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WORLD’S BEST-SELLING THRILLER TAKES TO THE STAGE FOR DOUBLE
ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
PAUL NICHOLAS, COLIN BUCHANAN, SUSAN PENHALIGON, MARK CURRY
VERITY RUSHWORTH, FRAZER HINES and BEN NEALON
Next year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of the ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie, and the 10th anniversary
of the AGATHA CHRISTIE THEATRE COMPANY. To mark both occasions, her most popular and best-selling thriller
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, is set to return to the stage for a UK tour.
West End and TV star PAUL NICHOLAS (Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Just Good Friends) will play judge Sir Lawrence
Wargrave. He will be joined by COLIN BUCHANAN (Dalziel and Pascoe, Dangerous Corner) who will take on the role of
retired police inspector William Henry Blore with SUSAN PENHALIGON (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, A Fine Romance), as
eccentric spinster Emily Brent, MARK CURRY (Blue Peter, The Woman in Black, Charley’s Aunt) as Dr. Armstrong,
VERITY RUSHWORTH (Emmerdale) as Vera Claythorne, FRAZER HINES (Doctor Who, Emmerdale) as Rogers and BEN
NEALON (Soldier Soldier, Doctors) as Philip Lombard.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is the world’s best-selling mystery ever, with 100 million sales to date. Widely
considered to be Christie’s masterpiece, her own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will thrill and
enthral, as murder unfolds…
A group of 10 strangers is lured to a remote island off the coast of Devon. Upon arrival it is discovered that their host,
an eccentric millionaire, is missing. At dinner a recorded message is played accusing each of them in turn of having a
guilty secret and by the end of the evening the 10 guests become nine. Stranded on the island by a torrential storm
and haunted by an ancient nursery rhyme, one by one the guests begin to die. And with only the fallen believed to be
innocent who amongst them is the killer?
Paul Nicholas is best known as Vince Pinner in the 80s BBC sitcom Just Good Friends and other series, but his biggest
success has been his musical theatre career. He first made his name in the original London production of Jesus Christ
Superstar, in which he played the title role. He also starred in Hair where he worked with Elaine Paige and the pair
went on to play Danny and Sandy in the West End production of Grease, the first British couple to do so. In 1997, he
teamed up with Bill Kenwright to co-produce a new musical based on Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities, in
which he starred as Sidney Carton. In recent years he produced and directed a UK tour of Keeler, based on the
Profumo Affair and in February 2013 starred in Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Colin Buchanan, best known for playing D.I Pascoe for eleven years in the hit BBC television series Dalziel and Pascoe,
joins the cast off the back of starring in a UK tour of another Bill Kenwright production, J.B Priestley’s Dangerous
Corner.
Susan Penhaligon is probably best known for starring in the 1976 ITV drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire and for playing
Judi Dench's sister in the 1981 LWT sitcom A Fine Romance. Her West End theatre credits include The Three Sisters
(Albery Theatre) Of Mice and Men (Mermaid) The Maintenance Man (Comedy Theatre) Mr Love (Comedy Theatre)
The Real Thing (Strand Theatre) and Dangerous Corner (Whitehall Theatre). She has also appeared on TV many times
in dramas such as Upstairs Downstairs, Tales of the Unexpected, Bergerac, Casualty and Touch of Frost.
Mark Curry is best known to children of the Eighties as one of the Blue Peter presenters as well as hosting Get Set for
Summer, The Saturday Picture Show and Screen Test. His acting credits include Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone, London’s
Burning, and West End shows The Woman in Black, Talent and he toured with Noises Off and Singin’ In The Rain.
Verity Rushworth is best known for her role as Donna Windsor-Dingle in the long-running ITV soap Emmerdale which
she landed in 1998 when she was just 12 years old. After ten years in the role, her final scenes were aired in January
2009. The next month she made her West End debut in the musical Hairspray in the role of Penny Pingleton which
she played until March 2010. In January 2011, she played Maria Von Trapp in the UK tour of The Sound of Music,
taking over the role from Connie Fisher. In January 2014, she announced she would be returning to Emmerdale to
reprise her role of Donna Windsor-Dingle and returned on screen in March. She stayed for five months before
departing in August.
