A leading Windsor amateur drama group will be staging a new show next month - without breaking a single Tier 4 rule.

The show by Windsor Theatre Guild is a comedy murder mystery written by former professional actor David Chapman and will be performed on Zoom Webinar with a chance for audience participation.

David, 50, of River Way, Windsor works as a corporate leadership coach.

His professional acting days were well behind him when he joined Windsor Theatre Guild two years ago.

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The idea of staging a show online came to him as the Covid-19 crisis forced the cancellation of the group's planned 2020 productions.

David said: "Audiences were clearly going to be starved of live entertainment for some time.

"Staging a murder mystery online seemed a good way of helping cheer people up during a horrible situation.

"It is going to be quite a technical challenge and I am going in on a wing and a prayer."

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There will be audience participation with people invited to interact with each other on a chatline, form teams and dress up - with prizes for the best costume and best team name.

It took David four weeks to write Murder at Tyttefield Manor - a saucy 'carry on' of a tale about the sinister events at the home of Lord and Lady Tytteshire.

It features a group of 1920s style characters with names like Antonia Manorborn, Algernon Bigglesworth, Penny Smallpiece and Mrs Throttlesnake.

Expect murder, mayhem, some very naughty secrets and a great number of Carry On style double entendres.

David said: "I tried to do it as if Agatha Christie had decided to write a pantomime."

The show will be staged on Zoom Webinar on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 21, 22 and 23, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 28, 29 and 30 at 8pm.

Tickets to take part are £5 - available on Ticket Source.co.uk/wtg