DUE TO UNPRECENTED DEMAND, THE RECORD-BREAKING 60TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR OF THE MOUSETRAP CONTINUES THROUGH TO NOVEMBER 2015
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap will continue its record-breaking, and first ever, UK tour into 2015. The beloved murder mystery will begin the 2015 leg of its tour at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen on 28 April. The show will then visit over 25 venues across the UK including a return visit to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury in September 2015 where the record-breaking tour began in September 2012.
The cast for the 2015 tour includes Hester Arden (Macbeth, Orange Tree Theatre) as Miss Casewell,Edward Elgood as Christopher Wren, Mark Homer (Eastenders’ Tony Hill) 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. William Ilkley joins from the West End production ofThe 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 production, which originally opened in 1952 starring the late Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, will visit: Aberdeen, Sunderland, Mold, Dundee, Preston, Newark, Eastbourne, Scunthorpe, Lowestoft, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Weston-Super-Mare, Swansea, Bradford, Bournemouth, Oxford, Truro, Canterbury, Northampton, Durham, Gravesend, Dorking, Horsham, St Albans, Colchester, Hamilton, Buxton and Coventry.
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been the world’s longest running stage production at its London home since 1958. The 60th Anniversary – and first ever – UK tour of this beloved murder mystery has been seen by over 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 continues its London run, after recently celebrating its 26,000 performance at St. Martin’s Theatre, London.
2015 TOUR DATES
28 April – 2 May
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/his-majestys-theatre
Box Office: 01224 641 122
5 – 9 May
Sunderland Empire Theatre
www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire
Box Office: 0844 871 3022
11 – 16 May
Clwyd Theatr Cymru
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
Box Office: 0845 330 356
18 – 23 May
Dundee Rep Theatre
www.dundeerep.co.uk
Box Office: 01382 223530
26 – 30 May
Charter Theatre, Preston
www.prestonguildhall.com
Box Office: 0844 844 7710
1 – 6 June
Palace Theatre, Newark
www.palacenewark.com
Box Office: 01636 655 755
8 – 13 June
Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk
Box Office: 01323 412 000
16 – 20 June
Scunthorpe Baths Hall
www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk
Box Office: 0844 854 2776
22 – 27 June
Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
www.marinatheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 01502 533 200
29 June – 4 July
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
www.grandtheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 01902 429212
6 – 11 July
The Lyceum, Sheffield
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
13 – 18 July
The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/theplayhouse
Box Office: 01934 645 544
20 – 25 July
Swansea Grand Theatre
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre
Box Office: 01792 475715
27 July – 1 August
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/venues/the-alhambra-theatre
Box Office: 01274 432 000
3 – 8 August
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk
Box Office: 0844 576 3000
17 – 22 August
Oxford Playhouse
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Box Office: 01865 305 305
24 – 29 August
Truro Hall for Cornwall
www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
Box Office: 01872 262 466
1 – 5 September
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
www.marlowetheatre.com
Box Office: 01227 787 787
7 – 12 September
Royal and Derngate, Northampton
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Box Office: 01604 624 811
14 – 19 September
Gala Durham
www.galadurham.com
Box Office: 0300 026 6600
21 – 26 September
The Woodville Halls Theatre, Gravesend
www.woodville.co.uk
Box Office: 01474 337 774
28 September – 3 October
Dorking Halls
www.dorkinghalls.co.uk
Box Office: 01306 881 717
5 – 10 October
The Capitol Horsham
www.thecapitolhorsham.com
Box Office: 01403 750220
12 – 17 October
Alban Arena
www.alban-arena.co.uk
Box Office: 01727 844 488
19 – 24 October
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
www.mercurytheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 01206 573 948
26 – 31 October
The Town House, Hamilton
www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk
Box Office: 01698 452 122
2 – 7 November
Buxton Opera House
www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Box Office: 0845 127 2190
9 – 14 November
Coventry Belgrade
www.belgrade.co.uk
Box Office: 024 7655 3055
The Mousetrap
continues at
St. Martin’s Theatre
West Street
London
WC2H 9NZ
Box Office 08444 99 1515
www.the-mousetrap.co.uk
Performances
Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinee performances at 3.00pm on Tuesday and 4.00pm on Saturday