Murder on the Orient Express Embarks on a Thrilling Tour – Stopping at MK Theatre
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Murder on the Orient Express remains one of Agatha Christie’s most celebrated works, featuring one of her most brilliant twists. Gripping, suspenseful, and masterfully crafted, this brand-new production delivers a thrilling ride and an ingenious murder mystery, guaranteed to keep audiences guessing until the final moment.
Leading the cast as Christie’s iconic Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is acclaimed stage and screen actor Michael Maloney (Belfast, The Young Victoria, Notes on a Scandal).
Joining Maloney in Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK & Ireland tour of Murder on the Orient Express are:
- Bob Barrett (Holby City, And Then There Were None) as Monsieur Bouc
- Mila Carter (Black Sheep, Curious Directive) as Countess Elena Andreyni
- Rebecca Charles (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Shakespeare in Love) as Greta Ohlsonn
- Debbie Chazen (Romeo and Juliet, The Globe) as Princess Dragomiroff
- Simon Cotton (A Clockwork Orange, The Bodyguard) as Samuel Ratchett
- Jean-Baptiste Fillon (Masters of the Air, Poldark) as Michel
- Christine Kavanagh (An Inspector Calls, A Room With A View) as Helen Hubbard
- Paul Keating (The Who’s Tommy, EastEnders) as Hector MacQueen
- Iniki Mariano (George, The Jungle Book) as Mary Debenham
- Rishi Rian (Ridley, Damaged) as The Colonel
- Alex Stedman as Head Waiter
- Also featuring Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey.
Set in winter 1934, the Orient Express comes to a halt when an avalanche blocks the tracks. Inside, an American tycoon is found dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, with his door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow with a murderer still on board, can the legendary Hercule Poirot solve the mystery before the train reaches its final stop?
Directed by Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution, And Then There Were None, The Other Boleyn Girl), this production features design by Mike Britton, lighting by Oliver Fenwick, video design by Ian Galloway, sound by Mic Pool, movement direction by Leah Hausman, casting by Abby Galvin, and assistant direction by Victoria Gartner.
The UK & Ireland tour of Murder on the Orient Express is presented by Fiery Angel.
