The Mousetrap has announced that it will lead the West End out of Lockdown on the 17th May if the Government’s Road Map runs to plan.

The world’s longest running play will resume its run on Monday 17th May 2021 at St Martin’s Theatre and has also announced two sets of casts with several highly acclaimed stars of TV and Film and Olivier award winners.

Forming the two casts will be Danny Mac (Pretty Woman, Strictly Come Dancing), Cassidy Janson (&Juliet, Beautiful), Nicholas Bailey (EastEnders), Derek Griffiths (Small Axe), David Rintoul (The Crown, Game of Thrones), Charlie Clements (EastEnders), Susan Penhaligon (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Emmerdale), Paul Bradley (EastEnders, Holby City), Louise Jameson (Doctor Who, Bergerac), Paul Hilliar (Tabby McTat, Richard III), Sarah Moss (Noises off, The Lion in Winter), Lizzie Muncey Beauty and the Beast, Twelfth Night both at the National Theatre), Tony Timberlake (Chicago, Hairspray), Kate Tydman (Top Girls, Evita), Alexander Wolfe (BBC’s  In the Club) and Joshua Griffin who will be making his West End Debut.

The casts will alternate weeks, along with other Covid precautions. A full list of which cast can be seen on when can be found here.

Adam Spiegel, the producer of The Mousetrap, said: “I am thrilled today to announce the award winning company of actors that have assembled to lead The Mousetrap back to the West End. The production is an enduring symbol of London theatre and I hope that its return signifies the first steps in the restoration of live theatre in London. I am so pleased that these hugely accomplished performers have chosen to participate in this historic moment.”

Written by Agatha Christie the play will celebrate its 70th Anniversary in London in 2022, and has been performed 28,200 times and sold over 10 million tickets in London. The Mousetrap tells the story of a group of seven strangers found snowed in at Monkswell manor, when a police sergeant arrives to question about a murder in London, they discover a killer is amongst them, but who is it?