The Final Curtain tells the story of the tragic and untimely death of legendary South African theatre personality, musician and playwright Taliep Petersen, who was murdered in cold blood in his home late one night on 16 December 2006. At first police believed it to be an armed robbery gone wrong. But later it came to light that the men were hired by Taliep's own wife Najwa Petersen to kill him.—Sabido