Where and when?
Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK & Ireland Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will open on 6 September at the Lowry in Salford and running through to 3 May 2025 at the Cheltenham Everyman. See full tour dates below.
Who’s in the cast?
Joining the previously announced Michael Maloney as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK & Ireland Tour of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, will be Bob Barrett as Monsieur Bouc, Mila Carter as Countess Elena Andreyni, Rebecca Charles as Greta Ohlsonn, Debbie Chazen as Princess Dragomiroff, Simon Cotton as Samuel Ratchett, Jean-Baptiste Fillon as Michel, Christine Kavanagh as Helen Hubbard, Paul Keating as Hector MacQueen, Iniki Mariano as Mary Debenham, Rishi Rian as The Colonel and Alex Stedman as Head Waiter. Also in the cast are Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey.
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Creative team
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS will be directed by Lucy Bailey ( Witness for the Prosecution , And Then There Were None, The Other Boleyn Girl ) and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, video design by Ian Galloway, sound design by Mic Pool, movement direction by Leah Hausman, casting by Abby Galvin and with Victoria Gartner as assistant director.
What’s the show about?
Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination?
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new production is a deliciously thrilling ride and an ingenious murder mystery, guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end of the line.
Assisted performances
Check individual venue websites
Tour dates
2024
6-14 September – The Lowry, Salford www.thelowry.com
17-21 September – Norwich Theatre Royal – norwichtheatre.org
24-28 September – Theatre Royal Plymouth www.theatreroyal.com
1-5 October – Canterbury Marlowe Theatre www.marlowetheatre.com
8-12 October – Glasgow King’s Theatre https://www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow
15-19 October – Curve, Leicester www.curveonline.co.uk
22-26 October – Edinburgh Festival Theatre www.capitaltheatres.com
29 October – 2 November – Cambridge Arts Theatre www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
5-9 November – Richmond Theatre, London www.atgtickets.com/Richmond
12-16 November – Malvern Festival Theatre www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
19-23 November – Truro Hall for Cornwall www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
2025
14-18 January – Newcastle Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.co.uk
21-25 January – The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
28 January – 1 February – Birmingham The Alexandra www.atgtickets.com/birmingham
4-8 February – Sheffield Lyceum www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
11-15 February – Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre aberdeenperformingarts.com
18-22 February – Southampton Mayflower Theatre www.mayflower.org.uk
25 February – 1 March – Milton Keynes Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
4-8 March – New Theatre, Cardiff www.trafalgartickets.com/new-theatre-cardiff
11-16 March – Theatre Royal Bath theatreroyal.org.uk
25-29 March – York Grand Opera House www.atgtickets.com/york
1- 5 April – Nottingham Theatre Royal www.trch.co.uk
8-12 April – Gaiety Theatre, Dublin www.gaietytheatre.ie
22-26 April – Theatre Royal Brighton www.atgtickets.com/brighton
29 April – 3 May – Cheltenham Everyman Theatre everymantheatre.org.uk