Join us for an exciting night with playwright and actor, Toby Schmitz as he discusses his debut novel, The Empress Murders, with good friend Tim Minchin. Toby will answer questions from the audience followed by a book signing.

6:00pm arrivals for 6:30pm start

Tickets:

Single Ticket - $12 (plus booking fee and GST)

Single Ticket + The Empress Murders - $33 (plus booking fee and GST)

Two Tickets + The Empress Murders - $43 (plus booking fee and GST)

*Ticket with book purchases – your copy of The Empress Murders will be available for pick up when you check in at the church front reception. To ensure a smooth check in, please consider arriving 15 -20 minutes before the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Everyone is in peril. Everyone is a suspect.

It's 1925 and the Empress of Australia is making her regular Atlantic crossing, New York - bound, with a full manifest of passengers.

When a dead body is uncovered onboard, it is up to Inspector Archie Daniels to find the killer. But solving one murder quickly turns into solving two, then three, and it becomes clear that Daniels must act fast to avoid an all-souls-lost–level calamity. No one, from the horrendously wealthy and entitled first-class passengers to those they consider the dregs of empire below deck, is safe. And no one can get off . . .

The Empress Murders is a razor-sharp, mind-bendingly clever novel that is both a witty, bloodthirsty whodunnit and an excoriating look at the excesses of the British Empire, just as the sun begins to set on it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Toby Schmitz is a writer, director and actor. He was most recently seen on television inBoy Swallows Universe and on stage in Gaslight. He has received nominations for his performances in The Seagull, Thyestes, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, Ruben Guthrie and The Great. His television credits include The Twelve and Black Sails. He is also a celebrated playwright. His plays include Degenerate Art, I Want to Sleep With Tom Stoppard and Capture the Flag. He was awarded the Patrick White Award for his play Lucky.

Tim Minchin is an internationally-acclaimed songwriter, singer, pianist, comedian, actor and writer. In addition to his sell-out music and comedy tours, he is the composer of music and lyrics to Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day, both of which won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and the co-creator of the award-winning TV comedy Upright. He is the author of three previous books: Storm, When I Grow Up, and Sometimes You Have to Be a Little Naughty.