The Mousetrap is undeniably the longest running play in the world. The mystery and suspense of Agatha Christie’s most famous and greatest play has still retained all its charm and elegance. The Mousetrap continues to run and run by keeping the audiences on the edges of their seats by the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie. The play is an evening of murder, mystery and madness all rolled together. As it is the West End’s longest ever show, it’s such a treat that the show is now being extended into a national tour, which makes it more accessible to the masses of people throughout the country.
A snow blizzard closes in on a remote guest house, Monkswell Manor, inevitably trapping a group of strangers together, whilst a murderer is on the loose. The gathering soon realise that there is a murderer in the midst and the hunt begins to find out the identity of the killer.
The story opened with the murder, and as the snow bklizzard worsenes and no chance of leaving the house, the guests become more and more nervous and suspecting of each other. Eventually, like majority of Christie's Murder Mysteries the police are summoned, the uspects gathered together and the murderer revealed in the final few moments of the play.
A snow blizzard closes in on a remote guest house, Monkswell Manor, inevitably trapping a group of strangers together, whilst a murderer is on the loose. The gathering soon realise that there is a murderer in the midst and the hunt begins to find out the identity of the killer.
The story opened with the murder, and as the snow bklizzard worsenes and no chance of leaving the house, the guests become more and more nervous and suspecting of each other. Eventually, like majority of Christie's Murder Mysteries the police are summoned, the uspects gathered together and the murderer revealed in the final few moments of the play.
The cast all had strengths, although for me personally, Ithought Harriet Hare as Mollie and Geoff Arnold as Sergeant Trotter were fantastic. Special mention to Lewis Chandler, who provided so many good one liners throughout the play and provided the comedy in such a dark subject area. The personalities spiralled onto the stage as their characters' presence was felt more. There was a lot of chemistry shown throughout the play as the characters began to get to know each other.
Great to see Gwyneth Strong in the principle line-up, as I haven’t seen her since her Only Fools And Horses days. Her performance was very strong as her portrayal of Mrs. Boyle was very genuine and real.
The set was really good, very practical for all the scenes. Costumes were also very good. A lot of detail was taken in dressing all the characters. The lighting and music played an incredible part in this play in order to increase the tension and suspense. Overall, a fantastic play to come and see. It’s still such a timeless classic that will continue to run for many more years to come
Reviewer - Mark Cooper
on - 25/2/19
Great to see Gwyneth Strong in the principle line-up, as I haven’t seen her since her Only Fools And Horses days. Her performance was very strong as her portrayal of Mrs. Boyle was very genuine and real.
The set was really good, very practical for all the scenes. Costumes were also very good. A lot of detail was taken in dressing all the characters. The lighting and music played an incredible part in this play in order to increase the tension and suspense. Overall, a fantastic play to come and see. It’s still such a timeless classic that will continue to run for many more years to come
Reviewer - Mark Cooper
on - 25/2/19
No comments:
Post a Comment