The Mousetrap The Mousetrap
John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia
His Majesty's Theatre
8 Apr 2023 to 16 Apr 2023
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Duration - 140 minutes
Restrictions/Warnings
7 years and over


  
   
Tour Dates and Locations
8 Oct 202229 Oct 2022Theatre Royal Sydney
Tickets & Sessions: From $69.00 ...more
4 Nov 202220 Nov 2022Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) - Playhouse
Tickets & Sessions: $69 - $159 ...more
31 Dec 202215 Jan 2023Her Majesty's Theatre - Adelaide
Tickets & Sessions: $89.00 - $159.00 ...more
17 Feb 202326 Mar 2023The Comedy Theatre
Tickets & Sessions: $59-$159 ...more
8 Apr 202316 Apr 2023His Majesty's Theatre
Tickets & Sessions: $59.00 - $159.00 ...more
11 May 202321 May 2023Canberra Theatre Centre
Tickets & Sessions: $69.00 - 159.00 ...more
26 May 202310 Jun 2023Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) - Playhouse
Tickets & Sessions: $69 - $159 ...more
15 Jun 202324 Jun 2023Riverside Theatres - Riverside Theatre
Tickets & Sessions: $69 - $119 ...more

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Synopsis

The Mousetrap set to mystify Australian Audiences

To celebrate its Platinum (70th) jubilee this year the world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is coming to Australia. Opening at Sydney’s Theatre Royal in October, it will be directed by Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin and produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia. This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time … case closed!

We’re so excited to present a new production of this enduring and much-loved murder mystery to Australian audiences, directed by Robyn Nevin,” said John Frost. “With new films and television mini-series based on her books, there has been a resurgence of interest in Agatha Christie’s thrillers, and the novels are selling more than ever. What better time to bring The Mousetrap to Australia as it celebrates its 70th anniversary. Will you solve the mystery and pick the murderer?

The Mousetrap had its world premiere on 6 October 1952 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. After a brief tour, it opened in London’s West End on 25 November 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre, where it ran until 23 March 1974. It immediately transferred to the larger St Martin’s Theatre next door, where it continues to this day.

The longest-running West End show, it has by far the longest run of any play anywhere in the world, with over 28,500th performances so far. The play has a twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre.

Agatha Christie originally wrote the story as a short radio play entitled Three Blind Mice, which was  broadcast in 1947 as a birthday present for Queen Mary. She eventually adapted the work into a short story before again rewriting it for the stage as The Mousetrap. Ironically, Christie did not expect the play to run for more than a few months and stipulated that no film of The Mousetrap be made until at least six months after the West End Production closed. 70 years on, as the show continues its historic London run, a film adaptation looks unlikely at this stage.

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 The Mousetrap The Mousetrap
Theatre Royal Sydney
Show finished on 24 Jun 2023
John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia
Duration - 140 minutes
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