Lead casting has been announced for the forthcoming new UK and Ireland tour of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.
The show will star Mark Hadfield (Belfast, Into the Woods) as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
Further casting is to be announced.
The European premiere of Ken Ludwig’s new stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit Death on the Nile is touring the UK and Ireland in 2025 and 2026.
The tour starts at The Lowry theatre in Salford in September 2025, before touring to London Richmond (7 – 11 October), Chichester, Cheltenham, Malvern, Aberdeen, Glasgow, York, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Brighton, Birmingham, Nottingham, Dublin, Belfast, Norwich, Cambridge, and Plymouth. See all dates and venues.
The production reunites director Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution), writer Ken Ludwig (Crazy For You) and producers Fiery Angel (War Horse), following their successful productions of Christie’s And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express.
Introducing the new Hercule Poirot
Death on the Nile is set on board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun. A couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder, and as secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally resurface, can the world-famous detective Hercule Poirot untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?
Joining Lucy Bailey in the creative team are set and costume design by Mike Britton, lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, sound design by Mic Pool and movement direction by Liam Steele. Lucy Waterhouse will be associate director and Helena Palmer is casting director.
Mark Hadfield said in a statement: “I am delighted and excited to be playing the iconic role of Hercule Poirot in the forthcoming production of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, directed by Lucy Bailey and produced by Fiery Angel. I’m also thrilled that this production, adapted by Ken Ludwig, will be touring the UK & Ireland, and have no doubt that it will be enjoyed by both those who already admire Christie’s genius and those yet to discover it.”
Mark Hadfield’s film credits include Belfast, Into the Woods, Hamlet and Frankenstein. His many TV credits include Outlander, Maigret, Trollied, Wallander, Doc Martin, People Like Us, Cracker, The All New Alexei Sayle Show and The Buddha of Suburbia.
Mark’s most recent theatre credits include Dr Strangelove (West End), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (West End), Cymbeline and Tamburlaine for the RSC, Road (Royal Court), The Libertine (Bath and West End) and Richard III (Almeida).
Book tickets to Death on the Nile – UK Tour
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