The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, will launch a major new tour of the UK and Ireland this September.
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 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.
As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at Monkswell Manor, a stately 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?
Tue 26 Sep – Sat 1 Oct 2022
NOTTINGHAM THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 3 – Sat 15 Oct 2022
DUBLIN GAIETY THEATRE
Mon 17 – Sat 22 Oct 2022
CORK OPERA HOUSE
Mon 24 – Sat 29 Oct 2022
BRIGHTON THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 31 Oct – Sat 5 Nov 2022
BIRMINGHAM ALEXANDRA THEATRE
Mon 7 – Sat 12 Nov 2022
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE THEATRE
Mon 14 – Sat 19 Nov 2022
OXFORD NEW THEATRE
Mon 21 – Sat 26 Nov 2022
BATH THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 28 Nov – Sat 3 Dec 2022
MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
Mon 23 – Sat 28 Jan 2022
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 30 Jan – Sat 4 Feb 2023
MALVERN FESTIVAL THEATRE
Mon 6 – Sat 11 Feb 2023
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 13 – Sat 18 Feb 2023
COVENTRY BELGRADE THEATRE
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Feb 2023
CHESTERFIELD POMEGRANATE
Mon 27 Feb – Sat 4 Mar 2023
SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE
Mon 6 Feb – Sat 11 Mar 2023
YORK GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Mon 13 – Sat 18 Mar 2023
CARDIFF NEW THEATRE
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Mar 2023
PLYMOUTH THEATRE ROYAL
Mon 27 Mar – Sat 1 Apr 2023
LICHFIELD GARRICK THEATRE
Mon 3 – Sat 8 Apr 2023
STOKE-ON-TRENT REGENT THEATRE
Mon 10 – Sat 15 Apr 2023
WOKING NEW VICTORIA THEATRE
Mon 17 – Sat 22 Apr 2023
PERTH HORSECROSS CONCERT HALL
Mon 24 – Sat 29 Apr 2023
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
Mon 1 – Sat 6 May 2023
GLASGOW KING’S THEATRE
Mon 22 – Sat 27 May 2023
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
Mon 29 May – Sat 3 Jun 2023
SHEFFIELD LYCEUM THEATRE
Mon 12 – Sat 17 Jun 2023
ABERDEEN HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE
Mon 19 – Sat 24 Jun 2023
BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE
Mon 26 Jun – Sat 1 Jul 2023
HEREFORD COURTYARD THEATRE
Mon 3 – Sat 8 Jul 2023
CHELMSFORD CIVIC THEATRE
Mon 10 – Sat 15 Jul 2023
DUNDEE REP THEATRE
Mon 24 – Sat 29 Jul 2023
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
Mon 4 – Sat 9 Sep 2023
CAMBRIDGE CORN EXCHANGE
Mon 11 – Sat 16 Sep 2023
TORQUAY PRINCESS THEATRE
Mon 18 – Sat 23 Sep 2023
BUXTON OPERA HOUSE
Mon 25 – Sat 30 Sep 2023
SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE
Mon 9 – Sat 14 Oct 2023
TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL
Mon 16 – Sat 21 Oct 2023
PETERBOROUGH NEW THEATRE
Mon 23 – Sat 28 Oct 2023
KING’S LYNN CORN EXCHANGE
Mon 30 Oct – Sat 4 Nov 2023
GUILDFORD YVONNE ARNUAD
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Nov 2023
BROMLEY CHURCHILL THEATRE
