Celebrate 70 Years of The Mousetrap

Agatha Christie is still the best-selling novelist of all time and is best known for her 66 gripping detective novels and 14 scintillating short story collections. She is only beaten to the top spot by The Bible and William Shakespeare!
 
Most famous of all is the world’s longest-running stage play – The Mousetrap, which first opened in 1952 and will slip into Blackpool Grand Theatre from Monday 19 to Saturday 24 June 2023 as part of its 70^th Anniversary Tour direct from the West End!
 
Christie’s books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation, with many transformed into world famous film and stage plays including the recent Hollywood blockbuster Death on the Nile starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Annette Bening and French and Saunders!
 
Check out our fascinating Infographic to decoding the mysteries of Agatha Christie’s most famous works here. 

 

January 2022 also marked 100 years since Christie first set off on a 10-month voyage around the world, which inspired some of her best-loved books. Christie said: "Going round the world was one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me. It was so exciting that I could not believe it was true." She would discover beautiful landscapes, taste remarkable new flavours and meet countless interesting people along the way and use this inspiration to create all her wonderfully rich characters and thrilling plots.
 
This is definitely the year to celebrate all things Agatha Christie!
 
What better way than a visit to the thrilling touring production of The Mousetrap? It’s THE genre-defining murder mystery from the Queen of Crime… case closed! and has kept millions of people from every corner of the globe on the edge of their seats for almost 70 years. Could you be next…
 
As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at 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? Can you solve the mystery before another ‘mouse’ goes SNAP?