Agatha Christie
Love From a Stranger
★★★☆☆ Deep waters:
Dark undercurrents flow beneath the surface of Fiery Angel and the Royal and Derngate, Northampton’s touring production of Love From a Stranger, at the King’s until Saturday.
The Mousetrap
★★★★☆ Blindingly Good Mice:
Agatha Christie’s legendary murder mystery, The Mousetrap, finds a stately – if temporary – home at the King’s Theatre this week.
A Murder Is Announced
★★★☆☆ Pleasing:
Thoughtful and well staged, Saughtonhall Drama Group’s production of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced is a solid evening’s entertainment.
A Murder Is Announced
★★★★☆ There’ll be a murder:
A classic tale by Queen of Crime Agatha Christie enjoys a timeless adaptation at the King’s this week.
And Then There Were None
★★★☆☆ Dependable:
Fans of good old-fashioned murder will be pleased with a solid production of And Then There Were None by Bill Kenwright’s Agatha Christie Theatre Company at the King’s.
The Mousetrap
✭✭✭✩✩ Sturdy nostalgia:
There may be nothing new in the latest touring version of the institution that is Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, but the production gives its large audiences exactly what they are looking for.
Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee – Review
It’s ✭✭✭✭✩ classy, classis Christie as the The Agatha Christie Theatre Company return to the King’s with the Queen of Crime’s only play to feature Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, says Martin Gray.
Review – Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder
Emigrant Carla Le Marchant is back in the UK from Canada to tie up some business before she weds – who killed her philandering father? The Agatha Christie Theatre Company presents a production of the queen of crime’s classic Go Back For Murder.
Review – The Mousetrap
It’s a plucky little touring production of the Mousetrap that has fetched up at the King’s theatre all this week. As any one of its characters might observe – in Home Counties tones so impeccably clipped that they are positively italicised – “the old gall’s got a lot of go in her yet”.
