After a sold-out capital city tour in 2022-23 to celebrate its 70th birthday, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap will embark on a further tour across Australia in 2024.
Produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia and Shake & Stir Theatre Co, the acclaimed murder mystery will tour throughout New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory – kicking off at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre.
This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time… case closed!
As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a remote 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 this world-famous mystery for yourself?
For 70 years, AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE MOUSETRAP has kept millions of people from every corner of the globe on the edge of their seats.
Media release update 29 Feb 2024 - Cast Members
The stellar cast for the 2024 tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has been announced today by producers John Frost for Crossroads Live and Shake & Stir Theatre Co. The acclaimed murder mystery will tour throughout New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory – kicking off at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre from 11 May.
Reprising their roles from last year’s triumphant sell out capital city tour are Helpmann Award winner Alex Rathgeber (Anything Goes, The Phantom of the Opera) as Giles Ralston, the husband of the new owner of Monkswell Manor; legendary performer Gerry Connolly (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui) as Mr Paravicini, an unexpected visitor at the manor; and one of Australia’s most renowned stars of stage and screen, Geraldine Turner (Wicked, Present Laughter), as the seriously unpleasant retired magistrate Mrs Boyle.
Hannah Fredericksen (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dream Lover) joins the cast as Mollie Ralston, the young owner of Monkswell Manor, a Victorian era estate that has recently been converted into a guest house. Chris Parker (Mamma Mia, Sunner Rain) plays retired British military officer Major Metcalf. Miranda Daughtry (The Bleeding Tree, Three Sisters) will play Miss Casewell, who remains mysteriously aloof from the other guests, while Timothy Walker (Before the Meeting, The Great) is Detective Sergeant Trotter. Final cast members will be announced shortly.
The Mousetrap is directed by Australian theatre icon and former Artistic Director of the Sydney and Queensland Theatre Companies, Robyn Nevin AO. Robyn has played leading roles at all of Australia’s major theatre companies, in London's West End and in the US, as well as films such as The Castle, Emerald City, Careful He Might Hear You and The Matrix films. Costume design and associate set design are by Isabel Hudson and lighting design is by Trudy Dalgleish.
THE MOUSETRAP 2024 TOUR
Newcastle - Newcastle Civic Theatre 11 - 25 May
Gold Coast - HOTA, Home of the Arts 29 May - 2 June
Hobart - Theatre Royal 11 - 22 June
Orange - Civic Theatre 27 - 30 June
Geelong - Geelong Arts Centre 4 - 7 July
Darwin - Darwin Entertainment Centre 11 - 13 July
Port Macquarie – Glasshouse 17 - 19 July
Toowoomba - Empire Theatre 23 - 24 July
Frankston - Frankston Arts Centre 31 July - 3 August
Albury - Albury Entertainment Centre 8 - 11 August
Sydney - Glen St Theatre 15 - 25 August
Mackay- Entertainment Convention Centre 29 August - 1 September
Wollongong - Illawarra Performing Arts Centre 5 - 15 September