Planning is under way for the seventh annual “Murder in the Museum Melodrama” at the Millicent National Trust Museum.


Dozens of National Trust and community members will don costumes and wigs on the evening of April 5 and act out a classic whodunnit for the benefit of 150 patrons.


It is the annual major fundraiser for the Millicent National Trust Museum.


As before, the production will be overseen by Millicent thespian Chris Hollingsworth who honed her talents with defunct Millicent theatre group the Company of Seven.


She always welcomes the involvement of the younger people in the production and says it gives them the opportunity to act out.


The “Murder in the Museum Melodrama” is usually a feature of the annual Geltwood Craft Festival in Millicent.


However, the Geltwood organisers have decided to delay the next festival until 2026.