Witness for the Prosecution extends to September 2025 and announces 12th cast

Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution has extended its run at London County Hall through 28 September 2025.

Producers of Christie’s court room thriller, Rebecca Stafford and Eleanor Lloyd, also announce details of the twelfth cast which will take the show into its eighth year.

The new cast announced today includes Ben Galvin (In The Forest of Starlight and Shrapnel, The Richard Burton Company/ The Yard Theatre; Richard III, RWCMD) as the accused Leonard Vole; Isabel Della-Porta (Boeing Boeing, London Classic Theatre Company /UK Tour; Dirty Hearts, Pine Street Productions) as Romaine Vole; Dugald Bruce-Lockhart (Private Lives, Ambassador’s Theatre/ Bath Theatre Royal/UK tour; Mamma Mia!, Novello) returns to play Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC; Kriss Dosanjh (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, UK tour; This is England 90, Warp Films/ Channel 4) as Mr Mayhew; Michael Cochrane (Twelfth Night, RSC; Over The Moon and The Merchant Of Venice, Old Vic) returns as Mr Justice Wainwright; and, Robert Hands (Come From Away, West End – Olivier Nomination Best Supporting Actor in a Musical; Chicago, Adelphi) as Mr Myers QC.

The company is completed by Karlu Akumas, William Baylis, Nicky Goldie, Harry Gostelow, Oxa Hazel, Thomas Judd, James Lavender, Avril Maponga, Alfie Noble, Shivam Pallana, Georgia Rona and Steve Watts.

The new company of actors will begin performances on 24 September 2024.

Photos: Meet the 12th cast

Agatha Christie’s court room thriller

Since 2017 Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution has captured the imagination of audiences gripped by the case of Leonard Vole, accused of murder in cold blood.

The twists and turns of the case are played out in a spectacular courtroom setting inside the atmospheric London County Hall as prosecution battles defence and witnesses take the stand to give their shocking testimonies.