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The Agatha Christie Theatre Company presents Murder on the Nile at New Wimbledon Theatre

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Time 19:00
Date 02/04/12
Price £12

The 65th anniversary production of Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery.

Monday 2nd April – Saturday 7th April.

Murder on the Nile stars KATE O’MARA, prolific stage actress and star of television hits including Dynasty and Bad Girls, DENIS LILL, whose extensive TV career most recently includes ITV’s hit drama The Royal and Doctor Who, SUSIE AMY, star of 71 Degrees North and Footballers’ Wives, CHLOE NEWSOME Coronation Street’s Vicky McDonald, BEN NEALON, fondly remembered as Capt Jeremy Forsythe from the long running ITV drama Soldier Soldier and 60’s pop idol, MARK WYNTER.

On board a steamer, cruising under the scorching Egyptian sun, honeymooners Simon Mostyn and his wealthy socialite wife Kay find themselves being pursued by an old flame of the newly wedded groom. Tragedy strikes and a body is discovered, all fingers point to Simon’s ex fiancée. However, everything is not what it seems and holidaying cleric Canon Pennefather is drawn into a web of intrigue and deceit as he finds himself on the trail of a ruthless murderer.

Agatha Christie’s stage adaptation of the novel Death on the Nile was first performed in 1944 under the title Hidden Horizon; it later opened in the West End and on Broadway as Murder on the Nile in 1946.

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