A friend of mine loves The Mousetrap and asked if I would go and see the show. I do love a good Agatha Christie murder mystery and I don’t see enough plays so, with this in mind, I was very much looking forward to seeing the world’s longest running play. A board in the foyer informed me that I was at performance number 27079 and I really liked this little additional touch.
Mousetrap is set in a guest house. It’s winter. It’s snowing. All the guests find themselves stuck due to the weather and that’s, of course, when they discover there’s a murderer in their midst and two of them are his, or her, intended targets.
I felt, personally, that the first scene, which introduced you to each of the central characters, seemed a little slow and it did take a while to get into the show.
However, as scene two started, I was able to fully immerse myself in the story and, by the finale, there may have been a few open mouthed gapes at my friend! I would definitely go again in the future, if only to see if there were any clues I missed the first time round!
The Mousetrap is very much an ensemble piece and all the actors worked well together; there was no weak link. The nature of the show requires a lot of acting through facial expressions, which can easily be overdone and begin to look caricaturish, and the whole cast were outstanding. I was, however, particularly impressed with Liam Jefford, George Evans and Harriet Leitch, as Christopher Wren, Detective-Sergeant Trotter and Miss Casewell, respectively.
At the end of the show, the murderer comes forward and asks you to keep with the spirit of the “whodunit” and keep their identity a secret… So I definitely won’t tell you it was the butler with the candlestick!
Mousetrap is set in a guest house. It’s winter. It’s snowing. All the guests find themselves stuck due to the weather and that’s, of course, when they discover there’s a murderer in their midst and two of them are his, or her, intended targets.
I felt, personally, that the first scene, which introduced you to each of the central characters, seemed a little slow and it did take a while to get into the show.
However, as scene two started, I was able to fully immerse myself in the story and, by the finale, there may have been a few open mouthed gapes at my friend! I would definitely go again in the future, if only to see if there were any clues I missed the first time round!
The Mousetrap is very much an ensemble piece and all the actors worked well together; there was no weak link. The nature of the show requires a lot of acting through facial expressions, which can easily be overdone and begin to look caricaturish, and the whole cast were outstanding. I was, however, particularly impressed with Liam Jefford, George Evans and Harriet Leitch, as Christopher Wren, Detective-Sergeant Trotter and Miss Casewell, respectively.
At the end of the show, the murderer comes forward and asks you to keep with the spirit of the “whodunit” and keep their identity a secret… So I definitely won’t tell you it was the butler with the candlestick!