherine Sinclair – the feisty heroine in The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, a juke box musical which is premiering in Cape Town, from July 1-5, 2026 (seven performances) at the Star Theatre, The Homecoming Centre (ex Fugard). The musical has been written by and is produced by Megan Armstrong-Davies and Stephan Fourie. They are also performing, along with Amy Reed and Daniel von Hoesslin. Read on for more:
What if the dead could give their side of the story?
The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair is not your grandmother’s whodunit. It is a genre-bending jukebox cabaret that dares to ask: What if the dead woman told the story? It is a bold new production, subverting genres.
The Story
Katherine Sinclair, a socialite known as much for her charm as her carefully curated image, has vanished without a trace. In a city obsessed with appearances, one woman’s perfect life has unravelled in the most inconvenient way. She’s been murdered — and no one can find the body.
Now, a flamboyant detective, a suspicious husband, and a string of questionable lovers must piece together the truth in a theatrical experience that blurs the line between performance and investigation.
The suspect list runs longer than her cocktail tab — a flamboyant detective, a haughty husband, and a parade of lovers (all played, suspiciously, by the same man). It is a scandal!
Unreliable narrator – guiding the audience
Instead of a silent victim, Katherine Sinclair is the narrator of her own demise, guiding the audience through a fractured timeline of wealth, deception, and desire. Katherine is complex, unhinged – glamorous, elusive, and perhaps not as mourned as she would have wished to be.
Across fractured timelines and reimagined hits from Rihanna to Amy Winehouse , this ragtag, actor-driven production trades scale for imagination and earnestness for humour. It’s stylish, irreverent, and just a little bit dangerous — a whodunnit where the victim has the best lines, the music has been to therapy, and nobody, least of all Katherine, can be trusted.
Heightened reality, stylised storytelling, and unapologetic camp
With a single performer embodying both her husband and her many lovers, and a detective who is equal parts brilliant and theatrical, the show leans into heightened reality, stylised storytelling, and unapologetic camp. The result is a fast-paced, irreverent theatrical experience that refuses to sit quietly within any one genre.
Genre bending
This production weaves together reimagined songs, razor-sharp wit, and a deliciously dark narrative. Told across fractured timelines — past, present, and the ever-unravelling truth — the story invites audiences into a world of wealth, deception, and desire.
Created by a truly ragtag bunch, this is theatre at its most inventive — resourceful, actor-driven, and deliciously bold.
Blending the intimacy of cabaret with the intrigue of a whodunnit, the production taps into a growing appetite for immersive, genre-defying performance. It offers audiences not just a story, but a puzzle — one that invites them to question every version of the truth presented.
At a time when large-scale productions dominate the landscape, this piece proves that scale is no substitute for imagination. Jukebox musicals often rely on nostalgia, The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair taps into a growing appetite for immersive, genre-defying performances that use familiar sounds in unfamiliar ways.
Songbook – re-imagined hits
Reimagined songs drive a “deliciously dark narrative”. The show’s sonic landscape is as eclectic as Katherine’s list of lovers, featuring a “jukebox” of hits reimagined through a cabaret lens. Audiences can expect to hear the works of:
- Pop Icons: Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, and Rihanna.
- Soul & Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald and Amy Winehouse.
- Art-Rock & Avant-Garde: Grace Jones and Gnarls Barkley.
- Timeless Divas: Cher and Nancy Sinatra.
By stripping these tracks down and rebuilding them within a theatrical “whodunnit” framework, the production refuses to sit quietly within any one genre, offering a fast-paced and irreverent experience.
Surprising and a little bit dangerous
Stephan Fourie and Stephan Fourie reflect: “We wanted to create something that feels like a night out, not just a night at the theatre — something stylish, surprising, and just a little bit dangerous. The kind of show where you’re never entirely sure who to trust… especially not the victim.”
