Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury to Present THE MOUSETRAP

AGATHA Christie's The Mousetrap comes to The Marlowe Theatre in September.

The murder mystery has continued to break Box Office records since it first went on tour in 2012, with Canterbury being the first venue.

The scene is set when a group of people, gathered in a country house cut off by snow, discover there is a murderer in their midst. One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until the last, nerve-shredding moment, the identity and the motive are finally revealed.

The cast for the 2015 tour includes Hester Arden (Macbeth, Orange Tree Theatre) as Miss Casewell, Edward Elgood as Christopher Wren, Mark Homer (Tony Hill in EastEnders) as Giles Ralston, Esther McAuley (I Promise You Sex and Violence, Northern Stage) as Mollie Ralston, and Jonathan Sidgwick (Hollyoaks; Coronation Street) as Mr Paravicini.

The original production of The Mousetrap opened in 1952 and starred the late Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim. It has been playing ever since, making it the world's longest running stage show: it recently celebrated 26,000 performances.

The 60th anniversary - and first ever - UK tour of this beloved thriller has been seen by more than 600,000 people across more than 600 performances and breaking box office records in many of its venues.

Mousetrap Productions has also licensed 60 productions of The Mousetrap world-wide to mark the 60th year, and many of these have also broken their records, from Cape Town to Philadelphia, Singapore to Sydney. During this period the world's longest-running show has been seen in every continent, with professional productions in Australia, China, Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Scandinavia, Venezuela, and across the United States and Canada.

The Mousetrap is at The Marlowe Theatre from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 September. Performance times are 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Tickets, priced from £20 to £38.50 (concessions available; booking fee applies) are from the Box Office on 01227 787787 or marlowetheatre.com.

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