FOR those gripped by conspiracy theories – or just gripped by good drama - Bolton Little Theatre’s latest offering is hoping to have you hooked.

The team will be bringing Frame 312 by Keith Reddin to its Forge stage in Hanover Street next month.

The title of the play refers to the crucial frame in the home-made film shot by Abraham Zapruder at the time of president John F Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

It deals with the devastating effect on the central character, Lynette, of knowing her government might be lying to her and the entire USA.

Director Peter Scofield has been researching the subject.

He said: “For me the play isn’t so much about the conspiracy as the story of how the secret dominates Lynette’s life for almost 40 years.

“It must be devastating to hold something like that with you and not be able to tell anyone.

“How would you feel if you had no one to share such a secret with? This is the story of a life which has been ruined.”

The story jumps from the 1960s when, as assistant editor at LIFE magazine, Lynette unwittingly became party to perhaps the biggest secret in American history to the late 1990s where she gathers family around her for a fateful birthday celebration.

Gareth Preston who plays Lynette’s boss adds: “Bar the moon landings and 9/11, JFKs assassination is probably the most hotly debated issue in modern times.

“The intimate space of the Forge really helped us get inside the characters and their complexities.”

Keith Reddin’s play was written more than 10 years after the famous Oliver Stone film ‘JFK’ and is a more personal take on the possible cover-up at the heart of the plot.

Frame 312 runs from October 8 to 15.

To book tickets call the box office on 01204 524469 or visit boltonlittletheatre.co.uk.