First rehearsal pictures for Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK and Ireland tour of “Murder on the Orient Express” have been released.
Starring Michael Maloney as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the film also stars Bob Barrett as Monsieur Bouc, Mila Carter as Countess Elena Andreyni, Rebecca Charles as Greta Ohlsson, 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 the Head Waiter. Also in the cast are Antony Gabriel, Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey.
Agatha Christie Ltd and Fiery Angel bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic to the stage. It premieres on 6 September at the Lowry in Salford and runs until 3 May 2025 at the Cheltenham Everyman.
       
It is winter 1934 and an avalanche brings the Orient Express to a halt. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, the door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow and with a killer on board – can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, solve the case before the train reaches its destination?
Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that ranks among her best. Gripping, suspenseful and masterfully cryptic, this brand new production is a delightfully thrilling journey and a brilliant crime mystery guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end.
Programme and ticket information can be found here
