Details

The celebrated detective Hercule Poirot boards the legendary Orient Express, enjoying the prospect of a luxurious rail journey from Istanbul to Calais in the dead of winter. The train is surprisingly packed for the time of year; only the intervention of the manager secures Poirot a first class berth, alongside an intriguing and glittering company of international travellers. But just after midnight, the Orient Express screeches to a halt, marooned by a snowdrift. And by morning, one passenger is dead... Nobody can leave. A guard appears to be missing. A killer is in their midst. And Poirot must deploy his "little grey cells" on the most difficult case of his career: one that will force him to question his deepest beliefs.

Cast/Performers

Henry Goodman (Hercule Poirot), Marc Antolin (Michel the Conductor), Philip Cairns (Colonel Arbuthnot), Samuel Collings (Hector MacQueen), Joanna McCallum (Princess Dragomiroff), Taz Munyaneza (Mary Debenham), Patrick Robinson (Monsieur Bouc), Laura Rogers (Countess Andrenyi), Sara Stewart (Helen Hubbard), Joanna van Kampen (Greta Ohlsson), Timothy Watson (Samuel Ratchett), Matt Addis, Kelvin Ade, Joelle Dyson, Jacqueline Tate, Sophie Bye, Eleanor Sebastian

Creatives/Company

Book by: Agatha Christie
Adapted by: Ken Ludwig
Producer: Chichester Festival Theatre
Director(s): Jonathan Church, Lucy Hind (movement), Gabrielle Dawes (CDG - casting director), Fiona Dunn (associate director)
Design(s): Robert Jones, Ben Davies (associate designer)
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Music: Adrian Sutton
Sound: Christopher Shutt