The place and when?
Lucy Bailey’s new manufacturing of the UK & Eire Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will open on 6 September on the Lowry in Salford and operating via to three Might 2025 on the Cheltenham Everyman. See full tour dates beneath.
Who’s within the solid?
Becoming a member of the beforehand introduced Michael Maloney as Agatha Christie’s well-known Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in Lucy Bailey’s new manufacturing of the UK & Eire Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, will probably be Bob Barrett as Monsieur Bouc, Mila Carter as Countess Elena Andreyni, Rebecca Charles as Greta Ohlsonn, Debbie Chazen as Princess Dragomiroff, Simon Cotton as Samuel Ratchett, Jean-Baptiste Fillon as Michel, Christine Kavanagh as Helen Hubbard, Paul Keating as Hector MacQueen, Iniki Mariano as Mary Debenham, Rishi Rian as The Colonel and Alex Stedman as Head Waiter. Additionally within the solid are Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey.
Artistic group
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will probably be directed by Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution, And Then There Had been None, The Different Boleyn Woman) and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, video design by Ian Galloway, sound design by Mic Pool, motion path by Leah Hausman, casting by Abby Galvin and with Victoria Gartner as assistant director.
What’s the present about?
Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops the Orient Categorical useless in its tracks. An American tycoon lies useless in his compartment, stabbed eight instances, his door locked from the within. Trapped within the snow with a killer nonetheless on board, can the world’s most well-known detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case earlier than the practice reaches its ultimate vacation spot?
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is one in every of Agatha Christie’s biggest literary achievements, with a ultimate twist that’s amongst her best possible. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new manufacturing is a deliciously thrilling journey and an ingenious homicide thriller, assured to maintain you guessing till the top of the road.
Assisted performances
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Tour dates
2024
6-14 September – The Lowry, Salford www.thelowry.com
17-21 September – Norwich Theatre Royal – norwichtheatre.org
24-28 September – Theatre Royal Plymouth www.theatreroyal.com
1-5 October – Canterbury Marlowe Theatre www.marlowetheatre.com
8-12 October – Glasgow King’s Theatre https://www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow
15-19 October – Curve, Leicester www.curveonline.co.uk
22-26 October – Edinburgh Pageant Theatre www.capitaltheatres.com
29 October – 2 November – Cambridge Arts Theatre www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
5-9 November – Richmond Theatre, London www.atgtickets.com/Richmond
12-16 November – Malvern Pageant Theatre www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
19-23 November – Truro Corridor for Cornwall www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
2025
14-18 January – Newcastle Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.co.uk
21-25 January – The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
28 January – 1 February – Birmingham The Alexandra www.atgtickets.com/birmingham
4-8 February – Sheffield Lyceum www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
11-15 February – Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre aberdeenperformingarts.com
18-22 February – Southampton Mayflower Theatre www.mayflower.org.uk
25 February – 1 March – Milton Keynes Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
4-8 March – New Theatre, Cardiff www.trafalgartickets.com/new-theatre-cardiff
11-16 March – Theatre Royal Bathtub theatreroyal.org.uk
25-29 March – York Grand Opera Home www.atgtickets.com/york
1- 5 April – Nottingham Theatre Royal www.trch.co.uk
8-12 April – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin www.gaietytheatre.ie
22-26 April – Theatre Royal Brighton www.atgtickets.com/brighton
29 April – 3 Might – Cheltenham Everyman Theatre everymantheatre.org.uk
