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The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre LondonAgatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 60 years in the West End. The world's longest running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpiece goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing!

A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed. A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere!

Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees: Tuesday 3.00pm and Saturday 4.00pm

Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Age Restrictions: Recommended for ages 12 and over.

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The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre London
The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre London

West Street, London, WC2H 9NZ
Venue and Travel Information
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Tube Lines: Piccadilly, Northern
Directions from nearest tube: Take Cranbourn Street until St Martin’s Lane, where you turn left up to West Street. The theatre’s at the right of the fork.
Railway Station: Charing Cross
Bus Numbers: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, 19, 38; (Charing Cross Road) 14, 19, 38, 24, 29, 176
Night Bus Numbers: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, N5, N19, N20, N38, N41; (Charing Cross Road) 14, 24, 176, N5, N19, N29, N38, N41, N279
Car Park: St Martin’s Lane Hotel
Within Congestion Zone: Yes
Venue Facilities: Air conditioned, Bar, Disabled toilets, Infrared hearing loop, Toilets, Wheelchair accessible

St Martin's Theatre
The theatre was designed as a companion to the adjacent Ambassadors Theatre, although these two theatres are actually very different. In contrast to the decorative plasterwork seen in the Ambassadors Theatre auditorium, St Martins Theatre has a natural polished wood interior, which is unique in the West End. Productions here include the 1938 premiere of the popular J B Priestly play When We Are Married. In 1945 Edward Percy’s murder story The Shop At Sly Corner which enjoyed a run of 863 performances.

During the 1970s Anthony Shaffer’s thriller Sleuth had a run of 3 years starting. Needing an uplift the theatre was renovated in 1961. The theatre is undoubtedly best known for its current production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap which recently celebrated its 60th Anniversary. The play originally opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25th November, 1952 before transferring to St Martin’s Theatre.

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The Mousetrap Full Cast 2020 St Martin’s Theatre

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The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre LondonThe current cast of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap which continues its record-breaking run in London’s West End at St Martin’s Theatre. Plan ahead and book tickets for any date in the booking period, or buy last theatre minute tickets today for The Mousetrap.

Agatha Christie’s legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 60 years in the West End.

The world’s longest-running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpiece goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing!

A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.

A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere!

The cast of The Mousetrap

  • Adam Elliott as Detective-Sergeant Trotter
  • Rob Edwards as Major Metcalf
  • Max Gell as Giles Ralston
  • Molly Roberts as Mollie Ralston
  • David Boyle as Mr Paravicini
  • Vivien Keene as Mrs Boyle
  • Victoria Lucie as Miss Casewell
  • Tom England as Christopher Wren
  • Robert Hamilton as Understudy Detective-Sergeant Trotter / Giles
  • Mandi Martin as Understudy Mrs Boyle
  • Megan Louise Wilson as Understudy for Mollie Ralston and Miss Casewell
  • Sam Hill as Understudy Christopher Wren
  • Clive Marlowe as Understudy Major Metcalfe and Mr Paravicini

CREATIVE TEAM

  • (1890 – 1976) Writer AGATHA CHRISTIE
  • (1911-2003) Original Producer SIR PETER SAUNDERS
  • Producer SIR STEPHEN WALEY-COHEN
  • Director IAN TALBOT
  • Producer ADAM SPIEGEL

The Mousetrap
St Martin’s Theatre London
West Street, London, WC2H 9NZ

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The Mousetrap London West End new production images

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The Mousetrap - Mollie
The Mousetrap – Mollie

New production images have been published for The Mousetrap at St Martin’s Theatre in London’s West End.

Agatha Christie’s legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 60 years in the West End.

The world’s longest-running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpiece goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing!

A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.

A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere!

Current cast of The Mousetrap

  • Karen Archer as Mrs Boyle
  • Simon Haines as Christopher Wren
  • Jamie Hutchins as Detective-Sergeant Trotter
  • Christopher Knott as Major Metcalf
  • Hannah Lee as Miss Casewell
  • Simon Roberts as Mr Paravicini
  • Tom Rooke as Giles Ralston
  • Kirsten Hazel Smith as Mollie Ralston
  • Directed by Hugh Ross

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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap announces new West End cast

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The MousetrapAgatha Christie’s record-breaking play, The Mousetrap announces a brand new West End cast from 21st December 2015.

