The Mousetrap adds Brisbane performances following popular demand

The world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is set to welcome an exciting new cast member as extra performances are added to the Brisbane season.

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The world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, is set to welcome an exciting new cast member as extra performances are added to the Brisbane season at QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre.

The Mousetrap, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has been touring Australia and garnering critical acclaim and unanimous praise from sellout audiences.

To accommodate the overwhelming demand, extra performances have been added to the Brisbane season on Sunday June 11 at QPAC, to the Parramatta season on Sunday June 25.

Brisbane theatergoers can look forward to the much-anticipated premiere on May 25, with a total of 22 performances scheduled in the region.

Producer John Frost has announced that rising star Katherine Pearson (A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, Wind in the Willows) will be joining the cast in the role of the enigmatic Miss Casewell for the Canberra, Parramatta, and Brisbane seasons.

The Mousetrap announces extra shows in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

Katherine Pearson joins an illustrious cast, including international theatre star Anna O’Byrne as Mollie Ralston, Helpmann Award winner Alex Rathgeber as Giles Ralston, and Laurence Boxhall as the eccentric Christopher Wren. The cast also features veterans Geraldine Turner, Adam Murphy, Gerry Connolly, and Tom Conroy, with Australian theatre icon Robyn Nevin directing the production.

“I’m thrilled that sellout audiences across Australia have been loving Robyn Nevin’s new production of The Mousetrap with this stellar cast,” producer John Frost said.

“This enduring and much-loved murder mystery, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has received an overwhelmingly positive response everywhere it has played. Will you solve the mystery and pick the murderer?”

First premiering in 1952, The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in the West End and has enjoyed over 28,500 performances worldwide, best known for its twist ending audiences are traditionally asked not to reveal.

Agatha Christie initially wrote the story as a radio play for Queen Mary’s birthday in 1947 before adapting it into a short story and eventually the stage play we know today.