The Mousetrap at Capitol Theatre Tamworth

Don’t miss the Tamworth premiere of the world’s longest running murder mystery. Find out why this play has been running continuously in London for over 59 years.

Eight people are snowed-in at a guest house – the owners, their four eccentric guests and two outsiders. When a murder happens, it sets the mystery into compelling motion. The truth is bent by silence or lies, and a trail of clues keeps you guessing to the end. This classic thriller opened in the West End on 25th November 1952 and has been running ever since.

With a brilliantly intricate plot, where murder lurks around every corner, Dame Agatha Christie's masterpiece whodunit creates an atmosphere of shuddering suspense.