Joining the beforehand introduced Michael Maloney as Agatha Christie’s well-known Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in Lucy Bailey’s new manufacturing of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, can be Bob Barrett as Monsieur Bouc, Mila Carter as Countess Elena Andreyni, Rebecca Charles as Greta Ohlsonn, Debbie Chazen as Princess Dragomiroff, Simon Cotton as Samuel Ratchett, Jean-Baptiste Fillon as Michel, Christine Kavanagh as Helen Hubbard, Paul Keating as Hector MacQueen, Iniki Mariano as Mary Debenham, Rishi Rian as The Colonel and Alex Stedman as Head Waiter with Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey finishing the Ensemble.
Agatha Christie Ltd and Fiery Angel will carry Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the Agatha Christie basic to the stage coming to Glasgow’s King’s Theatre from 8-12 October 2024.
Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops the Orient Express useless in its tracks. An American tycoon lies useless in his compartment, stabbed eight instances, his door locked from the within. Trapped within the snow with a killer nonetheless on board, can the world’s most well-known detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case earlier than the prepare reaches its last vacation spot?
Murder on The Orient Express is certainly one of Agatha Christie’s best literary achievements, with a last twist that’s amongst her perfect. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new manufacturing is a deliciously thrilling experience and an ingenious homicide thriller, assured to maintain you guessing till the top of the road.
Michael Maloney’s in depth movie and tv work consists of Belfast, Iron Lady, Young Victoria, Notes on a Scandal, Branagh’s Hamlet, Zefferelli’s Hamlet, Truly Madly Deep, Magpie Murder, The Trial of Christine Keeler, The Five, River, The White Queen, Bonekickers, Empire, The Jury and Love on a Branch Line. On the stage, his many roles for the RSC embrace Edgar, Romeo and Prince Hal. For the National, he has appeared in Light Shining in Buckinghamshire as Cromwell, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground as Lewis Carroll and Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens as Benjamin Britten. In the West End, he has appeared in Peer Gynt (within the title position), Can You Hear Me on the Back? and Taking Steps.
Bob Barrett is finest referred to as Sacha Levy within the long-running Holby City, a job he performed from 2010 to 2022. On movie, he performed George Bryan in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love. On stage, he most lately appeared within the UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, additionally directed by Lucy Bailey.
Mila Carter lately graduated from RADA. Her first skilled look was in Curious Directive’s Black Sheep earlier this 12 months.
Rebecca Charles appeared within the movies Bridget Jones’s Diary, Shakespeare in Love and Mrs Brown. On stage, she most lately appeared within the UK Tour of Murder within the Dark. Other theatre work consists of The Dresser for Theatre Royal Bath, Abigail’s Party for Hull Truck, An Ideal Husband within the West End, Lucy Bailey’s tour of The Graduate, The Father at Theatre Royal Bath and within the West End and Deborah Warner’s Julius Caesar on the Barbican and on a European Tour.
Debbie Chazen’s more moderen TV and movie appearances embrace Sister Boniface Mysteries, Dalgliesh, Sable in The Last Kingdom, Red Joan, Agatha Raisin and Sherlock. On stage, her latest work consists of Jews in Their Own Words (Royal Court), Our Generation (National Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (The Globe) and as Ruth within the authentic forged of The Girls, the Gary Barlow/Tim Firth musical (Leeds Grand, The Lowry Salford and the Phoenix Theatre, London).
Simon Cotton’s tv credit embrace Hanna, Outlander and Murder Maps. Films embrace The Unseen and Ronnie Kray in The Rise of the Krays and The Fall of the Krays. On stage, he performed Brodsky in A Clockwork Orange at Park Theatre and Ray Court in The Bodyguard on tour.
Jean-Baptiste Fillon’s display screen credit embrace Masters of the Air, Mister Mayfair, Mission Impossible – Fallout, Poldark, Survivor and Viktor.
Christine Kavanagh’s display screen credit embrace A Room with a View, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, In His Life: The John Lennon Story, Seaforth, All within the Game, The Blackheath Poisonings, Chimera and A Very British Coup. Her latest theatre credit embrace the tour of An Inspector Calls, Ivo van Hove’s Hedda Gabbler on the National Theatre, Man and Superman on the National Theatre, Gwendolyn in Lucy Bailey’s manufacturing of The Importance of Being Earnest, Nora in A Doll’s House on the Belfast Lyric Theatre and Trevor Nunn’s manufacturing of Albert Speer on the National Theatre.
Paul Keating first got here to consideration when he gained the title position within the West End premiere of The Who’s Tommy whereas nonetheless engaged on a grocery store check-out. He went on to seem on the London stage within the Pet Shop Boys musical Closer to Heaven, The Full Monty musical, Don Carlos directed by Michael Grandage, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Buttons within the Old Vic’s Cinderella and Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. Television consists of James in EastEnders and Dean in Metrosexuality.
Iniki Mariano’s latest stage work consists of George on the Criterion Theatre, The Garden of Words at Park Theatre, Can’t Wait for Christmas! on the Orange Tree Theatre, the revival of Sally Cookson’s National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic manufacturing of Peter Pan and as Mowgli in The Jungle Book at Derby Theatre.
Rishi Rian can be showing within the second sequence of ITV’s Ridley, attributable to air later this 12 months. He additionally appeared within the movie Damaged, starring Samuel L. Jackson, that was launched this spring. Rishi educated on the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS can be directed by Lucy Bailey (Witness for the Prosecution, And Then There Were None, The Other Boleyn Girl) and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, video design by Ian Galloway, sound design by Mic Pool, motion course by Leah Hausman, casting by Abby Galvin and with Victoria Gartner as assistant director.
