Murder on the Orient Express at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside.

As it happens, the famous detective Hercule Poirot had booked a first-class compartment on the train, which is run by his former friend and colleague, Monsieur Bouc. Among the others on board are an aging Russian princess, her Swedish companion, a Hungarian countess, a Minnesota housewife, a Scottish colonel, an English governness, and the tycoon’s anxious secretary.

Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

The clever stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s celebrated novel Murder on the Orient Express includes glamour, intrigue, and suspense – and a dose of humor.

Authors

• Ken Ludwig