BOOKING NOW: MUST SEE EVENT

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield, May 30-June 3. Tickets can be booked through the Box Office in person, over the phone on 0114 249 6000, or at sheffieldtheatres.co.uk.

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play, celebrating its 70th anniversary year, and it is currently on a tour of the UK and Ireland visiting 70 venues, including all the cities it played in 70 years ago. It stops off at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield next week.

Following its 1952 premiere touring production, The Mousetrap opened in the West End where still to this day, it continues its recordbreaking run at the St Martin’s Theatre, having been performed there over 28,500 times, selling more than 10 million tickets.

The show has kept millions of people all over the world on the edge of their seats for seven decades.

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.

Which one is the murderer? Who will be their next victim? And do you think you might be able to solve this world-famous mystery for yourself?

“A true British classic, this beloved tale of intrigue and suspense is as enthralling today as it was when it first opened in 1952,” says Adam Spiegel, the producer of The Mousetrap.

“I am thrilled that audiences, of all ages, and from all corners of the country, will have the chance to see it in their local theatres.”

Todd Carty, formerly of EastEnders, takes the role of retired army major Major Metcalf in the production.

“I saw it about 40 years ago, when I was a much younger man, and when I got the call ‘Would you like to be in The Mousetrap ?’ I didn’t hesitate. I remembered it being such a great play and I’ve always been an Agatha Christie fan,” he says.

“I think basically we all like a whodunnit because we’re all amateur detectives. I’ve been to see the show again recently and, in the audience, there are kids of 13 right up to grandmas and granddads, all going ‘He did it’ or ‘No, it was her or him’.

“When I first saw it, I couldn’t quite work it out myself but it’s great fun trying to figure out who the killer is.”