The 2006 murder of a Medicine Hat family at the hands of a 23-year-old and his pre-teen girlfriend is the basis of a new play, "Castle in the Sky," set to open next month in Victoria, B.C.
Life is filled with ironies. Take two stories this past week which gripped the city. One was Frances Miller's opportunity to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The other was the controversy over a play about the 2006 murders of a Medicine Hat family that is coming to the city.
The play is based on verbatim interviews with those close to the murders which saw the country's youngest multi-murderer convicted of crimes committed when she was only 12 years old.
A play revolving around the 2006 murders of the Richardsons in Medicine Hat will be making its dramatic debut today and tomorrow at Calgary's Ignite! Festival for Emerging Artists.
It's a crime many in Medicine Hat would like the city to turn the page on. But the sensational nature of a 12-year-old being convicted of triple murder along with her 23-year-old boyfriend will likely not let that happen.
A Victoria, B.C. production company is looking for Hatters willing to share their feelings on the murder of the Richardson family. Castlereigh Productions has made three trips to Medicine Hat in the last six months, conducting interviews with community members who want to express themselves.