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Joining the London production, which has been running for more than 60 years, are Emma Deegan and Rob Heanley as Mollie Ralston and Giles Ralston. They, in turn, are joined by Timothy O’Hara as Christopher Wren, Eunice Roberts as Mrs Boyle, Laurence Kennedy as Major Metcalf, Jocasta King as Miss Casewell, Philip Cox as Mr Paravacini and Eddie Eyre as Detective-Sergeant Trotter. Taking over from the current company, the new West End cast play their first performance in the infamous murder mystery on Monday 21st December 2015.

The Mousetrap is based on Agatha Christie’s radio play, Three Blind Mice, and is a whodunit story featuring an assortment of guests snowed in at the Monkswell Manor with a murderer on the loose – but which one of them is the killer?

New West End cast of The Mousetrap
New West End cast of The Mousetrap

The stage play made its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 6th October 1952 and embarked on a pre-West End tour before opening at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25th November 1952, with Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim starring in the original London cast. It transferred to the St Martin’s Theatre on 23rd March 1974 without missing a performance.

The Mousetrap, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in the West End in November 2012, holds the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest continuous run of any show in the world’ and has played over 26,000 performances to audiences in London. 442 actors and actresses have appeared in the play since it opened, and it has been presented in 27 different languages in more than 50 countries. To coincide with the Diamond Anniversary – 60 Years celebrations, the first UK Tour opened in Canterbury in September 2012 and is still running to this day, with dates currently extending into 2016.

Emma Deegan as Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap
Emma Deegan as Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap

The play’s 60th anniversary was also marked with a Gala Performance in support of Mousetrap Theatre Projects, which includes such stars as Julie Walters, Patrick Stewart, Miranda Hart and Hugh Bonneville, and the unveiling of a memorial to Agatha Christie. In addition, 60 productions were licenced around the world in such countries as Australia, Turkey, France, Russia, China, South Africa, Korea and the USA.

The cast has been changed annually since the retirement of former cast members Mysie Monte (Mrs Boyle) and David Raven (Major Metcalf), who spent more than 11 years in The Mousetrap. It does however still features original cast member Deryck Guyler – the late actor provided the pre-recorded voice of the newsreader in the first Act before his death in 1999.

Eddie Eyre (Trotter), Eunice Roberts (Mrs Boyle), Philip Cox (Mr Paravicini) and Rob Heanley (Giles Ralston) in The Mousetrap
Eddie Eyre (Trotter), Eunice Roberts (Mrs Boyle), Philip Cox (Mr Paravicini) and Rob Heanley (Giles Ralston) in The Mousetrap

It is also notable for the secrecy surrounding its twist ending – audiences and members of the press are asked not to reveal the plot of the play, or the identity of the murderer.

The Mousetrap is written by Agatha Christie and directed by Ian Talbot. Original producer Peter Saunders handed over responsibility to new company Mousetrap Productions, under the management of Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, in 1994.

Evenings: Monday to Saturday 7.30pm
Matinees: Tuesday 3.00pm and Saturday 4.00pm

Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Age Restrictions: Recommended for ages 12 and over.

Cast from Monday 21st December 2015:
Emma Deegan – Mollie Ralston
Rob Heanley – Giles Ralston
Timothy O Hara – Christopher Wren
Eunice Roberts – Mrs Boyle
Laurence Kennedy – Major Metcalf
Jocasta King – Miss Casewell
Philip Cox – Mr Paravicini
Eddie Eyre – Detective-Sergeant Trotter
Directed by Ian Talbot
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Mousetrap Theatre Projects announce free Schools’ Matinee for 13 Year-Olds to See Stomp

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Laetitia Lawrence STOMP London
Laetitia Lawrence STOMP London
Photo by Steve McNicholas

As part of STOMP’s continuing 13th Birthday celebrations in London’s West End, the show’s producers have invited Mousetrap Theatre Projects to organise a special free schools’ matinee for 13 year-olds on Monday 12 October at the Ambassadors Theatre. The performance will begin at 2.00pm, followed by a Q&A with the cast.

Steve McNicholas, co-creator of STOMP, said, “We wanted to find a different way to celebrate 13 years in the West End, and what could be better than opening our doors to other 13-year-old Londoners?”

Mousetrap has invited groups of 13 year-olds from state-maintained mainstream schools with 40% or more of their pupils receiving free school meals to attend the free matinee. They have also invited 13 year-olds from schools who have previously not participated in a Mousetrap theatre trip.

