Come Dine With Me on Friday

The first of two fantastic opportunities for crime fiction fans to get to know authors in a relaxed but fun dinner environment – and solve a mystery! Leading crime writers will each host a table of diners, and together they’ll try to unravel a brand‑new tale written especially for the evening by Lisa Jewell. Your host for the night will guide guests through the twists and turns as actors – or more accurately ‘crime writers in daft wigs’ – bring the clues to life.

The dinner includes a glass of wine on arrival, a two‑course meal, plus tea or coffee. There are prizes to be won by the top detectives among our tables of diners, ably assisted by their author for the evening – but only if they can work out “whodunnit”!

The full line‑up will be revealed on 14 April 2026. Please note that there will be events happening simultaneously on the Theakston Stage.

Kindly sponsored by Theakston Brewery