The Mousetrap

As a snowstorm closes in on the newly opened guesthouse, Monkswell Manor, a news report plays on the radio to no one. The police are on the hunt for a murderer. 

The guests arrive one by one, and Agatha Christie weaves her magic. As we meet each character we are drawn further into the world of intrigue and misdirection. 

As the snowstorm worsens the inhabitants of Monkswell Manor find themselves cut off from the outside world and we discover there is a murderer in their midst. With a third and final murder anticipated there is a race against time to reveal the secret and discover the identity of the murderer.

The Mousetrap has been delighting audiences for 67 years and the identity of the murderer remains the theatre’s best-kept secret. This is the second major national tour of the smash-hit murder mystery following a record-breaking 60th-anniversary debut in 2012. 

Susan Penhaligon (Mrs Boyle) is well-known for her role in the ITV drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire, and for playing Helen Barker in the ITV sitcom A Fine Romance. She also played Jean Hope in UK soap Emmerdale. She has toured the UK extensively with stage productions including The Importance of Being Earnest, Cabaret, Rehearsal for Murder, And Then There Were None, The Constant Wife, Verdict and Dangerous Obsessions. 

The full cast includes David Alcock (Mr Paravicini), Geoff Arnold (Detective Sgt. Trotter), Nick Biadon (Giles Ralston), Lewis Chandler (Christopher Wren), John Griffiths (Major Metcalf), Harriett Hare (Mollie Ralston) and Saskia Vaigncourt-Strallen (Miss Casewell).

First seen in Nottingham in 1952 starring Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim, The Mousetrap went on to become the world’s longest-running stage production following its West End transfer to The Ambassadors in 1952 and St Martins in 1973 where it has played ever since, continuing a record-breaking run with over 27,500 performances in London so far. The beloved murder mystery returns to the road following the success of the first-ever UK tour in 2012.