SIXTY years after it was first seen on stage, Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap will embark on its first ever UK tour, taking to the Mayflower stage in a year’s time.
The world’s longest stage production, which entered its 60th year in London’s West End last week, will tour for 60 weeks with a yet to be announced all star cast.
The UK tour, which visits the Mayflower from November 5 to 10 2012, is one of 60 professional productions worldwide.
The whodunnit is set in the Great Hall of Monkswell Manor in 1952.
Young couple Mollie and Giles Ralston have started a guest house in the converted old manor and they and their odd assortment of guests are snowed in.
When a murder takes place, it quickly transpires that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts themselves. The characters re-enact the second murder, trying to prevent a third.
At last, Sergeant Trotter assembles everyone in the hall with the plan to set a trap for one of the suspects.
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