New UK & Ireland Tour of Murder on the Orient Express

THE UK & IRELAND TOUR OF

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS ADAPTED BY KEN LUDWIG

WILL OPEN ON 6 SEPTEMBER AT THE LOWRY IN SALFORD

Following a sell-out tour of the best-selling crime novel of all time, And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie Ltd, Fiery Angel and Lucy Bailey (director of the West End hit Witness for the Prosecution) will bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of another Agatha Christie classic to the stage in 2024.  The UK & Ireland Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will open on 6 September at the Lowry in Salford and will continue through to 2025, finishing on 26 April at Brighton Theatre Royal.

Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks.  An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination?

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best.  Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new production is a deliciously thrilling ride and an ingenious murder mystery, guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end of the line.

James Prichard of Agatha Christie Limited said, “We’re thrilled to once again be working with Lucy Bailey and the team at Fiery Angel and excited to bring Ken Ludwig’s magnificent adaptation of one of my great grandmother’s most atmospheric and ingenious stories back to UK audiences.”

Having recently directed three of Christie’s classic thrillers for the stage, this will be Lucy Bailey’s fourth.  She said, “Murder on the Orient Express, fast, funny, almost farcical at times but with a dark undercurrent of loss and revenge…   A train stuck in a snow drift. The holed up passengers all suspected of murder – what fun to be had!”

Casting is to be announced.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will be directed by Lucy Bailey and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick.

Website: www.murderontheorientexpressplay.com

Instagram: @orientexpressplay

Facebook: @orientexpressplay

X: @orientexpressuk

TOUR SCHEDULE

2024

6-14 September                        The Lowry, Salford                                                                                     0161 876 2000

                                                     www.thelowry.com                                                                                   on sale 21 February

17-21 September                      Norwich Theatre Royal                                                                             01603 630000

                                                     norwichtheatre.org                                                                                   on sale 23 February    

24-28 September                      Theatre Royal Plymouth                                                                           01752 267222

                                                     www.theatreroyal.com                                                                            on sale 1 March

1-5 October                                 CanterburyMarlowe Theatre                                                                01227 787787                                                           

                                                       www.marlowetheatre.com                                                                   on sale 25 March

8-12 October                              Glasgow King’s Theatre                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                      www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow                        on sale 23 February

15-19 October                            Curve, Leicester                                                                                         

www.curveonline.co.uk                                                                          on sale 7 March

22-26 October                            Edinburgh Festival Theatre                                                                     0131 529 6000

                                                      www.capitaltheatres.com                                                                      on sale 28 February

29 October – 2 November       Cambridge Arts Theatre                                                                          01223 503333

                                                      www.cambridgeartstheatre.com                                                          on sale soon

5-9 November                            Richmond Theatre, London

                                                      www.atgtickets.com/Richmond                                                            on sale 23 February

12-16 November                        Malvern Festival Theatre                                                                        01684 892277

                                                      www.malvern-theatres.co.uk                                                                on sale 20 February

19-23 November                       TruroHall for Cornwall                                                                             01872 262 466                                                         

                                                     www.hallforcornwall.co.uk                                                                      on sale 1 April

2025                                  

14-18 January                             Newcastle Theatre Royal                                                                        0191 232 7010

                                                      www.theatreroyal.co.uk                                                                         on sale 25 April

21-25 January                             The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford                                               01483 44 00 00

                                                       www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk                                                                   on sale 4 March

28 January – 1 February            Birmingham The Alexandra

                                                       www.atgtickets.com/birmingham                                                       on sale 23 February

4-8 February                               Sheffield Lyceum                                                                                       0114 249 6000

                                                      www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk                                                                 on sale 23 March

11-15 February                           Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre                                                        

                                                      aberdeenperformingarts.com                                                                on sale soon

18-22 February                           SouthamptonMayflower Theatre                                                        02380 711 811                                                         

                                                      www.mayflower.org.uk                                                                           on sale 10 April

25 February – 1 March             Milton KeynesTheatre                                                                                                                                     

                                                      www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre                        on sale 23 February

4-8 March                                     New Theatre, Cardiff                                                                             0343 310 0041

                                                       www.trafalgartickets.com/new-theatre-cardiff                                on sale soon

25-29 March                                York Grand Opera House

                                                       www.atgtickets.com/york                                                                     on sale 23 February

1- 5 April                                      NottinghamTheatre Royal                                                                    0115 989 5555

                                                       www.trch.co.uk                                                                                      on sale 26 February

8-12 April                                     Gaiety Theatre, Dublin                                                                          00 353 1 646 8600

                                                       www.gaietytheatre.ie                                                                           on sale soon

22-26 April                                   Theatre Royal Brighton

                                                       www.atgtickets.com/brighton                                                            on sale soon

Further dates to be added.