The Haunting

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We went to a dinner theatre event: The Haunting of the Tavern at an English styled pub called The Tavern at Lamar and 12th. The show was produced by the same gang who do Esther's Follies.

The dinner choices for the main plate were a steak (which I had), salmon (which we had ordered for Kate) and a veggie bowl (which Kate ended up with because I'd left a note that she was a vegetarian ... who ate fish). It was a bit of struggle to serve the three course meal during the breaks in the play but the staff worked hard to get food and drinks on the table.

This is the first time they're tried this. They had sell out shows during February when they premiered and we are lucky to get seats for this their extended run. We have front row seats and are right in the thick of things during the play.

The play is a comedic farce involving a will, a faked ghost, a murder and a cast of suspects. There's an extended plot line where the Scooby-Doo gang (the children's cartoon series) investigate the murder. That's the Scooby-Doo puppet in the picture above.

We laughed ourselves silly. The Esther's Follies gang are quite funny. Kate was talking to one of the characters we recognize who does a "Texas" map bit at the Follies show. He's done it for years, we've seen it many times and it's still funny.

The murder in this play is resolved by the audience casting their votes on who they think did it and why. That made the last act a bit of a let down.

It was fun. We didn't go to Esther's Follies this visit but this helped to make up for that omission.