John Muggleton

Playwright

Burn is awarded Best Production and The People's Choice Award at the 2022 EODL Theatre Festival

An Act of Grace 

by John Muggleton

 Jan 23-Feb 7, 2026

Curtain Club Theatre

Richmond Hill, ON.

A wealthy and mysterious woman, invites Chuck, a financial advisor and Tony, a lawyer to her country home to discuss her estate and update her will. Once there, the tables are turned and the two men are thrust into a game of survival, that, if lost, will destroy their lives.

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2025 / 2026 Season

Burn

By John Muggleton
Directed by Julia Lalonde

November 21 – December 7, 2025

Old friends Robert, Samira and David are the only three left of their original gang. Robert’s wife, famed mystery novelist Tara Waters, disappeared five years ago — but Robert insists she’s still alive. Paul, also a writer, died the year before, shortly after reuniting with his estranged daughter Eve. Eve has asked to meet the three friends for the first time, stating that she has something important to deliver. Over the evening’s meeting, Eve becomes awkward, eerie, strange and sinister. As the evening unravels, the chaos erupts with hidden secrets revealed.Type your paragraph here.

"Burn is a highly suspenseful ghost story that holds you in its fiery grip right up until the final moments."
- Alan Mackey, On Stage Ottawa​

The Players Guild of Hamilton production of Burn, 2024

"John Muggleton has the devious insight of Patricia Highsmith, the ingenious plotting of an Agatha Christie mystery with the dramatic pace of a Hitchcock thriller.  Think of a crazy blend of ‘Dial M for Murder’, ‘Strangers on a Train’, ‘And Then there were None’.

In the contemporary era of lucractive, financial scams, this is a meticulously crafted, slick, psychological thriller which delves into the exploitation of unsuspecting victims to plan the perfect crime. Type your paragraph here."

​- Vivien Devlin, Edinburghguide.com (2024)