Holmes has a brief, potent encounter with Moriarty (Gavin Molloy) in a pacier second half. But Barton and Derrington build chemistry, having played the duo before, and infuse their pairing with intensity Watson takes Holmes to task in one scene which switches the dynamic and Holmes expresses admiration for him in a rare, if understated, show of emotion. The latter, played by Joseph Derrington, seems like a tweedy sidekick who takes the putdowns graciously. Luke Barton’s Holmes – young, bushy-tailed – has the air of a supercilious clever clogs, reminding Watson he is always 10 steps ahead. Typing up the final case summary, even Watson observes: “The two tales lack a cohesive conclusion.” But the production is an elegant one nonetheless. The stories run alongside each other and the Pennsylvania strand looks like a cross between Gangs of New York and Gunfight at the OK Corral – but more comic when we learn its murderous tentacles have reached Tunbridge Wells.
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