Frazer Hines is well known to Doctor Who fans for his role as Jamie McCrimmon, companion to the second Doctor
Patrick Troughton. But his biggest TV role was as Joe Sugden in ITV soap Emmerdale which he played for 22 years
from the pilot episode in 1972. Frazer’s theatre experience includes starring roles in Outside Edge, Dial ‘M’ for
Murder, Spider’s Web, Not Now Darling, Doctor in the House, opposite Bill Kenwright, Run for your Wife, Wait Until
Dark and Far From the Madding Crowd. He has also appeared in repertory at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, playing
‘Doctor Prentice’ in What the Butler Saw.
Ben Nealon is best known for his role as 2nd Lt/Lt/Capt Jeremy Forsythe in the ITV award winning series Soldier
Soldier. His previous work for Bill Kenwright includes The Signal Man (Windsor) and the Passport For Pimlico tour. His
TV credits include Casualty, The Bill, EastEnders and Doctors, and film roles include the Bollywood blockbusters The
Rising and the Oscar-nominated Lagaan.
As THE AGATHA CHRISTIE THEATRE COMPANY marks its 10th anniversary with this production of And Then There
Were None, the interest and adoration for the great Dame Christie - who having sold over two billion books
worldwide is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare - continues to grow.
This production of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is produced by Bill Kenwright, with Joe Harmston directing, design
by Simon Scullion, lighting by Douglas Kuhrt and sound by Matt Bugg.
For further information, images and interviews, please contact Rebecca Byers at Target Live
Rebecca.byers@target-live.co.uk/ 0203 372 0962
For tickets and tour dates go to www.kenwright.com
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE – TOUR DATES 2015 (MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED)
Mon 12 – Sat 24 Jan
WINDSOR, THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk
01753 853888
Mon 26 – Sat 31 Jan
CHELTENHAM, EVERYMAN THEATRE
www.everymantheatre.org.uk
01242 572573
Mon 2 – Sat 7 Feb
WOLVERHAMPTON, GRAND THEATRE
www.grandtheatre.co.uk
01902 429 212
Mon 16 – Sat 21 Feb
COVENTRY, BELGRADE THEATRE
www.belgrade.co.uk
024 7655 3055
Mon 23 – Sat 28 Feb
STOKE, REGENT THEATRE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre
0844 871 7627
Mon 2 – Sat 7 Mar
CHESTERFIELD, POMEGRANATE
www.windingwheel.co.uk
01246 345 333 08442
Mon 9 - Sat 14 Mar
EASTBOURNE, CONGRESS THEATRE
www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk
01323 412 000
Mon 16 – Sat 21 Mar
MALVERN, FESTIVAL THEATRE
www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
01684 892 277
Mon 23 – Sat 17 Mar
BROMLEY, CHURCHILL THEATRE
www.atgtickets.com/bromley
0844 871 7620
Mon 30 Mar – Sat 4 Apr
GUILDFORD, YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE
www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
01483 440077
Mon 7 – Sat 11 Apr
MOLD, CLYWD THEATR CYMRU
www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk
0845 330 3565
Mon 13 – Sat 18 Apr
BATH, THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyal.org.uk
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Apr
BLACKPOOL, GRAND THEATRE
www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
01253 290 190
Mon 26 – Sat 30 May
RICHMOND THEATRE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre
020 83324500
Mon 1 – Sat 6 Jun
GRAVESEND, THE WOODVILLE
www.woodville.co.uk
08442 439480
Mon 8 – Sat 13 Jun
CRAWLEY, THE HAWTH THEATRE
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk
01293 553636
Mon 22 – Sat 27 Jun
CROYDON, ASHCROFT THEATRE
www.fairfield.co.uk
0208 688 9291
Mon 30 Jun – Sat 4 Jul
CARDIFF, NEW THEATRE
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
029 2087 8889
Mon 13 –Sat 17 Jul
BRIGHTON, THEATRE ROYAL
www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-brighton
01273 764400
Mon 20 – Sat 25 Jul
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
0844 871 7652
Mon 27 Jul –Sat 1 Aug
NEWCASTLE, THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
08448 112121
Mon 17 – Sat 22 Aug
LEEDS GRAND
www.leedsgrandtheatre.com
0844 848 2700