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Doctor Who, EastEnders, Doc Martin star to
appear in 'Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap,' at the The Liverpool
Everyman
LOUISE Jameson (Doctor Who, EastEnders, Doc Martin) will
star as Mrs Boyle in the record breaking 60th Anniversary Tour of Agatha
Christie's The Mousetrap from January 2016.
The beloved murder mystery will begin the 2016 leg of its tour at Nottingham
Theatre Royal on 19 January 2016, before visiting more than 25 further venues
across the UK. Further casting will be announced in due course. The show plays
at the Liverpool Empire from 20 to 23 April 2016.
Louise Jameson is best well known for her long running roles as Leela, a
companion of Tom Baker's Doctor in Doctor Who, Susan Young in Bergerac¸ Eleanor
Glasson in Doc Martin, and Rosa di Marco in East Enders. In addition to Louise's
illustrious roles on screen, she has also appeared on stage in Love, Loss and
What I Wore (The Mill, Sonning), Noises Off (Mercury Theatre), Gutted (Theatre
Royal, Stratford East) and Oedipus (The Liverpool Everyman and Nottingham
Playhouse).
Louise said:- "I thought about doing something special for my 65th
birthday in 2016. Just how did I get to be 65? The same way The Mousetrap has
run for nearly that length of time I suppose, just second by second time has
ticked away we've both lasted this long, and so we'll be celebrating together.
That's quite special."
The production, which originally opened at Nottingham Theatre Royal in 1952
starring the late Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim before embarking
on its current record breaking West End run, continues its journey across the
breadth of the country, visiting towns and Cities including Brighton, Reading,
Darlington, Grimsby, York, Portsmouth, Cheltenham, Stoke, Woking, Leicester,
Liverpool, Harrogate, Shrewsbury, Dartford, Yeovil, Hereford, Derby, Kings Lynn,
Salisbury, Manchester,
Aylesbury, Torquay, Llandudno, Jersey and Bristol.
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has been the World's longest running stage
production at its London home since breaking the record in 1958 and recently
celebrated its 26,000th performance. The 60th Anniversary; and 1st ever; UK tour
of this beloved murder mystery is approaching 1000 performances and has now been
seen by nearly 1 million people, having broken box office records in many of its
tour venues.
Mousetrap Productions has also licensed 60 productions of The Mousetrap
worldwide to mark the 60th year, and many of these have also broken records,
from Cape Town to Philadelphia, Singapore to Sydney. During this period, the
world's longest running show will have been seen in every continent with
professional productions in:- Australia, China, Korea, Turkey, South Africa,
Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Poland, Spain,
Scandinavia, Venezuela, and across the United States and Canada.
The Mousetrap continues its open ended run at St. Martin's Theatre, London. The
UK tour is currently booking until August 2016. Tickets on sale now! To
book visit the Liverpool Empire's Box Office or call:- 0844 871 3017, plus you
can also get them
online.
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