The longest running play!
October 6-23, 2022
Directed by Phillip Gabriel
8:00 PM — October 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, & 22
2:00 PM — October 9, 16, 22, & 23
After a local woman is murdered at Monkswell Manor, the guests and staff find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. Tensions and fears escalate when a second murder takes place and it becomes clear that the killer is among them!
This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Murder Mystery Extravaganza – October 6 at 7:00 pm
Join us for a “Murder Mystery Extravaganza” to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the world’s longest running play and our theatre’s 77th year!
When Footlighter’s was only 7 years old, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” opened in London on October 6th, 1952. The show, and our theatre, has run continuously since then.
We are throwing a pre-show party to celebrate!
Champagne Reception
Murder Mystery Costume Contest — Come dressed as your favorite murder mystery character and mingle with the “suspects”. We will solve the “mystery” of the best dressed guest!
Raffle prize — winners selected each weekend of the production (need not be present to win)
Doors open at 7:00 PM
Show starts at 8:00 PM
Admission included with purchase of show ticket.
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Reviews
“A masterpiece… Of all the stage versions of Christie’s books, The Mousetrap is by far the best.” — The Chicago Tribune
“A still-marvelous whodunit… fiendishly fabulous… The Mousetrap deserves to make a killing.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“The Mousetrap, of course, is a masterpiece of misdirection. Thriller writers are like magicians and mind readers; the best of them constantly persuade you to look in the wrong direction, to think about anything but the actual logic of the plot. Of all the stage versions of Christie’s books, The Mousetrap is by far the best, perhaps because of its genesis as a radio play.” — The Chicago Tribune
“The Mousetrap is not a star vehicle; the play and its author are the stars.” — The Guardian
About the Author
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the author not only of The Mousetrap, the longest running stage production in history, but also Witness for the Prosecution and And Then There Were None, to name but a few of her greatest stage successes. Her novels have sold more than 2 billion copies around the world, and she is only outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare.
Born in 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England, to an American father and English mother, she wrote her first play, Black Coffee, (the only play in which she chose to feature Poirot) in 1930. She adapted her bestselling novel And Then There Were None for stage in 1943, giving it a different ending, followed by, in quick succession, Appointment with Death (1945), Murder on the Nile (1946) and The Hollow (1951). With The Mousetrap (1952), Witness for the Prosecution (1953), and Spider’s Web (1954), she became the only female playwright to have three plays running in the West End at the same time.
After a hugely successful career and a wonderful life, Ms. Christie died peacefully on 12 January 1976. You can read Agatha Christie’s own account of her life in An Autobiography, which was published after her death in 1977.
Read more at www.agathachristie.com.