The Mousetrap

On Monday 2^nd November curtains go up at Buxton Opera House for the national tour of Agatha Christie’s thriller, The Mousetrap.

The production, which originally opened in 1952 starring the late Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, is famous around the world for being the longest running show of any kind in the history of British theatre – with over 25,000 performances!

The intriguing who-dunnit tells the story of what happens when a group of people, gathered in a country house cut off by the snow, discover to their horror that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.

In her own inimitable style, Dame Agatha Christie has created an atmosphere of shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner

The cast for the 2015 tour includes Hester Arden (Macbeth, Orange Tree Theatre) as Miss Casewell, Edward Elgood  as Christopher Wren,) Esther McAuley (I Promise You Sex and Violence, Northern Stage) as Mollie Ralston and Jonathan Sidgwick (Hollyoaks; Coronation Street) as Mr Paravicini. William Ilkley joins from the West End production of The Mousetrap as Major Metcalf alongside Luke Jenkins and Anne Kavanagh who will reprise their roles from the record-breaking 2014 tour as Sgt Trotter and Mrs Boyle respectively.

The Mousetrap runs from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 November at 7.30pm with matinees at 2.30pm on Thursday and Saturday.

Tickets are priced from £17 to £27 (discounts are available).

To buy tickets or for more information please contact the Box Office on 01298 72190

http://www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk