Agatha Christie’s most popular and best-selling thriller, And Then There Were None, comes to life on stage at Eastbourne’s Devonshire Park Theatre from Monday 9th – Saturday 14th March in a special production marking the 125th birth anniversary of the undisputed “Queen of Crime.”
And Then There Were None is the world’s best-selling mystery ever, with 100 million sales to date. Widely considered to be Christie’s masterpiece, her own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will thrill and enthral as murder unfolds.
The production, which also celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, boasts a talented cast headed by West End and television star Paul Nicholas (Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Just Good Friends) who will play judge Sir Lawrence Wargrave.
He will be joined by Colin Buchanan (Dalziel and Pascoe, Dangerous Corner) who takes on the role of retired police inspector William Henry Blore with Susan Penhaligon (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, A Fine Romance) as eccentric spinster Emily Brent, Mark Curry (Blue Peter, The Woman in Black, Charley’s Aunt) as Dr. Armstrong, Verity Rushworth (Emmerdale) as Vera Claythorne, Frazer Hines (Doctor Who, Emmerdale) as Rogers and Ben Nealon (Soldier Soldier, Doctors) as Philip Lombard.
A group of 10 strangers is lured to a remote island off the coast of Devon. Upon arrival it is discovered that their host, an eccentric millionaire, is missing. At dinner a recorded message is played accusing each of them in turn of having a guilty secret and by the end of the evening the 10 guests become nine.
Stranded on the island by a torrential storm and haunted by an ancient nursery rhyme, one by one the guests begin to die. And with only the fallen believed to be innocent who amongst them is the killer?
Time to play sleuth and use your “little grey cells” to find out! Will you guess who the murderer is before all is revealed?
And Then There Were None is at the Devonshire Park Theatre from Monday 9th – Saturday 14th March at 7.45pm with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets from £15.50 to £23, with concessions available, can be booked through the Box Office on 01323 412000 or you can book online at www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk.
