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London, 1896. Barnaby Gibbs is an
incurable optimist, a Sherlock Holmes fan, and a man
who knows he’s not good at anything. One night,
while checking on a friend's empty house, he encounters
a stranger, dressed entirely in black, holding a bag
full of stolen belongings and attempting to write
a poem about sapphires. There is only one conclusion
a reasonable man could come to: this is the notorious
cat burglar known as the Rhyming Bandit! Fortunately,
Barnaby Gibbs is not a reasonable man, and when the
stranger explains he is actually the famous detective
Antoine Feval, a new crime-fighting duo is born.
Not Quite
Sherlock is a one-man play about Victorian
London's most overlooked detective. But that's not all.
It's also a ridiculous comedy about an ex-street-performing
comedian attempting to do a one-man play about Victorian
London's most overlooked detective.
With wit, charm, timing, and almost no respect for the
rules of theatre, it is a simple, hilarious theatrical
experience unlike any other.
A Brief History Of The
Show
Not Quite Sherlock, under its original
title 'Antoine Feval', premiered in 2005 at the Winnipeg
Fringe Festival. It won Best of Fest in Winnipeg, then
went on to the Edmonton Fringe, where it did so well
it was held over for additional performances.
Since then the show has been performed all over Canada
(and a little bit beyond). It sold out its entire Toronto
Fringe run in 2006, won the Just For Laughs Best Comedy
Award in the 2009 Montreal Fringe, and then played at
Just For Laughs that year. It later played at the Revolutions
Festival in Albuquerque, NM, and the High Performance
Rodeo in Calgary.
A second show, 'The Tunnel of Terror;
A Not Quite Sherlock Mystery', premiered at the 2008
Toronto Fringe. (Original title; The Further Adventures
of Antoine Feval)
A third show, 'A Mystery at Murder Manor'
premiered at the 2025 Winnipeg Fringe Festival.
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