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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play. This is a quintessentially ‘whodunnit’ murder mystery from the best-selling novelist that keeps audiences on the edge of their seat – case closed!
At Monkswell Manor, owners Mollie and Giles Ralston and their guests are snowed in after news of a London murder. A police sergeant arrives and warns that a killer may be among them.
The Mousetrap premiered at Theatre Royal Nottingham in 1952 before opening at London’s Ambassadors Theatre. It moved to St Martin’s Theatre in 1974. The 70th-anniversary tour began in 2022 and visited Buxton in 2023.
The cast of the iconic murder-mystery on the 2023 tour included Todd Carty (EastEnders, Grange Hill, Dancing on Ice) as Major Metcalf and Catherine Shipton (known for playing Lisa ‘Duffy’ Duffin in BBC drama Casualty) as Mrs. Boyle.
They were joined by Rachel Dawson (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Mollie Ralston, Michael Lyle (Amadeus at National Theatre and RSC’s A Christmas Carol) as Giles Ralston, Shaun McCourt (The Railway Children at Kings Cross Theatre and War Horse at the National Theatre), as Christopher Wren, Leigh Lothian (Lovely Bones at Birmingham Rep and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Aldwych Theatre and on tour) as Miss Casewell, Steven Elliott (The Ladykillers UK tour and Associate Artist of Theatre Clwyd) as Mr. Paravicini, and Garyn Williams (The Corn is Green at the National Theatre) as Detective Sgt. Trotter.
The 2023 tour was produced by Adam Spiegel and directed by Ian Talbot OBE and Denise Silvey.
2023 performances
The tour visited Buxton Opera House from 18–23 September 2023, including a captioned performance on 20 September.
For the current programme, visit Buxton Opera House.
Buxton Opera House, Water Street, Buxton, SK17 6XN
T: 01298 72190
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