STOMP won the ‘Most Dazzling Choreography’ Award at this year’s Mousetrap Awards, which are the only theatre awards voted for by young people, who also create the categories.

Since 1997, Mousetrap Theatre Projects has been committed to providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people and young people with special needs to attend outstanding theatre productions across London. Last year, Mousetrap took more than 16,000 young people to the theatre. The charity identifies young people through London state secondary schools (mainstream and special), families and youth clubs. It now runs 18 access, creative learning and youth engagement programmes to further an interest in theatre and make it more accessible for young people who would otherwise not have the opportunity to attend theatre.

“Mousetrap Theatre Projects is thrilled to offer free tickets to the fantastic production of STOMP to 13 year olds in schools across London to celebrate the show’s 13th birthday. We have used this opportunity to reach out to schools in some of London’s most disadvantaged communities as well as schools that have never accessed our programmes. We feel this is the ideal show for this age group and will be a wonderful and memorable first theatre experience for these students,” said Susan Whiddington, Director of Mousetrap Theatre Projects.

A teacher at Mayfield School, Dagenham, Essex said, “Once I was forwarded the email from the head of faculty, there was no choice but to apply. It was far too good of an opportunity to pass up. I think it is so important for our students to get the opportunity to see live stage performances as many have never experienced this. Especially a show as unique as STOMP. For the show to be free for the students is amazing. On behalf of the students and staff of Mayfield School I would like to say a big THANK YOU!”

STOMP, created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas was first performed in 1991 in Edinburgh. The show played Sadler’s Wells Theatre in 1994 and won the Olivier Award for Best Choreography, before opening in New York, where it is now celebrating its 21st birthday. The European company was created in 1997 and began its London run at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2002, transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in 2007.

One of Britain’s greatest exports, STOMP has toured the globe for 22 years, playing over 20 thousand performances to more than 12 million people in 53 countries on 6 continents. There are currently four STOMP companies performing worldwide: one on tour in North America, another throughout Europe and the rest of the world, one in New York, and one in London.

The cast of STOMP in London currently includes Omari Carter, Nigel Clarke, Simone Clarke, Hugo Cortes, Paul Gunter, Melanie Joseph, James Lane, Laetitia Lawrence, Serena Morgan, Paul Bend, Rob Shaw, Adam Buckley, Meloné M’Kenzy, Andrew Patrick, Paul Russell, Jasper Valentine and Simeon Weedall.

STOMP is presented in London by Yes/No Productions and Glynis Henderson Productions Limited.

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West Street
London WC2H 9ND

The Mousetrap celebrated 26000 performances on 6th April 2015

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  • AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE MOUSETRAP CELEBRATED 26,000 PERFORMANCES AT ST MARTIN’S THEATRE ON MONDAY 6 APRIL 2015
  • THE MOUSETRAP CONTINUES AS THE WORLD’S LONGEST RUNNING STAGE PRODUCTION AFTER OPENING IN 1952

The Mousetrap 26000 performancesAgatha Christie’s The Mousetrap celebrated 26,000 performances at the St Martins Theatre in London on Monday 6 April. The production, which originally opened in 1952 starring the late Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, became the world’s longest-running stage production in 1958 exceeding the run of Chu-Chin-Chow after 2,239 performances.

As part of the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap, the first UK tour took to the road in 2012 and has now been seen by over 600,000 people across more than 600 performances. Breaking box office records in many of the theatres around the country, the beloved murder mystery will begin the 2015 leg of its tour at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen on 28 April. The show will visit over 25 venues across the UK including a return visit to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 1 – 5 September where the record-breaking tour began back in September 2012.

Mousetrap Productions has also licensed 60 productions of The Mousetrap worldwide to mark the 60th year, and many of these have also broken their records, from Cape Town to Philadelphia, Singapore to Sydney. During this period the world’s longest-running show has been seen in every continent, with professional productions in Australia, China, Korea, Turkey, South Africa, Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Scandinavia, Venezuela, and across the United States and Canada.

The Mousetrap
St. Martin’s Theatre
West Street, London
WC2H 9NZ

 

Performances
Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinee performances at 3.00pm on Tuesday and 4.00pm on Saturday

The Mousetrap UK Tour continues in 2015, for full tour dates please visit: www.mousetrapontour.com

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