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theatre · Thursday 10 September 2026 · 7:30pm 
Sheer Luck Holmes: The Case of the Floating Fiancee
At Newgrange Hotel · Bridge Street, Navan, Co. Meath
At Newgrange Hotel · Bridge Street, Navan, Co. Meath
A touring murder mystery dinner theatre show comes to Navan for one night in September, staged at the Newgrange Hotel rather than a conventional theatre space and promoted through Solstice Arts Centre’s listings. Sheer Luck Holmes: The Case of the Floating Fiancee is billed as a laugh-out-loud comic take on the detective genre, performed around a dinner setting rather than a fixed stage.
The format is interactive dinner theatre: actors work the room in character as the plot unfolds course by course, and the audience is drawn into piecing together the mystery alongside the cast. Shows of this kind typically run a full evening once dinner is factored in, so it suits people looking for a complete night out rather than a quick show. It leans on comedy first and mystery second, with the “floating fiancee” premise promising a send-up of classic detective tropes rather than anything genuinely dark. Given the dinner theatre format, expect a set menu served across the performance, with the cast weaving character work between courses. This is one of a number of touring dinner theatre productions that pass through Meath hotel venues over the year, and the Newgrange Hotel on Bridge Street is a regular host for this kind of show given its function-room capacity in the centre of Navan.
The Newgrange Hotel is on Bridge Street in the centre of Navan, an easy walk from Railway Street bus station if arriving by Bus Éireann or Dublin Coach from Dublin, both of which take around an hour. Drivers will find town-centre car parks within a short walk of the hotel.
Navan is the county town of Meath, at the meeting point of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers, with restaurants and bars around Trimgate Street if you want to extend the evening. There is more to see in Navan and across Co. Meath.
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