Further casting has been announced who will be joining the previously announced Michael Maloney as the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in Lucy Bailey’s new production of the UK & Ireland tour of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.

Completing the cast are Bob Barrett (Holby City, BBC) as Monsieur Bouc, Mila Carter (recent graduate) as Countess Elena Andreyni, Rebecca Charles (Murder in the Dark, UK tour) as Greta Ohlsonn, Debbie Chazen (Jews in Their Own Words, Royal Court) as Princess Dragomiroff, Simon Cotton (A Clockwork Orange, Park Theatre) as Samuel Ratchett, Jean-Baptiste Fillon (Masters of the Air) as Michel, Christine Kavanagh (An Inspector Calls, UK tour) as Helen Hubbard, Paul Keating (The Who’s Tommy, West End) as Hector MacQueen, Iniki Mariano (George, Criterion Theatre) as Mary Debenham, Rishi Rian (Ridley, ITV) as The Colonel, and Alex Stedman as Head Waiter. Also in the cast are Jasmine Raymond and Beth Tuckey.

Agatha Christie Ltd and Fiery Angel will bring Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic to the stage, opening on 6 September at the Lowry in Salford.

Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination?

Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this brand-new production is a deliciously thrilling ride and an ingenious murder mystery, guaranteed to keep you guessing until the end of the line.

Murder on the Orient Express is directed by Lucy Bailey and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting by Oliver Fenwick, video design by Ian Galloway, sound by Mic Pool, movement direction by Leah Hausman, and casting by Abby Galvin.

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