Glynis Barber & Bob Barrett Join DEATH ON THE NILE European Premiere

Joining the previously announced Mark Hadfield as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in the UK & Ireland Tour of DEATH ON THE NILE, will be Glynis Barber as Salome Otterbourne and Bob Barrett as Poirot’s trusted friend, Colonel Race.  Fiery Angel will bring this Agatha Christie classic to the stage, following sell-out tours of And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. 
 
DEATH ON THE NILE reunites writer Ken Ludwig, director Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution) and producers Fiery Angel for the European premiere of a new adaptation of the globally celebrated Agatha Christie story on a nationwide tour.  The UK & Ireland Tour will open on 26 September at the Lowry in Salford, with a national press night on Thursday 9 October at Richmond Theatre and finishing on 23 May 2026 at Plymouth Theatre Royal.
 
Glynis Barber became a household name when she starred opposite Michael Brandon in the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace.  More recent TV credits include series regulars Norma Crow in Hollyoaks, Gertrusha in NBC’s The Outpost and Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders, as well as Jean McAteer in The Royal, DCI Grace Barraclough in Emmerdale, Fiona Brake in Night & Day and Soolin in Blake’s 7.  Her previous brushes with Agatha Christie were when she starred as Cora van Stuyvesant in Agatha Christie’s Marple: Endless Night and as Lola Brewster in Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.  Her most recent theatre credits include The Best Man (West End), Stalking the Bogeyman (Southwark Playhouse), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End) and The Graduate (UK Tour).

Bob Barrett is best known as Sacha Levy in the long-running Holby City, a role he played from 2010 to 2022.  On film, he played George Bryan in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love.  On stage, he most recently appeared in the UK & Ireland Tour of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and the UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, both directed by Lucy Bailey.

On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder.  As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally resurface, can the world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?
Further casting is to be announced.
 
DEATH ON THE NILE will be directed by Lucy Bailey and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, sound design by Mic Pool and movement direction by Liam Steele.  Lucy Waterhouse will be associate director and Helena Palmer casting director.
 

26 September – 4 October 2025

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4-8 November 2025

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18-22 November 2025

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13-17 January 2026

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