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Mousetrap ( St Martins Theatre ) - Play

Agatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 50 years in the West End. The world's longest running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpeice goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing! A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed. A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere! See Agata Christie's play on London's West End stage. Buy tickets for Mousetrap now online.

St Martins Theatre

West Street
London WC2H 0DP

Nearest Tube: Covent Garden
Nearest Bus Stop: 14,19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176
Nearest Train Station: Charing Cross
Nearest Parking: Charing Cross

Designed as a companion at the adjacent Ambassadors Theatre, these two theatres are actually very different. In contrast to the fancy plasterwork seen in the Ambassadors Theatre auditorium, the St Martins Theatre has a polished wood interior, that is unique in the West End. The theatre was renovated in 1961.
Productions here include the premiere production of the popular JB Priestly play "When We Are Married" in 1938. In 1945 Edward Percy's murder tale "The Shop At Sly Corner" enjoyed a run of 863 performances. More recently Anthony Shaffer's thriller "Sleuth" had a run of 3 years starting in 1970. The theatre is best known for it's current production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" which originally opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25 November 1952 before transferring to the St Martins Theatre on 25 March 1974.