Death among the Olives: episode five

About this episode

Three middle-aged gay men in rural Andalucia become embroiled in a sensational murder mystery.

Three middle-aged, gay men, each with their reasons for starting over, share a house in a small, rural town in Andalucia. Learning to adjust and adapt to new housemates is a hard trick for these old dogs to learn, and things do not go smoothly. But a sensational murder in their adopted town soon brings the men together. The death of a migrant worker in the olive fields has the whole town on tenterhooks, and our three heroes become consumed with the desire to solve the mystery. “Death Among the Olives,” is a comic play set in a picturesque region of Southern Spain, renowned for its undulating olive groves and medieval castles. It’s like "The Golden Girls" meets "Murder, She Wrote", but with men; and set in Spain CAST John Kennard as Colin Pavel Douglas as Jack Ivan Wilkinson as Victor Judit Cebollada Val as Nazaret Luis Alberto Martin as the policeman/ Domingo Lorenzo Simpson as Babacar Naomi Rohatyn as Doña Lourdes Stephanie Terrero as the mother superior MUSIC Naranjas en Diciembre by Vendla Spanish Heat by Jonathan Bondesson Highway to Spain - Jonathan Bondesson A Sombre View - Andres Cantu Covered Bridge - American Legion Investigating Paolo - The Fly Guy Five Written and…

People in this episode

Host: Olivier Bosman

Guests: John Kennard, Pavel Douglas, Ivan Wilkinson, Judit Cebollada Val, Luis Alberto Martin, Lorenzo Simpson, Naomi Rohatyn, Stephanie Terrero

Topics covered

• mystery
• comedy
• murder
• friendship
• adaptation

Keywords

• murder mystery
• Andalucia
• gay men
• comedy
• drama

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Death Among the Olives, The Golden Girls, Murder, She Wrote

Places: Andalucia, Southern Spain

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