Katherine Pearson to Join Cast of The Mousetrap’s Australian Tour

In an announcement made by Australian producer Crossroads Live earlier today, it was announced that Katherine Pearson will be joining the cast of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap as Miss Casewell for the Canberra, Parramatta, and return Brisbane seasons. The iconic play is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary Australian tour, which is now set to feature extra performances in Brisbane on the 11th June and Parramatta on the 25th June due to popular demand. The Mousetrap will be staged at the Canberra Theatre Centre from 11 May, followed by a return season in Brisbane from 25 May, and at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta from 15 June.

Pearson will join existing cast-members for the final three seasons of the Australian tour, including Anna O’Byrne, Alex Rathgeber, Laurence Boxhall, Geraldine Turner, Adam Murphy, Gerry Connolly, and Tom Conroy. Directed by Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin, the production features costume and associate set design by Isabel Hudson and lighting design by Trudy Dalgleish.

Producer John Frost is thrilled with the positive response of this production:

I’m thrilled that sell out audiences across Australia have been loving Robyn Nevin’s new production of The Mousetrap with this stellar cast,” said John Frost. “This enduring and much-loved murder mystery, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has received an overwhelmingly positive response everywhere it has played. Will you solve the mystery and pick the murderer?

John Frost

Originally premiering on 6 October 1952, The Mousetrap has become the longest-running West End show and the longest-running play worldwide, with over 28,500 performances. The play, which has a twist ending that audiences are asked not to reveal, was first written as a radio play called Three Blind Mice, broadcast in 1947 as a gift for Queen Mary, before being adapted into a short story and eventually the stage production.

Despite its success, Agatha Christie did not expect the play to run for more than a few months and required that no film adaptation be made until at least six months after the West End production closed. As the play continues its historic London run 70 years later, a film adaptation seems unlikely at this stage.

Check out my review from the tour’s initial Brisbane season HERE.

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