Initial casting is announced for the 70th Anniversary tour of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the world, which will visit over 70 venues throughout the UK and Ireland from this September.
Launching the tour will be Todd Carty in the role of Major Metcalf. Carty has had a long career on stage and screen but is most known for his television roles of Mark Fowler in EastEnders, PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill and Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill. He was a contestant in Dancing on Ice and Celebrity Masterchef.
Television actress Gwyneth Strong will return to the role of Mrs Boyle for initial venues. She is known for her beloved portrayal of Cassandra in Only Fools and Horses.
Further casting is to be announced.
The genre-defining murder mystery from Agatha Christie, the world’s best-selling novelist of all time, will open at the Theatre Royal Nottingham, where it held its original world premiere in 1952. The iconic thriller will then visit over 70 venues across the country, including all cities to which it originally played 70 years ago, plus many more.
This 70th Anniversary tour marks the first of many ways that The Mousetrap will be celebrating its extraordinary milestone year.
Following its 1952 premiere touring production, The Mousetrap opened in the West End where still to this day, it continues its record-breaking engagement at the St Martin’s Theatre having been performed there over 28,500 times, selling over 10 million tickets.
Opening at Theatre Royal Nottingham on 27 September 2022, the 70th Anniversary tour of The Mousetrap will visit Dublin, Cork, Brighton, Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Bath, Manchester,Norwich, Malvern, Newcastle, Coventry, Southampton, York, Cardiff, Plymouth, Lichfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Woking, Perth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Inverness, Aberdeen, Blackpool, Hereford, Chelmsford, Dundee, Derby, Bristol, Leeds, Cambridge, Torquay, Buxton, Swansea, Northampton, Truro, Peterborough, King’s Lynn, Guildford, New Brighton, Bromley, and Hastings, continuing throughout 2023 with further venues into 2024 to be announced in due course.
A full tour schedule, further information, theatre listings and ticket purchase through the website MousetrapOnTour.co.uk
As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at Monkswell Manor, a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst. One by one, the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts. Which one is the murderer? Who will be their next victim?
The Mousetrap is produced by Adam Spiegel Productions and Directed by Ian Talbot OBE.
For further information, see MousetrapOnTour.co.uk
Listings
From 27 September 2022
Running Time: approximately 2hr 20mins
Theatre Royal Brighton
Mon 24 Oct – Sat 29 Oct 2022
The Alexandra, Birmingham
Mon 31 Oct – Sat 5 Nov 2022
Liverpool Empire
Mon 7 Nov – Sat 12 Nov 2022
New Theatre Oxford
Mon 14 Nov – Sat 19 Nov 2022
Opera House Manchester
Mon 28 Nov – Sat 3 Dec 2022
Grand Opera House York
Mon 6 Mar – Sat 11 Mar 2023
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Mon 3 Apr – Sat 8 Apr 2023
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Mon 10 Apr – Sat 15 Apr 2023
Edinburgh Playhouse
Tue 25 Apr – Sat 29 Apr 2023
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Mon 1 May – Sat 6 May 2023
Milton Keynes Theatre
Mon 22 May – Sat 27 May 2023
Bristol Hippodrome Theatre
Mon 24 Jul – Sat 29 Jul 2023
Princess Theatre, Torquay
Mon 11 Sep – Sat 16 Sep 2023
Sunderland Empire
Tue 30 Jan – Sat 3 Feb 2024