Mousetrap London
Mousetrap London is a must-see experience for seasoned and casual theatre lovers. Any play that has managed to thrill audiences for 60 years is guaranteed to be worth watching, especially when the original story was written by the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.
A young couple, Mollie and Giles, have turned Monkswell Manor into a guest house thinking it will be a great business, completely unaware of the impending drama that is coming their way. The play begins with reports on the radio of the murder of a young woman in London, and then introduces the audience to the unusual guests at the manor. An architect, a matron, a retired military man, a spinster, and a businessman. Each has their own particular quirk and suspicious story, which the detective must investigate to unravel the mystery. Trapped at the manor by a snowstorm, there is no escape for the guests as events take a series of unusual twists and turns until the killer is finally revealed.
The Mousetrap play London continues to keep the mystery thrilling audiences, with outstanding performances from the cast. Throughout the performance audiences try to discover the identity of the killer, only to be thrown off tracks with unexpected twists and turns in the plot. The classic whodunit keeps you guessing throughout the whole play who could be the murderer, until right at the end when the mystery is revealed. Although a trademark of the show is when the killer asks you not to reveal their identity!
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The Mousetrap Review
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, opened in the West End on the 25th November 1952, which means it has been running for over 50 years making it the world’s longest running play - an incredible achievement for any play and one that the producers are rightly proud of. In the course of the first 50 years, according to the programme notes, over 10 million people have seen the show and over 395 tons of ice cream have been sold!
So what is the show’s success? Part of it has to do with the fame of playwright Agatha Christie. In 1962 UNESCO announced that she was the most widely read British writer in the world, beating even Shakespeare, who came a miserable second. As the creator of such famous sleuths as Miss Jane Marple and the famous French, sorry Belgium, Detective Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie is the most famous ‘whodunnit’ crime writer of all time. Who has not heard of “Death on the Nile” or “Murder on the Orient Express”?
Agatha Christie’s fame has surely played a part in this show’s success. In the 1950’s Christie’s books were regularly in the top sellers list. It was hardly surprising that a play, which has never been published or turned into a movie or tv programme, should attract avid fans. Since that initial enthusiasm the show has now become one of the essential things to do on many a tourists schedule - go to Buckingham Palace, visit the Tower of London and see ‘The Mousetrap’.
The play is your regular ‘who dun it’ mystery. Eight people are snowed in at a guest house: Mollie and Giles Ralston, the owners; four invited guests, each with eccentric characteristics; the unexpected guest, who turns up out of the blue after his car overturns in the snow storm; and finally a skiing detective. Once everyone has arrived it is not long before a murder takes place and the detective assembles all the guests together and interrogates them one by one. Each avoid the truth, some by silence and others by lies? Can the murderer be caught before more deaths happen?
For all its predictability, the one thing about The Mousetrap that remains unpredictable is the ending. Christie certainly was one for surprise twists. So if you want to find out whodunnit, you'll have to go
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Access description: 3 shallow steps up from the pavement through double swing doors into the foyer. Box Office counter to left. Staircases have handrails on both sides. Steps are highlighted. 5 steps to the back of the Dress Circle and 2 steps between rows. 29 steps down to front of Stalls. Theatre open 30 mins before performance. Access Guides available on request.
Sound Amplification: Infra-red systems. You will be asked for a deposit. Please book in advance.
Guide Dogs: Guide dogs are allowed in the auditorium or staff will dog-sit by prior arrangement with the management. Dogs will be looked after in the Manager’s office.
Disabled Access: There is 1 space for wheelchair users in Box C at Dress Circle level and 1 wheelchair space in the Dress Circle. Removable ramp up 5 steps to Box C and Dress Circle – staff will assist. Your wheelchair will be raised on a small platform to enable you to see over the parapet. Your companion can be seated next to you. Transfer possible to aisle seats in the Dress Circle – wheelchairs stored in Royal Room corridor. For the sake of Health & Safety it is advisable for wheelchair users to bring an able-bodied companion with them.
Toilets: Toilets located a few steps up from back of Stalls, at Dress Circle and at Upper Circle. An additional Ladies' toilet is situated off the foyer.
Disabled Toilets: Adapted toilet outside Box C in the Dress Circle