Full Cast Set For UK and Ireland Tour of DEATH ON THE NILE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025
The cast has been announced joining the previously announced Mark Hadfield (Hercule Poirot), Glynis Barber (Salome Otterbourne) and Bob Barrett (Colonel Race) in the UK & Ireland Tour of Agatha Christie's DEATH ON THE NILE.
Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Caroline Cronin - Apr 24, 2025
This new production from director Lucy Bailey is a visual feast of delights. Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig in 2017, this is the first time there’s been a UK Tour of the infamous play and Bailey has given it the first-class treatment.
Review: SUMMER 1954, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 28, 2025
Director James Dacre presents these two short dramas by Terence Rattigan under the banner title Summer 1954, the date when the action is set. An unusual pairing of these unshowy productions convey the intellectually astute and emotionally searing spirit of Rattigan’s writing.
Review: SUMMER 1954, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Nov 1, 2024
Siân Phillips steals the evening in Theatre Royal Bath's twin-bill tribute to Terence Rattigan's one-act plays: lesser-known Table Number Seven, and The Browning Version – hailed by critics as 'a 70-minute masterpiece' when first performed at London's Phoenix Theatre in 1948.
Review: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Kings Theatre
by Mary Baillie - Oct 11, 2024
A train passenger is murdered - Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (Michael Maloney) must find the culprit. Suspects are portrayed as amusing caricatures, ranging from a shrieky missionary to a mansplaining gangster and a bold American actress. The exposition drags a little as we are slowly introduced to everyone, but the second showcases an imaginative, quirky take on the acclaimed mystery.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Will Embark on New UK and Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2024
Ken Ludwig's adaptation of Agatha Christie MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will embark on UK and Ireland tour. It will open on 6 September at the Lowry in Salford and will continue through to 2025, finishing on 26 April at Brighton Theatre Royal.