“The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair brings something completely new and original, something you could act out in a non-prescribed, utterly uncontrived way. We no longer wanted to interpret material written by others but to take a bold risk. This is a story about complexity and the range we all hold.”
Performance Times:
Wednesday July 1, 2026, 19:30
Thursday July 2, 2026, 19:30
Friday July 3, 2026, 19:30
Saturday July 4, 2026, 14:30
Saturday July 4, 2026, 19:30
Sunday July 5, 2026, 14:30
Sunday July 5, 2026, 19:30
A Revival of the Jukebox Musical
The production redefines the jukebox musical by weaving reimagined hits into a darkly comedic whodunnit that prioritizes inventive, actor-driven. Its eclectic sonic landscape features a high-contrast mix of icons, rebuilt to serve as the narrative engine for Katherine’s scandalous demise.
Imagination Over Scale
Eschewing the trend of massive, impersonal productions, this “ragtag” creative team has built a resourceful, actor-driven experience where imagination is the primary currency.
More Than a Play
Described by creators Megan Armstrong-Davies and Stephan Fourie as “a night out, not just a night at the theatre,” the show blends the intimacy of cabaret with the high-stakes intrigue of a noir investigation.
About the cast
Megan Armstrong-Davies
as Katherine Sinclair
A mezzo-soprano with a dynamic presence on the Cape Town musical theatre scene — and the unusual distinction of having made her stage debut at 42. Audiences and critics have taken note of her vocal richness and her flair for character work, most memorably in the one-woman production of Shirley Valentine.
Off-stage, she runs a small orphanage in Khayelitsha and somehow also raises four children, which may explain the stamina.
In The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, Megan appears as the rather venal — and faintly menacing — Katherine herself, a role she has also co-written and co-produced, lest anyone accuse her of doing things by halves.
Stephan Fourie
as Det. Philip Mortimer
A producer, creative director, and occasional menace on stage, known for his sharp wit, commanding presence, and an alarming enthusiasm for character-driven storytelling. As the force behind Curated Event, his work blurs the line between performance and spectacle.
He is no stranger to the Star Theatre, having created recent and critically reviewed productions of The Great Gatsby and The Secret Garden, both of which were attended by consenting audiences.
In The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, Stephan takes on multiple disciplines, though it is his turn as Detective Philip Mortimer — a man who appears to enjoy the investigation rather more than protocol would recommend — that brings his particular brand of theatrical mischief into sharp focus.
Amy Reed
as Marjorie
A performer and professional multitasker, raised in a family of musicians and trained at The Drama Lab and Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy, where she graduated in 2020. When not on stage, she fronts Dead at the Box Office, a punk band whose name is, regrettably, not autobiographical.
Her credits include Apoca-Lips (SixtyNine Theatre), Wicked of Oz (The Mirage), Feeling Pretty: The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe, NAF, SixtyNine Theatre, Kalk Bay Theatre), Melomania (Kalk Bay Theatre), and Rouge (Kalk Bay Theatre).
Performing on the Homecoming Centre stage has long been on her list, and she is especially delighted to be doing it in a production being built from the ground up.
Daniel von Hoesslin
as Patrick Sinclair & others
A medical doctor working predominantly in emergency medicine and surgery, who for this production has agreed to swap the operating theatre for the actual theatre. A lifelong devotee of music and musical theatre, he most recently appeared on the Artscape stage in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.
Daniel brings a powerful bass-baritone and a chameleon-like turn across four characters and a great many costume changes — chief among them Patrick Sinclair, the long-suffering (or so he might have you believe) husband to Katherine, alongside a litany of her lovers.
Is he the murderer? Is he merely a pawn? One thing is for sure: he is playing this one very close to the vest.
❇ Daniel von Hoesslin, Stephan Fourie, The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, Amy Reed and Megan Armstrong-Davies in in The Curious Case of Katherine Sinclair, July 1-5, 2026, Star Theatre, The Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Pic: Supplied. Sponsored feature. Images supplied.
