Forward of Sherlock Holmes Day on Might 22, Birmingham Rep has unveiled key casting for its upcoming world premiere of “Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas,” with co-writers Humphrey Ker and David Reed moving into the long-lasting roles of Holmes and Watson.

The brand new comedy whodunnit, set to bow at Birmingham Rep on Nov. 14, and run by means of Jan. 11, 2026, will function authentic songs by the legendary musical theater duo Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The manufacturing will probably be helmed by Phillip Breen with Becky Hope-Palmer. The storyline entails a collection of mysterious deaths amongst West Finish performers, with Holmes discovering an intriguing connection to “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

Ker, who not too long ago took residence an Emmy for his work as government producer on FX/Disney+’s “Welcome to Wrexham,” the place he additionally serves as neighborhood director for the soccer membership, will don the deerstalker because the famed detective. His latest credit embrace NBC’s “American Auto” and Apple TV+’s “Mythic Quest.”

Reed, whose tv credit embrace “Endeavour,” “Past Paradise,” “Father Brown,” and “Ghosts,” will play Dr. Watson. His writing credit span radio comedy performs and the Audible Authentic collection “Zeroes.” Margaret Cabourn-Smith and John Kearns will spherical out the forged as Mrs. Hudson and Lestrade, respectively.

“As diehard Sherlock Holmes followers, Dave and I are completely delighted to have tricked the Birmingham Rep into permitting us to jot down and star in a wildly foolish Holmes and Watson journey,” stated Ker. “And to do it with such beloved mates and collaborators in Margaret, John, Tim, Andrew and directing celebrity Phil Breen is the stuff of desires. Can’t wait to don the deerstalker, mud off the needle stuffed with morphine and BECOME Sherlock Holmes.”

“Humphrey and me have been obsessive about the characters of Holmes and Watson ever since we met on a stage in Edinburgh some 20 years in the past,” Reed added. “We pastiched them in our first radio collection ‘The Brothers Faversham’ and crowbarred them into our activates BBC Two improvised sketch present ‘Quick & Free.’ To now get to play them in earnest is sort of truthfully a dream come true.”

The vacation-themed thriller marks one other vital collaboration for Rice and Lloyd Webber, including to their legendary partnership that has produced such theater classics as “Jesus Christ Celebrity,” “Evita,” and “Joseph and the Superb Technicolor Dreamcoat.”