After travelling the country over the past couple of years, Australian producer Crossroads Live Australia has today confirmed that Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap’s 70th Anniversary Australian tour is not over yet, with plans to bring the iconic piece of theatre to more Australian venues throughout 2024. The acclaimed murder mystery show will tour across a range of venues in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory for multi-performance stints, starting with Newcastle’s Civic Theatre in May 2024.
This 2024 season will be co-produced by the Brisbane-based theatre company shake & stir theatre co, one of my favourite Queensland production companies, who have produced a range of their own works, numerous educational programs and even the Australian tour of American Idiot the Musical.
Commenting on the announcement, John Frost representing Crossroads Live Australia shared:
Following the hugely successful 70th anniversary tour, I’m thrilled to partner with Shake & Stir Theatre Co to tour The Mousetrap to regional Australia for the first time. I know audiences love to try and solve the mystery in what is probably the world’s most loved murder whodunnit. Will you pick the murderer?
Additionally on behalf of his co-artistic directors and shake & stir theatre co, Nick Skubij added:
We are chuffed to be collaborating with Crossroads Live to take ‘the world’s longest running show’ to some of our country’s most beautiful regions and venues. This play has been a sensation for seven decades, and now audiences in regional areas will be able to experience the very same, adored production – that has continually broken records – in their own back yard. It will be a monumental tour.
Confirmed venues ranging from May – September 2024 are all listed below, with booking information and waitlists to be rolled out HERE in the coming days, weeks and months.
| Location and Theatre | Season Dates |
|---|---|
| Newcastle – Newcastle Civic Theatre | 11 – 25 May 2024 |
| Gold Coast – HOTA, Home of the Arts | 29 May – 2 June 2024 |
| Hobart – Theatre Royal | 11 – 22 June 2024 |
| Orange – Civic Theatre | 27 – 30 June 2024 |
| Geelong – Geelong Arts Centre | 4 – 7 July 2024 |
| Darwin – Darwin Entertainment Centre | 11 – 13 July 2024 |
| Port Macquarie – Glasshouse | 17 – 19 July 2024 |
| Toowoomba – Empire Theatre | 23 – 24 July 2024 |
| Frankston – Frankston Arts Centre | 31 July – 3 August 2024 |
| Albury – Albury Entertainment Centre | 8 – 11 August 2024 |
| Frenchs Forest – Glen St Theatre | 15 – 25 August 2024 |
| Mackay – Entertainment Convention Centre | 29 August – 1 September 2024 |
| Wollongong – Illawarra Performing Arts Centre | 5 – 15 September 2024 |
Check out my review of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap’s 2022 season at the QPAC Playhouse HERE.
About Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from the foremost mystery writer of all time.
